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PC300 SK hy 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 131% (176th of 1072)

Based on 3,574 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PC300 NVMe SK hy
Poor: 84%Average: 131% Great: 167%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC300 SK hy 512GB averaged 31.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC300 SK hy 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 580MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 621MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC300 SK hy 512GB is 83.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC300 SK hy 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 541MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 546MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,574 samples)
Rank 176131%
Min Avg Max
458 Read 791 1,011
373 Write 653 769
343 Mixed 541 674
213 SusWrite 546 750
142% 633 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13 4K Read 31 35.3
33.8 4K Write 82.4 114
16.8 4K Mixed 36.2 45.6
137% 49.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
182 DQ Read 621 789
108 DQ Write 498 723
139 DQ Mixed 580 819
429% 566 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 698 722 716 688 726 692 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 882
Write 765
Mixed 403
SusWrite 707
154% 689 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 50.2
4K Mixed 33.4
108% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 423
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 277
236% 348 MB/s
229GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 713 725 722 710 639 353 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 717
Write 701
Mixed 595
SusWrite 644
150% 664 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 59.3
4K Mixed 34.7
114% 39.8 MB/s
DQ Read 563
DQ Write 369
DQ Mixed 456
343% 463 MB/s
231GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 721 648 617 571 348 327 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 859
Write 692
Mixed 636
SusWrite 539
153% 681 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 60.1
4K Mixed 35.2
116% 40.4 MB/s
DQ Read 557
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 344
277% 398 MB/s
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 309 309 317 300 298 MB/s
77.2% Very good
Read 520
Write 530
Mixed 386
SusWrite 323
99% 440 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 56
4K Mixed 21.8
82% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 248
189% 258 MB/s
227GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 292 327 338 375 327 MB/s
54.1% Above average
Read 380
Write 398
Mixed 324
SusWrite 315
80% 354 MB/s
4K Read 11.6
4K Write 21.5
4K Mixed 11
43% 14.7 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 115
DQ Mixed 165
118% 153 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 11%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 10%
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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples3,707x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples13x
GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples2,581x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples1,410x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples6x
SSD
PC300 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 131%, 3,574 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples1,169x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples264x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples235x
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