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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 209% (90th of 1071)

Based on 71 user benchmarks.  Model: AX5000 512GB
Poor: 133%Average: 209% Great: 269%

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Outstanding average bench

The Ax5000 512GB 512GB averaged 109.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Ax5000 512GB 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,006MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,904MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ax5000 512GB 512GB is 137%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Ax5000 512GB 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 623MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 71 samples)
Rank 90209%
Min Avg Max
425 Read 1,255 1,707
918 Write 1,904 2,370
480 Mixed 1,258 1,730
433 SusWrite 623 835
285% 1,260 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.7 4K Read 41.6 53.5
93.7 4K Write 183 262
37.3 4K Mixed 67.7 86.9
247% 97.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
665 DQ Read 1,077 1,473
464 DQ Write 955 1,444
573 DQ Mixed 1,006 1,442
757% 1,013 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
316GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM32.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1306 518 538 543 539 540 MB/s
241% Outstanding
Read 1,723
Write 1,952
Mixed 1,634
SusWrite 664
336% 1,493 MB/s
4K Read 42.3
4K Write 160
4K Mixed 71.2
240% 91.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,398
DQ Write 1168
DQ Mixed 1,274
957% 1,280 MB/s
247GB free
Firmware: ECFM22.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1316 580 578 578 583 582 MB/s
211% Outstanding
Read 1,257
Write 1,212
Mixed 1,433
SusWrite 703
259% 1,151 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 71.2
250% 93 MB/s
DQ Read 731
DQ Write 1,075
DQ Mixed 983
721% 930 MB/s
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 537 375 500 426 400 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,302
Write 2244
Mixed 1,387
SusWrite 556
310% 1,372 MB/s
4K Read 43.2
4K Write 187
4K Mixed 76
262% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 742
DQ Write 910
DQ Mixed 517
476% 723 MB/s
166GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 572 582 504 574 483 MB/s
192% Outstanding
Read 1,501
Write 2,364
Mixed 1484
SusWrite 549
333% 1,474 MB/s
4K Read 9.6
4K Write 176
4K Mixed 77.6
207% 87.8 MB/s
DQ Read 687
DQ Write 708
DQ Mixed 449
406% 615 MB/s
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM32.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 512 449 426 424 385 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 796
Write 1,438
Mixed 506
SusWrite 456
180% 799 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 95
4K Mixed 40.8
153% 56.4 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 450
DQ Mixed 116
153% 269 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asrock B550 Steel Legend

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Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples391x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples227x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples145x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples158x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples109x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples94x
SSD
512GB 512GBAx5000Bench 209%, 71 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples60x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples31x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples30x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $600

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