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512GB M300 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 62.4% (774th of 1072)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: LS 512GB M300
Poor: 35%Average: 62.4% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The LS 512GB M300 512GB averaged 37.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 208MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LS 512GB M300 512GB is 45.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the LS 512GB M300 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 143MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 255MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 77462.4%
Min Avg Max
315 Read 410 462
133 Write 325 391
18.7 Mixed 255 390
57.9 SusWrite 269 391
70.5% 315 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.1 4K Read 19 29.5
3.6 4K Write 43.7 74.3
0.4 4K Mixed 17.3 58
74% 26.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
86.6 DQ Read 143 266
13.1 DQ Write 208 336
0.4 DQ Mixed 56.5 227
76.1% 136 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
409GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0910A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 362 385 375 445 460 MB/s
90.8% Outstanding
Read 402
Write 275
Mixed 303
SusWrite 391
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 11.1
4K Write 45.7
4K Mixed 58
115% 38.3 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 239
DQ Mixed 227
177% 244 MB/s
428GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0201A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 348 351 352 378 358 MB/s
69.5% Good
Read 399
Write 345
Mixed 345
SusWrite 355
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 57.8
4K Mixed 15
77% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 122
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 30
73% 148 MB/s
401GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0922A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 278 317 312 338 351 MB/s
65% Good
Read 402
Write 369
Mixed 350
SusWrite 312
81% 358 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 32.1
4K Mixed 17.4
67% 22.5 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 260
DQ Mixed 47.8
83% 159 MB/s
411GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0128A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 165 17 136 19 117 MB/s
62.2% Good
Read 442
Write 363
Mixed 352
SusWrite 128
72% 321 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 61.2
4K Mixed 21.3
92% 34.7 MB/s
DQ Read 103
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 39.8
76% 146 MB/s
271GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R3G30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 249 349 350 321 374 MB/s
47.9% Average
Read 366
Write 291
Mixed 57.6
SusWrite 324
58% 260 MB/s
4K Read 16.2
4K Write 10.5
4K Mixed 4.3
36% 10.3 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 54.3
DQ Mixed 152
94% 103 MB/s
297GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 266 12 86 18 59 MB/s
34.6% Below average
Read 462
Write 377
Mixed 19.4
SusWrite 87.6
52% 236 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 12.2
4K Mixed 0.4
32% 9.67 MB/s
DQ Read 89.3
DQ Write 14
DQ Mixed 0.5
13% 34.6 MB/s
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Gaming 4%
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Desktop 34%
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Workstation 4%
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Motherboard: To ITo be filled by O.E.M.

CPU
Celeron J4105IntelBench 36%, 1,216 samples31x
Celeron J4125IntelBench 35%, 2,594 samples13x
Core i5-8279UIntelBench 74%, 740 samples6x
GPU
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples45x
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples8x
Iris Plus Graphics 655IntelBench 9%, 8,316 samples6x
SSD
512GB M300 512GBLSBench 62%, 14 samples8x
RAM
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples24x
123456789012345678 4x3GBABCDBench 23%, 488 samples20x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples7x
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