Average Bench: 129% (179th of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe NVMe CLR-8W512
Poor: 54%Average: 129% Great: 160%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme CLR-8W512 512GB averaged 28.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme CLR-8W512 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 226MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,518MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme CLR-8W512 512GB is 106%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme CLR-8W512 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 289MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 17.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Min Avg Max
883 Read 1,518 1,890
39.7 Write 760 1,344
14.9 Mixed 638 1,042
152 SusWrite 289 454
176% 801 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.1 4K Read 31.9 40.2
6.2 4K Write 78.9 120
3.8 4K Mixed 17.7 24.2
113% 42.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
456 DQ Read 571 677
64 DQ Write 316 781
22.1 DQ Mixed 226 404
226% 371 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
246GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0901 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 985 338 348 117 119 147 MB/s
Read 1,732
Write 1,344
Mixed 1,042
SusWrite 342
248% 1,115 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 22.9
144% 57.8 MB/s
DQ Read 555
DQ Write 781
DQ Mixed 391
373% 576 MB/s
261GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EQ20901 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 422 296 368 251 229 MB/s
Read 1443
Write 319
Mixed 728
SusWrite 335
155% 706 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 97.1
4K Mixed 22.9
130% 50.9 MB/s
DQ Read 573
DQ Write 621
DQ Mixed 237
278% 477 MB/s
246GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0901 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 328 258 240 202 164 MB/s
Read 1746
Write 1,110
Mixed 14.9
SusWrite 268
171% 785 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 56.8
4K Mixed 18
107% 36.8 MB/s
DQ Read 560
DQ Write 352
DQ Mixed 24.5
134% 312 MB/s
410GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EQ20901 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 612 496 376 309 225 261 MB/s
Read 1447
Write 1,096
Mixed 952
SusWrite 380
216% 969 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 96.7
4K Mixed 22.3
130% 50.7 MB/s
DQ Read 607
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 349
271% 383 MB/s
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EQ20901 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 241 190 141 178 129 MB/s
Read 1,698
Write 447
Mixed 381
SusWrite 184
147% 678 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 64.9
4K Mixed 24.2
119% 41.4 MB/s
DQ Read 568
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 366
276% 380 MB/s
443GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0901 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 368 474 509 360 848 MB/s
Read 1,620
Write 39.7
Mixed 107
SusWrite 454
119% 555 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 8.7
4K Mixed 7.7
55% 14.3 MB/s
DQ Read 577
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 22.1
135% 317 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EQ20901 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 233 95 135 126 127 MB/s
Read 883
Write 584
Mixed 560
SusWrite 152
121% 544 MB/s
4K Read 12.1
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 8.3
32% 8.87 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,714,360 SSDs tested

Typical CLR-8W512 512GB Builds (Compare 2,584 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision 5520

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