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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 230% (72nd of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: AX5000 1TB
Poor: 168%Average: 230% Great: 280%

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Outstanding average bench

The Ax5000 1TB 1TB averaged 130.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Ax5000 1TB 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,013MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,196MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ax5000 1TB 1TB is 112%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Ax5000 1TB 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 1,005MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 72230%
Min Avg Max
313 Read 1,274 1,785
808 Write 2,196 2,664
644 Mixed 1,474 1,899
570 SusWrite 1,005 1,539
337% 1,487 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.9 4K Read 40.6 52.1
73.2 4K Write 159 231
25.7 4K Mixed 68.5 84
234% 89.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
53.3 DQ Read 1,159 1,437
138 DQ Write 887 1,269
85.5 DQ Mixed 1,013 1,353
760% 1,020 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
791GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM32.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1610 1008 1020 1031 1030 1033 MB/s
269% Outstanding
Read 1,676
Write 2,506
Mixed 1,821
SusWrite 1122
403% 1,781 MB/s
4K Read 49.3
4K Write 176
4K Mixed 74.9
264% 100 MB/s
DQ Read 1,331
DQ Write 988
DQ Mixed 1,152
863% 1,157 MB/s
263GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1537 817 960 667 370 852 MB/s
246% Outstanding
Read 1,130
Write 2,376
Mixed 1,328
SusWrite 867
324% 1,425 MB/s
4K Read 52.1
4K Write 221
4K Mixed 82.6
302% 119 MB/s
DQ Read 1,278
DQ Write 1,208
DQ Mixed 1,338
978% 1,275 MB/s
259GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1496 461 704 935 914 910 MB/s
232% Outstanding
Read 1,050
Write 2,427
Mixed 1,286
SusWrite 903
322% 1,416 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 204
4K Mixed 75.7
271% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 1,230
DQ Write 1,085
DQ Mixed 1,277
925% 1,197 MB/s
356GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM13.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1017 896 727 716 687 667 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 470
Write 2,092
Mixed 670
SusWrite 785
230% 1,004 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 53.7
202% 79.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1145
DQ Write 722
DQ Mixed 874
667% 914 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,883,701 SSDs tested

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Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 UD V2

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $260Bench 97%, 550,833 samples46x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples45x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples40x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples25x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples19x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples16x
SSD
1TB 1TBAx5000Bench 230%, 25 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples10x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples9x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $510

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