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M300 NVMe SSD 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 175% (127th of 1072)

Based on 1,734 user benchmarks.  Model: MLD M300 NVMe SSD
Poor: 101%Average: 175% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The MLD M300 NVMe SSD 500GB averaged 75.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MLD M300 NVMe SSD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 559MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 848MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MLD M300 NVMe SSD 500GB is 140%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the MLD M300 NVMe SSD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 499MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 500MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,734 samples)
Rank 127175%
Min Avg Max
660 Read 1,040 1,283
473 Write 1,232 1,664
317 Mixed 1,020 1,406
88.7 SusWrite 499 1,308
213% 948 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.8 4K Read 48.6 59.4
53 4K Write 153 256
15.1 4K Mixed 65.1 85.3
238% 89 MB/s
Min Avg Max
288 DQ Read 500 1,185
250 DQ Write 848 1,340
118 DQ Mixed 559 1,143
456% 636 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
381GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM90.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1145 1545 1554 1582 1620 1624 MB/s
233% Outstanding
Read 1,104
Write 1,636
Mixed 1,210
SusWrite 1,512
310% 1,366 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 89.9
4K Mixed 56
185% 63.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,202
DQ Write 570
DQ Mixed 971
698% 915 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMF0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1504 691 23 147 21 23 MB/s
211% Outstanding
Read 1,182
Write 1,508
Mixed 1,219
SusWrite 402
243% 1,077 MB/s
4K Read 57
4K Write 266
4K Mixed 87.1
339% 137 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 1,249
DQ Mixed 526
485% 715 MB/s
276GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMF0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 35 38 44 39 233 MB/s
198% Outstanding
Read 1,032
Write 1,520
Mixed 1,178
SusWrite 140
218% 967 MB/s
4K Read 54.7
4K Write 292
4K Mixed 92.3
356% 146 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 1,412
DQ Mixed 526
510% 770 MB/s
424GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMC0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 907 1080 315 102 98 61 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1042
Write 1,160
Mixed 1,015
SusWrite 427
205% 911 MB/s
4K Read 57.8
4K Write 215
4K Mixed 81.5
306% 118 MB/s
DQ Read 462
DQ Write 1,010
DQ Mixed 574
483% 682 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMF0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 697 36 37 564 37 37 MB/s
192% Outstanding
Read 1,178
Write 1,511
Mixed 1,212
SusWrite 234
232% 1,034 MB/s
4K Read 52.6
4K Write 242
4K Mixed 80.3
311% 125 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 1,227
DQ Mixed 526
482% 709 MB/s
345GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMC0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 989 643 150 93 86 96 MB/s
157% Outstanding
Read 1,063
Write 1,124
Mixed 1,036
SusWrite 343
200% 891 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 64.9
219% 78 MB/s
DQ Read 460
DQ Write 674
DQ Mixed 574
432% 569 MB/s
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMC0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 147 138 148 141 155 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 991
Write 509
Mixed 629
SusWrite 198
129% 581 MB/s
4K Read 36
4K Write 66.2
4K Mixed 43.2
145% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 456
DQ Write 586
DQ Mixed 573
418% 539 MB/s
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Gaming 101%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation 95%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H610M H DDR4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel  $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples1,042x
Core i3-12100FIntel  $95Bench 94%, 11,860 samples750x
Core i5-12400Intel  $162Bench 98%, 17,352 samples345x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples388x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples211x
RTX 3050Nvidia  $230Bench 75%, 43,922 samples193x
SSD
M300 NVMe SSD 500GBMLDBench 175%, 1,734 samples122x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples171x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GVKB 2x8GBGBench 89%, 16,709 samples113x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples106x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $412

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