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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 190% (108th of 1072)

Based on 68 user benchmarks.  Model: AX4000 512GB
Poor: 125%Average: 190% Great: 242%

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Outstanding average bench

The Ax4000 512GB 512GB averaged 90.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Ax4000 512GB 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 958MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,051MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ax4000 512GB 512GB is 117%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Ax4000 512GB 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 510MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 68 samples)
Rank 108190%
Min Avg Max
685 Read 1,180 1,401
526 Write 1,492 1,814
483 Mixed 1,207 1,420
330 SusWrite 510 788
247% 1,097 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.7 4K Read 44.4 54.5
91.1 4K Write 149 239
38.1 4K Mixed 65 84.9
229% 86 MB/s
Min Avg Max
737 DQ Read 1,051 1,240
427 DQ Write 795 1,208
499 DQ Mixed 958 1,229
707% 935 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMB0.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1787 279 151 315 317 316 MB/s
205% Outstanding
Read 1,262
Write 1,792
Mixed 1,389
SusWrite 528
280% 1,243 MB/s
4K Read 49.6
4K Write 165
4K Mixed 73
256% 95.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,114
DQ Write 810
DQ Mixed 982
728% 969 MB/s
311GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM00.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1501 513 504 511 518 520 MB/s
188% Outstanding
Read 1,313
Write 1,837
Mixed 1,358
SusWrite 678
293% 1,296 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 83
4K Mixed 54.8
178% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,055
DQ Write 699
DQ Mixed 908
669% 888 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMB0.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1456 206 313 314 316 315 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 1,250
Write 1,327
Mixed 1,329
SusWrite 487
247% 1,098 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 64.4
228% 85.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,011
DQ Write 637
DQ Mixed 846
625% 831 MB/s
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMB0.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 907 321 322 86 256 321 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 1183
Write 1,700
Mixed 1,314
SusWrite 369
257% 1,141 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 66
226% 83 MB/s
DQ Read 985
DQ Write 613
DQ Mixed 809
600% 802 MB/s
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMB0.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 89 345 404 156 345 MB/s
99.1% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 154
Mixed 191
SusWrite 296
47% 207 MB/s
4K Read 7.3
4K Write 70.9
4K Mixed 53.7
117% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 847
DQ Write 693
DQ Mixed 810
596% 783 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550M AORUS ELITE

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Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples960x
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RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples335x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples299x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples287x
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512GB 512GBAx4000Bench 190%, 68 samples1x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples140x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples120x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples97x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $431

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