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2300 NVMe 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 226% (76th of 1072)

Based on 3,314 user benchmarks.  Model: Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB
Poor: 140%Average: 226% Great: 321%

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Outstanding average bench

The Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB averaged 126.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 790MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,733MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB is 182%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 95MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,314 samples)
Rank 76226%
Min Avg Max
805 Read 1,679 2,640
624 Write 1,733 2,437
684 Mixed 1,173 1,529
533 SusWrite 1,081 1,776
318% 1,417 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.1 4K Read 47.7 58.2
52 4K Write 95 148
37.1 4K Mixed 57.8 76.3
197% 66.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
334 DQ Read 766 888
152 DQ Write 675 1,213
233 DQ Mixed 790 1,121
573% 744 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 23000030 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2190 1495 714 490 475 480 MB/s
272% Outstanding
Read 2,581
Write 2,226
Mixed 1,457
SusWrite 974
404% 1,809 MB/s
4K Read 51.1
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 66.3
222% 76.7 MB/s
DQ Read 877
DQ Write 921
DQ Mixed 996
722% 931 MB/s
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 23000030 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2184 1987 198 128 109 115 MB/s
256% Outstanding
Read 2,540
Write 2,270
Mixed 1,480
SusWrite 787
395% 1,769 MB/s
4K Read 52.2
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 66.1
223% 76.9 MB/s
DQ Read 882
DQ Write 787
DQ Mixed 895
655% 855 MB/s
426GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 23000030 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1437 1429 1451 1445 385 349 MB/s
247% Outstanding
Read 1659
Write 1,491
Mixed 902
SusWrite 1,083
288% 1,284 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 161
4K Mixed 46.7
214% 84.3 MB/s
DQ Read 883
DQ Write 1,414
DQ Mixed 1,041
819% 1,113 MB/s
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Typical 2300 NVMe 512GB Builds (Compare 3,131 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 14%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation 14%
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System: Dell XPS 15 9500

CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples2,132x
Core i9-10885HIntelBench 81%, 6,135 samples532x
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples372x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples2,087x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples981x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia  $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples7x
SSD
2300 NVMe 512GBMicronBench 226%, 3,314 samples1x
RAM
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 15,521 samples355x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 7,504 samples315x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples266x
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