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BC511 SK hynix 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 165% (123rd of 1058)

Based on 796 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe BC511 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
Poor: 116%Average: 165% Great: 200%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme BC511 SK hynix 512GB averaged 64.7% 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 579MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 710MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme BC511 SK hynix 512GB is 83.9%. 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 553MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 826MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 796 samples)
Rank 123165%
Min Avg Max
652 Read 826 1,038
591 Write 786 1,005
558 Mixed 763 1,055
322 SusWrite 553 747
165% 732 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.8 4K Read 50 58.3
62.8 4K Write 122 172
40.5 4K Mixed 66 79.9
225% 79.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
424 DQ Read 710 814
167 DQ Write 553 767
256 DQ Mixed 579 659
448% 614 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
333GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 577 521 537 539 545 546 MB/s
177% Outstanding
Read 781
Write 698
Mixed 672
SusWrite 544
151% 674 MB/s
4K Read 56.2
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 76.9
262% 93.5 MB/s
DQ Read 719
DQ Write 706
DQ Mixed 645
503% 690 MB/s
324GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 536 534 538 538 535 541 MB/s
177% Outstanding
Read 795
Write 697
Mixed 669
SusWrite 537
152% 675 MB/s
4K Read 55.8
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 75.7
259% 92.7 MB/s
DQ Read 719
DQ Write 706
DQ Mixed 640
501% 688 MB/s
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 518 530 531 537 537 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 793
Write 680
Mixed 671
SusWrite 530
150% 669 MB/s
4K Read 54.8
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 75.3
258% 92.5 MB/s
DQ Read 719
DQ Write 706
DQ Mixed 651
506% 692 MB/s
382GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 591 527 528 556 557 496 MB/s
175% Outstanding
Read 776
Write 695
Mixed 628
SusWrite 542
148% 660 MB/s
4K Read 53.7
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 76.6
252% 89.2 MB/s
DQ Read 724
DQ Write 708
DQ Mixed 624
494% 685 MB/s
324GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 615 563 534 541 545 543 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 792
Write 684
Mixed 662
SusWrite 557
151% 674 MB/s
4K Read 56
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 64.1
245% 89.1 MB/s
DQ Read 682
DQ Write 702
DQ Mixed 639
495% 674 MB/s
324GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 498 467 440 440 441 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 730
Write 674
Mixed 672
SusWrite 469
143% 637 MB/s
4K Read 53.8
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 75.8
256% 92 MB/s
DQ Read 713
DQ Write 703
DQ Mixed 657
508% 691 MB/s
258GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 714 579 607 610 639 638 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 877
Write 925
Mixed 744
SusWrite 631
179% 794 MB/s
4K Read 51.1
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 64.5
217% 74.3 MB/s
DQ Read 796
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 647
457% 592 MB/s
350GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 701 747 675 555 417 385 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 824
Write 888
Mixed 916
SusWrite 580
181% 802 MB/s
4K Read 50.5
4K Write 76.9
4K Mixed 52.9
185% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 675
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 570
402% 519 MB/s
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Typical BC511 SK hynix 512GB Builds (Compare 5,678 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 122%
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Desktop 96%
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Workstation 121%
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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-10700Intel  $380Bench 94%, 45,749 samples2,218x
Core i7-11700Intel  $338Bench 101%, 4,114 samples1,152x
Core i5-10400Intel  $210Bench 88%, 45,432 samples749x
GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $400Bench 131%, 71,815 samples795x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia  $280Bench 76%, 248,217 samples725x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 151%, 243,762 samples534x
SSD
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 165%, 796 samples353x
RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 839 samples474x
HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 1,033 samples388x
8ATF1G64AZ-3G2J1 2x8GBUnknownBench 83%, 697 samples341x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $780

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