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Virtual NVMe Disk 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 70.6% (662nd of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk
Poor: 56%Average: 70.6% Great: 80%

Good average bench

The Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 1TB averaged 29.4% 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 Mixed IO Speed 166MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 577MB/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. 4K Random Write Speed 26.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 246MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 66270.6%
Min Avg Max
173 Read 612 836
393 Write 577 688
247 Mixed 354 437
152 SusWrite 246 342
99.9% 447 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.5 4K Read 22.6 33.7
9.3 4K Write 26.1 41.7
7.4 4K Mixed 22.4 36.8
76.8% 23.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
47.1 DQ Read 170 334
42.1 DQ Write 157 324
46 DQ Mixed 166 326
124% 164 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
383GB free
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 613 552 99 99 94 MB/s
79.9% Very good
Read 173
Write 573
Mixed 247
SusWrite 342
76% 334 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 41.7
4K Mixed 36.8
120% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 326
246% 328 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 243 194 67 86 82 MB/s
73.8% Very good
Read 836
Write 688
Mixed 428
SusWrite 152
117% 526 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 22.7
4K Mixed 23
80% 23.7 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 136
105% 141 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 246 281 74 152 81 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 789
Write 653
Mixed 437
SusWrite 174
114% 513 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 30.6
4K Mixed 22.4
80% 25.3 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 156
111% 143 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 285 336 292 307 276 MB/s
55.7% Above average
Read 652
Write 393
Mixed 303
SusWrite 315
92% 416 MB/s
4K Read 8.5
4K Write 9.3
4K Mixed 7.4
27% 8.4 MB/s
DQ Read 47.1
DQ Write 42.1
DQ Mixed 46
34% 45.1 MB/s

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