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SATA SSD 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 59.5% (806th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: 2.5 SATA SSD
Poor: 39%Average: 59.5% Great: 82%

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Average average bench

The 2.5 SATA SSD 512GB averaged 40.4% 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 83.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.1MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 2.5 SATA SSD 512GB is 42.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the 2.5 SATA SSD 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 109MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 200MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 80659.5%
Min Avg Max
155 Read 344 448
59.3 Write 200 404
81.5 Mixed 220 376
39.7 SusWrite 202 304
53.9% 241 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.2 4K Read 26.1 34.9
13.2 4K Write 46.5 86.5
2.8 4K Mixed 23.5 39.5
94.3% 32 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.3 DQ Read 109 291
3.7 DQ Write 105 328
1.6 DQ Mixed 83.6 211
69.2% 99.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
476GB free
Firmware: HAFEA2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 191 172 178 172 176 MB/s
87.1% Excellent
Read 423
Write 448
Mixed 370
SusWrite 205
81% 362 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 80.2
4K Mixed 37.6
142% 50.5 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 189
178% 275 MB/s
209GB free
Firmware: HAFEA2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 171 169 171 192 361 MB/s
79.4% Very good
Read 434
Write 180
Mixed 223
SusWrite 237
60% 268 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 46.1
4K Mixed 30.1
108% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 288
DQ Write 352
DQ Mixed 213
190% 284 MB/s
289GB free
Firmware: HAFEA2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 189 183 185 352 181 MB/s
62.2% Good
Read 309
Write 150
Mixed 206
SusWrite 240
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 45.3
4K Mixed 24.7
101% 33.4 MB/s
DQ Read 51.9
DQ Write 150
DQ Mixed 216
132% 139 MB/s
338GB free
Firmware: HAFEA2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 167 167 168 168 166 MB/s
56.9% Above average
Read 413
Write 200
Mixed 203
SusWrite 190
56% 251 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 39.1
4K Mixed 21.3
88% 28.9 MB/s
DQ Read 48
DQ Write 52.5
DQ Mixed 66.5
46% 55.7 MB/s
122GB free
Firmware: HAFEA2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 165 164 53 155 286 MB/s
49.8% Average
Read 288
Write 130
Mixed 157
SusWrite 187
42% 190 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 38.9
4K Mixed 22.1
80% 27.3 MB/s
DQ Read 43.3
DQ Write 47.2
DQ Mixed 42.1
33% 44.2 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: A2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 30 21 56 49 26 MB/s
36.3% Below average
Read 302
Write 153
Mixed 154
SusWrite 47.6
36% 164 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 28
4K Mixed 15.6
65% 21.2 MB/s
DQ Read 34.4
DQ Write 37
DQ Mixed 32.9
26% 34.8 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS M - $149

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,432x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,317x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples559x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples502x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples430x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples425x
SSD
SATA SSD 512GB2.5Bench 60%, 50 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples417x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples275x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples249x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $402

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