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Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 218% (83rd of 1072)

Based on 257 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Micron 2300 NVMe
Poor: 137%Average: 218% Great: 280%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB averaged 118.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 768MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,714MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB is 143%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 90.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 257 samples)
Rank 83218%
Min Avg Max
550 Read 1,237 1,587
644 Write 1,714 2,224
631 Mixed 1,187 1,469
605 SusWrite 1,306 1,946
308% 1,361 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.8 4K Read 44.2 53.8
51.2 4K Write 90.3 117
39.5 4K Mixed 54.9 68.7
185% 63.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
267 DQ Read 762 882
102 DQ Write 665 1,163
167 DQ Mixed 768 1,099
561% 732 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
137GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 23000030 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1825 1528 483 675 477 407 MB/s
231% Outstanding
Read 1,549
Write 2,190
Mixed 1,473
SusWrite 899
345% 1,528 MB/s
4K Read 52
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 67.7
225% 77.1 MB/s
DQ Read 874
DQ Write 1,118
DQ Mixed 1110
806% 1,034 MB/s
336GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 23000020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1968 1986 1958 948 597 459 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 971
Write 2,007
Mixed 1,092
SusWrite 1,319
306% 1,347 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 78.5
4K Mixed 49.5
165% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 878
DQ Write 787
DQ Mixed 872
643% 846 MB/s
290GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1830 1837 1772 1333 1340 379 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,281
Write 1,732
Mixed 1,248
SusWrite 1,415
321% 1,419 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 54.4
4K Mixed 30.7
118% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 742
DQ Write 637
DQ Mixed 646
496% 675 MB/s
401GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 23000030 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1169 1098 1033 744 729 836 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 682
Write 781
Mixed 714
SusWrite 935
176% 778 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 55.9
4K Mixed 38.8
133% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 563
DQ Write 265
DQ Mixed 541
368% 456 MB/s
265GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 313 355 353 427 434 MB/s
80% Excellent
Read 853
Write 434
Mixed 568
SusWrite 368
124% 556 MB/s
4K Read 16.1
4K Write 26.3
4K Mixed 22.6
67% 21.7 MB/s
DQ Read 36.9
DQ Write 55.6
DQ Mixed 41.4
33% 44.6 MB/s
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Typical Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB Builds (Compare 2,576 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 51%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation 44%
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System: Dell Precision 5820 Tower

CPU
Xeon W-2123IntelBench 70%, 2,702 samples332x
Xeon W-2133IntelBench 77%, 1,612 samples310x
Xeon W-2125IntelBench 78%, 1,514 samples304x
GPU
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples322x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples244x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples216x
SSD
Micron 2300 NVMe 512GBNvmeBench 218%, 257 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 56%, 828 samples149x
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 4x8GBHynixBench 84%, 1,278 samples138x
HMA82GR7AFR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 60%, 538 samples124x
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