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CA5-8D512-Q79 512GB

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Effective Speed -226%Effective Speed -226%Average Score -212%Read -211%, Write -265%, 4K Read -107%, 4K Write -140%, Mixed -214%, 4K Mixed -107%, SusWrite -439%Peak Score -219%Read -201%, Write -206%, 4K Read -230%, 4K Write -158%, Mixed -203%, 4K Mixed -183%, SusWrite -352%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -167%DQ Read -122%, DQ Write -118%, DQ Mixed -161%, ADQ Read -193%, ADQ Write -221%, ADQ Mixed -216%, Age -165%, AS-SSD Total -140%

Average Bench: 167% (143^rd of 1080)

Based on 64 user benchmarks. Model: SSSTC CA5-8D512-Q79

Poor: 81%Average: 167% Great: 233%

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Outstanding average bench

The Ssstc CA5-8D512-Q79 512GB averaged 67.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Ssstc CA5-8D512-Q79 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 470MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,275MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ssstc CA5-8D512-Q79 512GB is 152%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Ssstc CA5-8D512-Q79 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 585MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 86.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 64 samples)

Rank 143167%

Min	Avg	Max
519	Read 1,351	1,972
200	Write 1,275	2,100
311	Mixed 1,028	1,542
184	SusWrite 585	1,012
237% 1,060 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19	4K Read 43	58.2
23.5	4K Write 86.4	147
15.2	4K Mixed 53.3	77.2
179% 60.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
44.7	DQ Read 583	1,044
53	DQ Write 391	870
53.9	DQ Mixed 470	805
355% 481 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

IND-User, 9 months ago.

345GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1036 541 439 409 374 457 MB/s

212% Outstanding

Write 908

Mixed 1,423

SusWrite 543

256% 1,148 MB/s

4K Read 53.9

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 72.4

241% 83.9 MB/s

DQ Read 939

DQ Write 619

DQ Mixed 762

573% 773 MB/s

THA-User, 11 months ago.

242GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1188 612 615 591 614 622 MB/s

204% Outstanding

Write 1,960

Mixed 1,501

SusWrite 707

336% 1,497 MB/s

4K Read 49.3

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 62.2

208% 71.1 MB/s

DQ Read 633

DQ Write 414

DQ Mixed 515

386% 521 MB/s

BRA-User, 9 months ago.

358GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1627 1201 538 441 502 455 MB/s

199% Outstanding

Write 1,897

Mixed 1,465

SusWrite 794

326% 1,450 MB/s

4K Read 45.3

4K Write 72.9

4K Mixed 54.5

177% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 847

DQ Write 505

DQ Mixed 669

500% 674 MB/s

USA-User, 7 months ago.

435GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1450 595 1207 1375 728 860 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 1,526

Mixed 1000

SusWrite 1,036

271% 1,202 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 77.9

4K Mixed 41.1

138% 49.3 MB/s

DQ Read 713

DQ Write 285

DQ Mixed 437

340% 478 MB/s

DEU-User, 11 months ago.

370GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1142 406 342 142 138 271 MB/s

128% Outstanding

Write 1,402

Mixed 1,218

SusWrite 407

244% 1,089 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 61.6

4K Mixed 35

120% 41.6 MB/s

DQ Read 322

DQ Write 242

DQ Mixed 376

256% 314 MB/s

AUT-User, 5 months ago.

378GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 464 545 513 383 450 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 639

Mixed 822

SusWrite 468

156% 695 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 46.9

4K Mixed 34.9

114% 37.2 MB/s

DQ Read 208

DQ Write 138

DQ Mixed 173

129% 173 MB/s

USA-User, 11 months ago.

220GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 393 482 143 164 164 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 796

Mixed 774

SusWrite 292

156% 697 MB/s

4K Read 34.7

4K Write 52.3

4K Mixed 39.4

131% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 262

DQ Write 117

DQ Mixed 201

146% 193 MB/s

DEU-User, 7 months ago.

189GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 539 567 567 645 620 MB/s

69.7% Good

Write 362

Mixed 482

SusWrite 568

107% 475 MB/s

4K Read 13.1

4K Write 10

4K Mixed 12

40% 11.7 MB/s

DQ Read 65.7

DQ Write 66.7

DQ Mixed 65.8

50% 66.1 MB/s

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Lenovo 20N3S6G600

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	3x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	3x

SSD
CA5-8D512-Q79 512GBSsstcBench 167%, 64 samples	2x

RAM
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 16GBSamsungBench 70%, 299 samples	2x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 Hynix HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 16GBMicronBench 70%, 50 samples	1x

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Ssstc

CA5-8D512-Q79 512GB

Average Bench: 167% (143^rd of 1080)

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CA5-8D512-Q79 512GB

Average Bench: 167% (143rd of 1080)

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Terrible consistency

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System: Lenovo 20N3S6G600

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Average Bench: 167% (143^rd of 1080)