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512G 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 178% (124th of 1072)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe NVMe SSD 512G
Poor: 139%Average: 178% Great: 206%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme 512G 512GB averaged 78.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme 512G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 393MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 870MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme 512G 512GB is 66.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme 512G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 22.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 627MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 124178%
Min Avg Max
920 Read 1,371 1,978
733 Write 1,203 1,424
530 Mixed 847 1,101
227 SusWrite 627 1,235
226% 1,012 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.9 4K Read 43.5 55.7
59.3 4K Write 171 228
14.3 4K Mixed 22.1 26.3
185% 79 MB/s
Min Avg Max
337 DQ Read 589 739
350 DQ Write 870 1,010
148 DQ Mixed 393 451
391% 617 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
244GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1335 1290 982 604 449 481 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 1,471
Write 1,370
Mixed 932
SusWrite 857
259% 1,157 MB/s
4K Read 46.6
4K Write 187
4K Mixed 25.4
202% 86.3 MB/s
DQ Read 732
DQ Write 974
DQ Mixed 446
450% 718 MB/s
239GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1222 1245 916 473 844 719 MB/s
199% Outstanding
Read 1,318
Write 1,007
Mixed 896
SusWrite 903
231% 1,031 MB/s
4K Read 48
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 23.6
192% 79.7 MB/s
DQ Read 723
DQ Write 918
DQ Mixed 449
442% 697 MB/s
296GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 947 822 936 606 610 608 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 1,144
Write 987
Mixed 765
SusWrite 755
205% 913 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 178
4K Mixed 25.4
194% 82.5 MB/s
DQ Read 720
DQ Write 936
DQ Mixed 446
443% 701 MB/s
200GB free
Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 164 89 247 93 311 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,423
Write 766
Mixed 878
SusWrite 227
182% 824 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 211
4K Mixed 25.9
213% 94 MB/s
DQ Read 729
DQ Write 795
DQ Mixed 442
421% 656 MB/s
424GB free
Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 725 330 193 231 234 233 MB/s
139% Outstanding
Read 1,268
Write 1244
Mixed 738
SusWrite 324
199% 894 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 14.3
143% 58.9 MB/s
DQ Read 519
DQ Write 776
DQ Mixed 356
351% 551 MB/s
301GB free
Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 349 439 295 314 256 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 1311
Write 1,220
Mixed 871
SusWrite 391
212% 948 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 67.7
4K Mixed 19.3
109% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 369
276% 368 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X AX

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples139x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples70x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples68x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples97x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples76x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples70x
SSD
512G 512GBNvmeBench 178%, 21 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples17x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $720

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