M.2

512GB 512GB

512GB 512GB
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Effective Speed -47%Effective Speed -47%Average Score -48%Read -9%, Write -16%, 4K Read -67%, 4K Write -46%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -173%, SusWrite -6%Peak Score -21%Read 1%, Write -13%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -0%, 4K Mixed -95%, SusWrite 13%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -62%DQ Read -53%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -57%, ADQ Read -138%, ADQ Write -21%, ADQ Mixed -310%, Age 120%, AS-SSD Total -27%

Average Bench: 66.8% (720^th of 1072)

Based on 71 user benchmarks. Model: M.2 SSD 512GB

Poor: 33%Average: 66.8% Great: 94%

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Above average average bench

The M.2 512GB 512GB averaged 33.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 239MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 60MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M.2 512GB 512GB is 60.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the M.2 512GB 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 137MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 16.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 71 samples)

Rank 72066.8%

Min	Avg	Max
293	Read 419	512
194	Write 348	430
37.8	Mixed 310	423
30.3	SusWrite 280	436
76% 339 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7.1	4K Read 20.5	30.8
9.74	4K Write 60	106
0.26	4K Mixed 16.5	29.9
83.9% 32.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
84.1	DQ Read 137	240
20.6	DQ Write 239	331
0.25	DQ Mixed 63.5	211
83.3% 146 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

POL-User, 2 months ago.

114GB free

Firmware: VE0R6310

SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 425 420 414 425 390 MB/s

87.2% Excellent

Write 424

Mixed 349

SusWrite 414

94% 416 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 65.7

4K Mixed 28.5

112% 40.3 MB/s

DQ Read 106

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 160

132% 184 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

361GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VE0R840H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 395 401 401 406 409 MB/s

84.9% Excellent

Write 375

Mixed 316

SusWrite 387

82% 362 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 77.5

4K Mixed 33.8

123% 45.7 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 270

DQ Mixed 169

136% 185 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

431GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VE0R840D

SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 378 386 355 356 360 MB/s

77.4% Very good

Write 380

Mixed 323

SusWrite 368

82% 362 MB/s

4K Read 21.2

4K Write 60.8

4K Mixed 28.6

101% 36.9 MB/s

DQ Read 108

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 161

131% 181 MB/s

LBY-User, 3 months ago.

298GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VE0R840E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 312 326 327 316 321 MB/s

60.3% Good

Write 350

Mixed 303

SusWrite 319

74% 329 MB/s

4K Read 13.6

4K Write 35.3

4K Mixed 15.9

60% 21.6 MB/s

DQ Read 137

DQ Write 263

DQ Mixed 153

130% 184 MB/s

CAN-User, 17 days ago.

438GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0411A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 310 331 351 316 318 MB/s

58.3% Above average

Write 308

Mixed 311

SusWrite 318

72% 321 MB/s

4K Read 12.2

4K Write 42

4K Mixed 12.3

56% 22.2 MB/s

DQ Read 129

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 33.6

67% 132 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 months ago.

444GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0411A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 254 301 292 279 282 MB/s

56.8% Above average

Write 257

Mixed 262

SusWrite 281

64% 287 MB/s

4K Read 13.7

4K Write 44

4K Mixed 12.6

60% 23.4 MB/s

DQ Read 112

DQ Write 237

DQ Mixed 33

65% 128 MB/s

PHL-User, 3 months ago.

356GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0121A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 146 8.3 8.6 152 MB/s

53.8% Above average

Write 277

Mixed 327

SusWrite 56.5

58% 260 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 68.7

4K Mixed 16.3

86% 34.7 MB/s

DQ Read 226

DQ Write 210

DQ Mixed 0.9

60% 146 MB/s

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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	1,019x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	959x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples	906x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	487x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	459x

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512GB 512GBM.2Bench 67%, 71 samples	1x

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2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1,367x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples	489x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	354x

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Total price: $59

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

M.2

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Average Bench: 66.8% (720^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 66.8% (720th of 1072)

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