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CA5-8D512-Q11 SSSTC 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 198% (99th of 1072)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe CA5-8D512-Q11 NVMe SSSTC 512GB
Poor: 126%Average: 198% Great: 281%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme CA5-8D512-Q11 SSSTC 512GB averaged 98.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme CA5-8D512-Q11 SSSTC 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 640MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,508MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme CA5-8D512-Q11 SSSTC 512GB is 154%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme CA5-8D512-Q11 SSSTC 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 657MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 108MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 99198%
Min Avg Max
355 Read 1,579 2,091
122 Write 1,508 2,149
219 Mixed 1,290 1668
426 SusWrite 657 941
282% 1,258 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29 4K Read 48.2 66.1
36.1 4K Write 108 187
23 4K Mixed 62 91.6
210% 72.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
204 DQ Read 776 1,346
74.2 DQ Write 569 1086
137 DQ Mixed 640 1,069
487% 661 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
358GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21201114 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1599 489 364 488 466 432 MB/s
198% Outstanding
Read 1748
Write 2,040
Mixed 1,532
SusWrite 640
335% 1,490 MB/s
4K Read 47.9
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 61.4
204% 69.9 MB/s
DQ Read 564
DQ Write 555
DQ Mixed 571
426% 564 MB/s
340GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21201114 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 802 434 398 420 358 441 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,512
Write 1,558
Mixed 1,280
SusWrite 475
270% 1,206 MB/s
4K Read 54.8
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 72.6
241% 83.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,060
DQ Write 358
DQ Mixed 580
462% 666 MB/s
344GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21201114 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1000 582 387 525 302 182 MB/s
193% Outstanding
Read 1,781
Write 1988
Mixed 1,502
SusWrite 496
323% 1,442 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 61.2
203% 69.7 MB/s
DQ Read 635
DQ Write 611
DQ Mixed 619
466% 622 MB/s
338GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21201114 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 549 723 658 602 596 470 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 1,245
Write 1,400
Mixed 848
SusWrite 600
230% 1,023 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 36.1
4K Mixed 31.4
110% 33.5 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 74.2
DQ Mixed 137
102% 139 MB/s
349GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21201114 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 425 376 409 492 448 MB/s
83.7% Excellent
Read 355
Write 281
Mixed 219
SusWrite 426
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 42.4
4K Mixed 23
96% 31.5 MB/s
DQ Read 502
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 248
204% 302 MB/s
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Gaming 14%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 14%
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System: Dell XPS 15 9500

CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples2,132x
Core i9-10885HIntelBench 81%, 6,135 samples532x
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples372x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples2,087x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples981x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia  $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples7x
SSD
CA5-8D512-Q11 SSSTC 512GBNvmeBench 198%, 13 samples1x
RAM
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 15,521 samples355x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 7,504 samples315x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples266x
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