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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 79.6% (490th of 1072)

Based on 9,059 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD
Poor: 45%Average: 79.6% Great: 103%

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Good average bench

The SSD 1TB averaged 20.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 152MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 1TB is 58%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 238MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 276MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,059 samples)
Rank 49079.6%
Min Avg Max
187 Read 363 491
101 Write 238 437
86.5 Mixed 276 388
92 SusWrite 314 456
66.8% 298 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.3 4K Read 29 38.4
18.4 4K Write 67 100
10.7 4K Mixed 30.9 43
119% 42.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14 DQ Read 197 302
15.1 DQ Write 232 353
14.4 DQ Mixed 152 225
132% 194 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
909GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0824A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 999 1111 1132 1138 1136 1109 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 1,399
Write 1,138
Mixed 995
SusWrite 1104
260% 1,159 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 28.8
165% 64 MB/s
DQ Read 931
DQ Write 651
DQ Mixed 556
479% 712 MB/s
884GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 435 428 422 203 105 MB/s
93.5% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 270
Mixed 344
SusWrite 336
79% 352 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 70.4
4K Mixed 36.7
137% 47.2 MB/s
DQ Read 261
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 201
175% 257 MB/s
687GB free
Firmware: SBFM6B.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 425 425 430 427 142 MB/s
87.8% Excellent
Read 490
Write 205
Mixed 370
SusWrite 371
80% 359 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 61.8
4K Mixed 31.7
120% 41.5 MB/s
DQ Read 190
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 174
136% 187 MB/s
781GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0704A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 388 401 413 421 421 MB/s
87.1% Excellent
Read 491
Write 423
Mixed 405
SusWrite 396
96% 429 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 78.1
4K Mixed 21.7
114% 43 MB/s
DQ Read 128
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 33.3
78% 157 MB/s
195GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 200 198 216 253 172 MB/s
83.3% Excellent
Read 325
Write 105
Mixed 341
SusWrite 242
57% 253 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 74.4
4K Mixed 36.3
136% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 216
189% 279 MB/s
822GB free
Firmware: SBFMKB.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 430 429 427 438 437 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 155
Write 105
Mixed 169
SusWrite 430
49% 215 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 62.7
4K Mixed 32.4
116% 40.8 MB/s
DQ Read 171
DQ Write 243
DQ Mixed 185
146% 200 MB/s
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,007x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,179x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,946x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,314x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,302x
SSD
SSD 1TBBench 80%, 9,059 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,556x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $604

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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