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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 156% (146th of 1072)

Based on 159 user benchmarks.  Model: ALCYON
Poor: 69%Average: 156% Great: 312%

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Outstanding average bench

The ALCYON 512GB averaged 56.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ALCYON 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 344MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 522MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ALCYON 512GB is 243%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the ALCYON 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 554MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 580MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 159 samples)
Rank 146156%
Min Avg Max
391 Read 1,118 2,082
204 Write 892 1,863
170 Mixed 580 1095
172 SusWrite 554 1,836
175% 786 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22 4K Read 41.7 59.4
45.1 4K Write 113 214
15.6 4K Mixed 39.4 66.3
174% 64.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
203 DQ Read 627 1,275
96.9 DQ Write 522 1,075
86 DQ Mixed 344 543
320% 497 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
210GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.10.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1853 1868 1882 1633 570 502 MB/s
288% Outstanding
Read 2,099
Write 1,865
Mixed 543
SusWrite 1,385
329% 1,473 MB/s
4K Read 56.2
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 62.3
245% 90 MB/s
DQ Read 1,143
DQ Write 868
DQ Mixed 314
422% 775 MB/s
433GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0318B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1509 1408 1094 1142 479 143 MB/s
235% Outstanding
Read 1,779
Write 1521
Mixed 1060
SusWrite 962
298% 1,331 MB/s
4K Read 57.9
4K Write 181
4K Mixed 30.6
223% 90 MB/s
DQ Read 912
DQ Write 931
DQ Mixed 514
499% 786 MB/s
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0318B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 207 308 346 791 430 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 1,222
Write 1,078
Mixed 590
SusWrite 415
184% 826 MB/s
4K Read 56.8
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 31.6
215% 85.4 MB/s
DQ Read 887
DQ Write 1,043
DQ Mixed 446
480% 792 MB/s
265GB free
Firmware: V1.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 460 458 458 460 434 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 486
Write 491
Mixed 469
SusWrite 460
108% 476 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 99
4K Mixed 47.3
174% 62.3 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 272
DQ Mixed 292
214% 278 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0318B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 25 19 292 7.3 104 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 1,727
Write 293
Mixed 25.7
SusWrite 99.4
114% 536 MB/s
4K Read 43.8
4K Write 13
4K Mixed 6.1
81% 21 MB/s
DQ Read 643
DQ Write 22.7
DQ Mixed 18.5
92% 228 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.3.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 233 185 174 136 137 MB/s
63.6% Good
Read 364
Write 230
Mixed 223
SusWrite 185
56% 250 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 66.1
4K Mixed 23
92% 35.8 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 198
154% 211 MB/s
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Typical ALCYON 512GB Builds (Compare 785 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 142%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 141%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Pro4 - $120

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples180x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples123x
Core i9-10900KIntel  $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples66x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples97x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples66x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples59x
SSD
ALCYON 512GBBench 156%, 159 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $756

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