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PM8512GPKTCB4BACE-E162 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 297% (32nd of 1072)

Based on 28 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PM8512GPKTCB4BACE-E162
Poor: 199%Average: 297% Great: 388%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PM8512GPKTCB4BACE-E162 512GB averaged 196.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PM8512GPKTCB4BACE-E162 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 954MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,231MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PM8512GPKTCB4BACE-E162 512GB is 190%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PM8512GPKTCB4BACE-E162 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 45.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 74.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 28 samples)
Rank 32297%
Min Avg Max
968 Read 1,898 2,406
1,122 Write 2,231 2,432
613 Mixed 1,749 2,052
361 SusWrite 1,457 2,341
414% 1,834 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.2 4K Read 45.3 57.8
101 4K Write 229 294
45.6 4K Mixed 74.9 95.5
286% 116 MB/s
Min Avg Max
472 DQ Read 1,158 1,480
354 DQ Write 838 1,230
425 DQ Mixed 954 1,368
724% 983 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
436GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EGFA11.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2104 2101 2117 2345 2326 2339 MB/s
316% Outstanding
Read 1,457
Write 2,227
Mixed 1,617
SusWrite 2222
427% 1,881 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 202
4K Mixed 71
252% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,095
DQ Write 902
DQ Mixed 686
599% 894 MB/s
291GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EGFA11.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 537 402 520 611 370 443 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 1,576
Write 1,676
Mixed 1,416
SusWrite 480
289% 1,287 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 59.7
182% 65.5 MB/s
DQ Read 647
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 58.5
140% 306 MB/s
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Gaming 21%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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System: Acer Spin SP513-55N

CPU
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples42x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples25x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples65x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples2x
SSD
PM8512GPKTCB4BACE-E162 512GBNvmeBench 297%, 28 samples12x
RAM
UBE3D4AA-MGCR 8x2GBSamsungBench 108%, 9,706 samples45x
HCNNNCPMBLHR-NEE 8x2GBHynixBench 122%, 539 samples14x
53E512M32D2NP-046 8x1GBMicronBench 111%, 2,273 samples2x
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