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Effective Speed -427%Effective Speed -427%Average Score -442%Read -447%, Write -667%, 4K Read -206%, 4K Write -149%, Mixed -562%, 4K Mixed -339%, SusWrite -719%Peak Score -252%Read -180%, Write -313%, 4K Read -251%, 4K Write -113%, Mixed -295%, 4K Mixed -316%, SusWrite -295%Value & Sentiment User Rating -36%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -341%DQ Read -215%, DQ Write -115%, DQ Mixed -345%, ADQ Read -540%, ADQ Write -244%, ADQ Mixed -882%, Age -205%, AS-SSD Total -183%

Black SN850X M.2 2TB

Average Bench: 102% (254^th of 1080)

Based on 162 user benchmarks. Model: 512GB

Poor: 51%Average: 102% Great: 232%

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Outstanding average bench

The 512GB 512GB averaged 2.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 512GB 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 151MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 366MB/s

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Terrible consistency

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

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 388MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 24MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 162 samples)

Rank 254102%

Min	Avg	Max
292	Read 749	2,075
236	Write 594	1,512
214	Mixed 473	1,151
72.4	SusWrite 388	1,158
123% 551 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.8	4K Read 27.6	54.6
24.2	4K Write 81.6	179
7.53	4K Mixed 24	52.6
116% 44.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
69.1	DQ Read 267	734
107	DQ Write 366	885
14.2	DQ Mixed 151	471
160% 261 MB/s

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

DEU-User, 2 month ago.

201GB free

Firmware: 42A7T25A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 732 506 506 507 507 507 MB/s

185% Outstanding

Write 1,118

Mixed 992

SusWrite 544

223% 996 MB/s

4K Read 53.3

4K Write 98.4

4K Mixed 66

217% 72.6 MB/s

DQ Read 727

DQ Write 653

DQ Mixed 391

375% 591 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

85GB free

Firmware: T1102A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 160 161 168 181 183 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 1,213

Mixed 879

SusWrite 214

204% 916 MB/s

4K Read 46.2

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 24.8

182% 74.3 MB/s

DQ Read 732

DQ Write 747

DQ Mixed 432

410% 637 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

335GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0910A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 58 59 76 18 107 MB/s

66.3% Good

Write 393

Mixed 367

SusWrite 118

76% 342 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 75.3

4K Mixed 22.9

98% 39.1 MB/s

DQ Read 121

DQ Write 319

DQ Mixed 41.4

83% 160 MB/s

PER-User, 1 month ago.

402GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8301c70

SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 335 164 39 33 30 MB/s

59.2% Above average

Write 340

Mixed 309

SusWrite 160

66% 293 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 53.4

4K Mixed 25.8

90% 32.7 MB/s

DQ Read 80.4

DQ Write 229

DQ Mixed 113

98% 141 MB/s

TGO-User, 1 month ago.

181GB free

Firmware: VA001C31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 141 106 48 32 38 MB/s

40.5% Average

Write 290

Mixed 274

SusWrite 104

56% 249 MB/s

4K Read 15.3

4K Write 20.8

4K Mixed 15.4

54% 17.2 MB/s

DQ Read 129

DQ Write 64.4

DQ Mixed 130

88% 108 MB/s

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell Precision 7520

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	871x
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples	528x
Xeon E3-1545M v5IntelBench 72%, 837 samples	161x

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HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	631x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	564x
Quadro M2200NvidiaBench 19%, 2,904 samples	494x

SSD
512GB 512GBBench 102%, 162 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	237x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	214x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 4x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 297 samples	97x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $229	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $397

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