Average Bench: 54.6% (856th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: VMware Virtual disk
Poor: 40%Average: 54.6% Great: 72%

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Average average bench

The Vmware Virtual disk 966GB averaged 45.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 208MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 205MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Vmware Virtual disk 966GB is 32%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Vmware Virtual disk 966GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 152MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 26.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Min Avg Max
194 Read 395 539
45.3 Write 266 455
165 Mixed 342 498
69.1 SusWrite 152 473
64.5% 289 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.8 4K Read 17.6 29.3
10.5 4K Write 26.8 71.5
7.1 4K Mixed 17.8 32.2
63.6% 20.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
145 DQ Read 245 393
64.2 DQ Write 205 327
32.1 DQ Mixed 208 374
160% 219 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
479GB free
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 159 158 164 162 MB/s
Read 479
Write 167
Mixed 165
SusWrite 161
53% 243 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 59.3
4K Mixed 21.7
86% 33 MB/s
DQ Read 206
DQ Write 150
DQ Mixed 135
112% 163 MB/s
463GB free
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 79 80 78 MB/s
Read 294
Write 110
Mixed 212
SusWrite 78.8
38% 174 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 51.4
4K Mixed 32.2
106% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 220
163% 217 MB/s
223GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 135 156 120 146 164 MB/s
Read 316
Write 275
Mixed 389
SusWrite 137
63% 279 MB/s
4K Read 5.8
4K Write 15.7
4K Mixed 7.1
26% 9.53 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 32.1
64% 127 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,740,931 SSDs tested

Typical Virtual disk 966GB Builds (Compare 24,266 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Disqualified System: bin bin

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

Popular Virtual disk 966GB systems:

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