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BC511 SK hynix 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 160% (144th of 1072)

Based on 1,575 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe BC511 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
Poor: 119%Average: 160% Great: 195%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme BC511 SK hynix 512GB averaged 59.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme BC511 SK hynix 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 572MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 709MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme BC511 SK hynix 512GB is 76.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme BC511 SK hynix 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 503MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 801MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,575 samples)
Rank 144160%
Min Avg Max
632 Read 801 1,028
545 Write 751 1,004
483 Mixed 732 1,041
253 SusWrite 503 706
157% 696 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.9 4K Read 47.9 57.4
66.5 4K Write 123 169
39.6 4K Mixed 64.3 80.1
220% 78.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
439 DQ Read 709 815
190 DQ Write 575 766
265 DQ Mixed 572 659
447% 619 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 684 458 496 509 466 514 MB/s
192% Outstanding
Read 1,008
Write 959
Mixed 1,041
SusWrite 521
198% 882 MB/s
4K Read 57.2
4K Write 161
4K Mixed 78.7
273% 99.1 MB/s
DQ Read 813
DQ Write 770
DQ Mixed 639
522% 741 MB/s
303GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1075 694 582 574 574 586 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 958
Write 791
Mixed 823
SusWrite 681
183% 813 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 68.2
220% 77.3 MB/s
DQ Read 815
DQ Write 764
DQ Mixed 640
522% 740 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 517 530 567 497 404 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 780
Write 699
Mixed 661
SusWrite 487
148% 657 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 92.3
4K Mixed 58.2
191% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 716
DQ Write 708
DQ Mixed 666
513% 697 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 479 466 484 415 333 MB/s
151% Outstanding
Read 732
Write 650
Mixed 638
SusWrite 432
138% 613 MB/s
4K Read 48
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 57.5
207% 73.1 MB/s
DQ Read 712
DQ Write 698
DQ Mixed 655
506% 688 MB/s
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 510 534 487 533 469 MB/s
149% Outstanding
Read 777
Write 687
Mixed 658
SusWrite 484
146% 652 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 91.4
4K Mixed 55.3
184% 63 MB/s
DQ Read 715
DQ Write 693
DQ Mixed 295
334% 568 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 282 245 270 234 228 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 650
Write 511
Mixed 606
SusWrite 257
113% 506 MB/s
4K Read 40.1
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 55.4
185% 65.2 MB/s
DQ Read 704
DQ Write 665
DQ Mixed 576
462% 648 MB/s
126GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 515 486 555 564 361 337 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 745
Write 669
Mixed 562
SusWrite 470
137% 611 MB/s
4K Read 42.6
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 18.2
143% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 657
DQ Write 406
DQ Mixed 38.6
161% 367 MB/s
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 515 421 327 326 324 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 727
Write 730
Mixed 752
SusWrite 405
147% 654 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 48.5
4K Mixed 36.6
127% 40.4 MB/s
DQ Read 227
DQ Write 76.5
DQ Mixed 150
111% 151 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,656,381 SSDs tested

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Typical BC511 SK hynix 512GB Builds (Compare 10,155 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 124%
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Desktop 99%
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Workstation
Workstation 123%
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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel  $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples4,447x
Core i7-10700Intel  $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples1,825x
Core i5-11400Intel  $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples1,150x
GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples2,414x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples989x
SSD
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples736x
RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples653x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples539x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples396x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $557

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