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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 115% (199th of 1072)

Based on 30 user benchmarks.  Model: SK 512GB
Poor: 40%Average: 115% Great: 210%

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Outstanding average bench

The SK 512GB 512GB averaged 15.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SK 512GB 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 243MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 741MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK 512GB 512GB is 171%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SK 512GB 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 22.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 528MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 30 samples)
Rank 199115%
Min Avg Max
284 Read 825 1,653
282 Write 741 1,468
73.4 Mixed 576 1078
135 SusWrite 528 1,530
150% 667 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5 4K Read 28.7 55.1
6.2 4K Write 80.1 161
0.6 4K Mixed 22.8 37.2
115% 43.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.8 DQ Read 364 737
84.1 DQ Write 371 802
1.3 DQ Mixed 243 562
217% 326 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
153GB free
Firmware: V0323A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1144 538 206 202 206 271 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,535
Write 1,358
Mixed 989
SusWrite 428
240% 1,077 MB/s
4K Read 37.6
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 23.8
143% 55.3 MB/s
DQ Read 644
DQ Write 860
DQ Mixed 425
412% 643 MB/s
411GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R3G30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 342 376 393 395 391 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 409
Write 387
Mixed 336
SusWrite 358
84% 372 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 39.8
4K Mixed 26
86% 28.9 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 194
134% 164 MB/s
394GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1103L0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 111 124 222 108 524 MB/s
39.7% Below average
Read 466
Write 392
Mixed 331
SusWrite 218
79% 352 MB/s
4K Read 7.8
4K Write 7
4K Mixed 7.2
25% 7.33 MB/s
427GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0915A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 165 205 243 294 MB/s
35.5% Below average
Read 287
Write 296
Mixed 73.4
SusWrite 176
46% 208 MB/s
4K Read 11.8
4K Write 28.3
4K Mixed 0.6
34% 13.6 MB/s
DQ Read 51.8
DQ Write 142
DQ Mixed 1.3
29% 65.2 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,889,694 SSDs tested

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Workstation 8%
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System: Dell Precision M6800

CPU
Core i7-4810MQIntel  $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples546x
Core i7-4800MQIntel  $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples408x
Core i7-4910MQIntel  $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples214x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples1,019x
Quadro K3100MNvidiaBench 11%, 2,978 samples341x
Quadro K4100MNvidiaBench 16%, 1,157 samples192x
SSD
512GB 512GBSKBench 115%, 30 samples1x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 54%, 1,944 samples85x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples82x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 2,172 samples51x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $400

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