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Lexar 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 90.5% (318th of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: Lexar
Poor: 74%Average: 90.5% Great: 107%

Excellent average bench

The Lexar 512GB averaged just 9.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lexar 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 179MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 581MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 161MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 367MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 31890.5%
Min Avg Max
302 Read 367 431
552 Write 565 577
370 Mixed 416 462
581 SusWrite 581 581
110% 482 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.2 4K Read 22.1 34.9
56.2 4K Write 59 61.8
14.4 4K Mixed 29.5 44.7
103% 36.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
105 DQ Read 161 217
213 DQ Write 225 238
144 DQ Mixed 179 214
139% 188 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
477GB free
Firmware: 8404
SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 561 550 568 567 571 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 431
Write 577
Mixed 462
SusWrite 581
116% 513 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 61.8
4K Mixed 44.7
143% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 217
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 214
161% 214 MB/s
477GB free
Firmware: 8404
SusWrite @10s intervals: 636 594 564 563 564 565 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 302
Write 552
Mixed 370
SusWrite 581
103% 451 MB/s
4K Read 9.2
4K Write 56.2
4K Mixed 14.4
62% 26.6 MB/s
DQ Read 105
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 144
118% 163 MB/s

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