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SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 214% (76th of 1058)

Based on 3,922 user benchmarks.  Model: INTEL SSDPEKNU512GZ
Poor: 132%Average: 214% Great: 302%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB averaged 114.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 384MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,706MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB is 170%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 436MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 771MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,922 samples)
Rank 76214%
Min Avg Max
926 Read 1,706 2,198
666 Write 1,319 1,592
414 Mixed 1,033 1,317
143 SusWrite 771 1,341
269% 1,207 MB/s
Min Avg Max
40.2 4K Read 58.6 78.5
55.1 4K Write 124 217
43.1 4K Mixed 71.7 102
246% 84.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
410 DQ Read 436 450
115 DQ Write 582 1,169
123 DQ Mixed 384 428
325% 467 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
358GB free
Firmware: 002C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1035 1018 1067 1028 1029 1021 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 1,248
Write 1,014
Mixed 844
SusWrite 1,033
232% 1,035 MB/s
4K Read 59.4
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 73.8
246% 83 MB/s
DQ Read 442
DQ Write 401
DQ Mixed 423
317% 422 MB/s
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 743 840 827 808 817 MB/s
175% Outstanding
Read 1132
Write 844
Mixed 728
SusWrite 806
197% 878 MB/s
4K Read 50.6
4K Write 95.9
4K Mixed 59.3
203% 68.6 MB/s
DQ Read 443
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 428
308% 400 MB/s
126GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 187 135 137 330 140 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 1,441
Write 610
Mixed 147
SusWrite 177
129% 594 MB/s
4K Read 55.9
4K Write 47.4
4K Mixed 45.6
168% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 86.8
DQ Mixed 147
126% 192 MB/s
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 103 54 30 157 30 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 614
Write 460
Mixed 450
SusWrite 116
91% 410 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 77.2
4K Mixed 45.1
141% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 448
DQ Write 277
DQ Mixed 159
173% 294 MB/s
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Typical SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB Builds (Compare 1,633 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 25%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 26%
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CPU
Ryzen 9 5900HXAMDBench 90%, 17,001 samples1,633x
GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 18%, 47,304 samples1,285x
Radeon RX 6800MAMDBench 111%, 350 samples348x
SSD
SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GBIntelBench 214%, 3,922 samples489x
RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2J1 2x8GBMicronBench 86%, 42,110 samples576x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 37,689 samples426x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 2x8GBMicronBench 70%, 13,550 samples188x
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