Average Bench: 58.7% (815th of 1072)

Based on 120 user benchmarks.  Model: VMware Virtual disk
Poor: 34%Average: 58.7% Great: 95%

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Average average bench

The Vmware Virtual disk 537GB averaged 41.3% 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 Mixed IO Speed 180MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Vmware Virtual disk 537GB is 61.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Vmware Virtual disk 537GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 23.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 186MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 120 samples)
Min Avg Max
286 Read 427 589
130 Write 301 501
179 Mixed 347 502
39.9 SusWrite 186 400
70.4% 315 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.47 4K Read 20 34.7
8.61 4K Write 23.5 67.4
6.18 4K Mixed 18.8 44
66.9% 20.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.9 DQ Read 228 387
32.4 DQ Write 177 339
25.4 DQ Mixed 180 316
141% 195 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
479GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 233 233 233 233 232 MB/s
Read 476
Write 451
Mixed 430
SusWrite 233
89% 398 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 48
4K Mixed 33.6
109% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 333
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 294
221% 297 MB/s
478GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 233 233 233 232 233 MB/s
Read 470
Write 410
Mixed 435
SusWrite 233
87% 387 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 48.7
4K Mixed 33.5
110% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 318
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 290
217% 290 MB/s
463GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 121 124 133 147 150 MB/s
Read 491
Write 420
Mixed 473
SusWrite 134
85% 379 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 17.9
4K Mixed 20.2
81% 22.8 MB/s
DQ Read 313
DQ Write 202
DQ Mixed 255
191% 257 MB/s
477GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 110 113 124 130 MB/s
Read 444
Write 408
Mixed 366
SusWrite 116
75% 334 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 15.6
4K Mixed 18.6
70% 19.7 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 214
171% 243 MB/s
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 112 118 124 129 124 MB/s
Read 335
Write 174
Mixed 229
SusWrite 118
48% 214 MB/s
4K Read 7.1
4K Write 10
4K Mixed 7.9
26% 8.33 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 217
DQ Mixed 266
196% 260 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,743,837 SSDs tested

Typical Virtual disk 537GB Builds (Compare 24,266 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Disqualified System: bin bin

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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