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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 59.3% (808th of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: SDM6Q480
Poor: 28%Average: 59.3% Great: 92%

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Average average bench

The SDM6Q480 480GB averaged 40.7% 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 Random Read Speed 24MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 60.7MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SDM6Q480 480GB is 63.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SDM6Q480 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 23.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 157MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 80859.3%
Min Avg Max
288 Read 439 512
52.8 Write 337 453
8.7 Mixed 325 434
6.6 SusWrite 157 447
70.2% 315 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.9 4K Read 24 32.1
4.4 4K Write 60.7 111
0.2 4K Mixed 15 27.8
87.7% 33.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24 DQ Read 123 232
9.1 DQ Write 194 349
0.2 DQ Mixed 23.5 44.4
55.7% 113 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
333GB free
Firmware: V1031C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 439 444 446 447 451 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 452
Mixed 416
SusWrite 445
102% 455 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 24.7
142% 56.4 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 35.4
90% 184 MB/s
249GB free
Firmware: U0409A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 435 431 429 433 439 MB/s
91.6% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 436
Mixed 394
SusWrite 435
99% 442 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 83.2
4K Mixed 26
118% 45.3 MB/s
DQ Read 112
DQ Write 319
DQ Mixed 41.3
82% 157 MB/s
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0913A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 279 77 2.6 34 38 MB/s
65.6% Good
Read 490
Write 391
Mixed 394
SusWrite 132
78% 352 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 58.9
4K Mixed 22.4
94% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 128
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 37.2
79% 156 MB/s
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0409A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 206 14 80 72 20 MB/s
62.8% Good
Read 459
Write 395
Mixed 375
SusWrite 68.5
72% 324 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 73.5
4K Mixed 23.3
106% 40.5 MB/s
DQ Read 85.6
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 0.3
55% 126 MB/s
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0409A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 17 108 5 40 18 MB/s
45% Average
Read 330
Write 212
Mixed 310
SusWrite 47.1
50% 225 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 58.8
4K Mixed 18.7
88% 33 MB/s
DQ Read 24
DQ Write 99
DQ Mixed 18.6
27% 47.2 MB/s
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0409A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 24 140 62 33 111 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 330
Write 96.7
Mixed 212
SusWrite 63.4
39% 175 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 9.6
4K Mixed 12.4
49% 13.5 MB/s
DQ Read 103
DQ Write 12.7
DQ Mixed 18.6
24% 44.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,753,714 SSDs tested

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Typical SDM6Q480 480GB Builds (Compare 467 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus PRIME H510M-R

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples139x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples78x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples63x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples69x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples46x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples41x
SSD
SDM6Q480 480GBBench 59%, 25 samples1x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/16GX 1x16GBKingstonBench 48%, 8,257 samples26x
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples15x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $253

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