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SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 185% (113th of 1072)

Based on 19,397 user benchmarks.  Model: INTEL SSDPEKNU512GZ
Poor: 99%Average: 185% Great: 290%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB averaged 85.1% 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 334MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,650MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB is 191%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 609MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 90.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,397 samples)
Rank 113185%
Min Avg Max
813 Read 1,650 2,175
406 Write 1,185 1,591
71.5 Mixed 902 1,310
98.6 SusWrite 609 1,311
242% 1,086 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.8 4K Read 51.3 73.1
21.5 4K Write 90.7 182
21.7 4K Mixed 57.4 93.1
199% 66.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
353 DQ Read 431 452
76 DQ Write 498 1,151
79.4 DQ Mixed 334 425
288% 421 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
341GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1316 1362 1381 1377 610 188 MB/s
284% Outstanding
Read 2,055
Write 1,562
Mixed 1223
SusWrite 1,039
328% 1,470 MB/s
4K Read 61.9
4K Write 193
4K Mixed 96
319% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 443
DQ Write 1,306
DQ Mixed 406
446% 718 MB/s
392GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1297 1398 1437 1474 1344 116 MB/s
216% Outstanding
Read 1,682
Write 1,460
Mixed 1,112
SusWrite 1,178
305% 1,358 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 93.7
4K Mixed 57.2
194% 66 MB/s
DQ Read 449
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 422
303% 392 MB/s
207GB free
Firmware: 002C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 139 31 182 114 111 MB/s
186% Outstanding
Read 1975
Write 1,048
Mixed 105
SusWrite 156
178% 821 MB/s
4K Read 60.2
4K Write 89.2
4K Mixed 78.1
238% 75.8 MB/s
DQ Read 451
DQ Write 530
DQ Mixed 411
332% 464 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 84 138 85 190 86 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 1,796
Write 467
Mixed 153
SusWrite 178
139% 648 MB/s
4K Read 53.7
4K Write 45.3
4K Mixed 47.5
166% 48.8 MB/s
DQ Read 416
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 310
242% 338 MB/s
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Typical SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB Builds (Compare 1,609 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 20%
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Desktop 83%
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Workstation 19%
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CPU
Ryzen 9 5900HXAMDBench 78%, 12,809 samples1,304x
Ryzen 9 5980HXAMDBench 90%, 1,206 samples305x
GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples1,318x
RX 6800MAMDBench 89%, 521 samples284x
Radeon RX Vega GraphicsAMDBench 20%, 37 samples4x
SSD
SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GBIntelBench 185%, 19,397 samples555x
RAM
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 57,752 samples419x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2J1 2x8GBMicronBench 85%, 42,443 samples367x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 2x8GBMicronBench 71%, 19,121 samples311x
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