Average Bench: 151% (154th of 1072)

Based on 56 user benchmarks.  Model: Metabox Performance 500GB PCIe NVME SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Metabox Performance 500GB PCIe NVME SSD averaged 51.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Metabox Performance 500GB PCIe NVME SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 374MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 660MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Metabox Performance 500GB PCIe NVME SSD is 168%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Metabox Performance 500GB PCIe NVME SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 317MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 617MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 56 samples)
Min Avg Max
53 Read 830 1,006
738 Write 953 1,066
19.8 Mixed 744 924
84.9 SusWrite 617 1,024
177% 786 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.19 4K Read 37 56.8
37.2 4K Write 127 236
0.3 4K Mixed 52.4 81.8
190% 72.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12 DQ Read 317 379
72.2 DQ Write 660 1,049
56.9 DQ Mixed 374 487
317% 450 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
259GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 107 63 97 98 66 MB/s
Read 960
Write 959
Mixed 906
SusWrite 86
163% 728 MB/s
4K Read 46.7
4K Write 208
4K Mixed 75.8
278% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 363
DQ Mixed 19.2
106% 242 MB/s
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 89 107 101 115 108 MB/s
Read 1,001
Write 1,028
Mixed 910
SusWrite 102
170% 760 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 86.6
4K Mixed 2.4
112% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 116
109% 166 MB/s
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 265 209 117 71 54 MB/s
Read 1,010
Write 961
Mixed 861
SusWrite 136
166% 742 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 0.6
62% 36.8 MB/s
DQ Read 41
DQ Write 79
DQ Mixed 72.9
52% 64.3 MB/s
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 140 148 110 101 115 MB/s
Read 904
Write 823
Mixed 183
SusWrite 123
112% 508 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 2.9
60% 35 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 76.7
DQ Mixed 76.2
64% 95.1 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 182 115 106 110 89 MB/s
Read 658
Write 1024
Mixed 408
SusWrite 131
125% 555 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 94.7
4K Mixed 1.8
54% 32.5 MB/s
DQ Read 136
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 144
129% 189 MB/s
291GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 158 137 100 70 105 MB/s
Read 108
Write 987
Mixed 113
SusWrite 108
76% 329 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 2.3
60% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 79.1
DQ Mixed 376
208% 198 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,758,376 SSDs tested

Typical Performance 500GB PCIe NVME SSD Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht

System: Metabox Alpha-S NP50HJ

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