Average Bench: 35.2% (991st of 1074)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: ssd
Poor: 27%Average: 35.2% Great: 49%

Poor average bench

The ssd 160GB averaged 64.8% 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 Read Speed 284MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 427MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 42.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 13.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Min Avg Max
387 Read 427 494
19 Write 114 168
42.8 Mixed 102 207
42.3 SusWrite 42.3 42.3
37.1% 171 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.93 4K Read 7.91 16.6
1.66 4K Write 13.2 32.8
1.48 4K Mixed 5.58 8.85
26.1% 8.89 MB/s
Min Avg Max
284 DQ Read 284 284
99.9 DQ Write 99.9 99.9
52.9 DQ Mixed 52.9 52.9
75.6% 146 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: PIO DMA 16 MB/s
Read 494
Write 168
Mixed 207
63% 290 MB/s
4K Read 4.19
4K Write 32.8
4K Mixed 8.85
35% 15.3 MB/s
DQ Read 284
DQ Write 99.9
DQ Mixed 52.9
76% 146 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 39 39 43 44 49 MB/s
Read 401
Write 19
Mixed 42.8
SusWrite 42.3
27% 126 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 6.4
36% 9.37 MB/s
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown
Read 387
Write 155
Mixed 56.7
43% 200 MB/s
4K Read 2.93
4K Write 1.66
4K Mixed 1.48
7% 2.02 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,937,656 SSDs tested

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