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ST9000 PCI-E M.2 512G 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 197% (100th of 1071)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: Thinklife ST9000 PCI-E M.2 512G
Poor: 136%Average: 197% Great: 260%

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Outstanding average bench

The Thinklife ST9000 PCI-E M.2 512G 512GB averaged 96.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Thinklife ST9000 PCI-E M.2 512G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 447MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,633MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Thinklife ST9000 PCI-E M.2 512G 512GB is 124%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Thinklife ST9000 PCI-E M.2 512G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 23.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 108MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 100197%
Min Avg Max
1,248 Read 1,633 1,975
349 Write 1,248 1,714
167 Mixed 970 1218
300 SusWrite 976 1,617
270% 1,207 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.7 4K Read 43.3 57
48.3 4K Write 108 207
17 4K Mixed 23.9 30.2
153% 58.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
286 DQ Read 686 931
127 DQ Write 566 1,114
240 DQ Mixed 447 590
383% 566 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
427GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0806A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 1147 1118 1179 1182 1180 MB/s
230% Outstanding
Read 1566
Write 1,100
Mixed 972
SusWrite 1,119
266% 1,189 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 189
4K Mixed 25.3
195% 85.3 MB/s
DQ Read 923
DQ Write 1,012
DQ Mixed 553
531% 829 MB/s
385GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0806A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1128 1080 1134 1209 1198 1092 MB/s
213% Outstanding
Read 1,937
Write 1,368
Mixed 1,126
SusWrite 1,140
311% 1,393 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 64.4
4K Mixed 25.1
142% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 930
DQ Write 171
DQ Mixed 303
286% 468 MB/s
424GB free
Firmware: V0926A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1038 1045 1042 1048 1047 1039 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 1,410
Write 1,058
Mixed 921
SusWrite 1,043
248% 1,108 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 23.9
138% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 286
DQ Write 761
DQ Mixed 297
292% 448 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0417A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1107 1304 390 153 154 177 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1,455
Write 1,296
Mixed 926
SusWrite 548
236% 1,056 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 90.8
4K Mixed 24.2
136% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 534
DQ Write 476
DQ Mixed 491
372% 500 MB/s
294GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111j0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 297 602 523 559 222 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 1,501
Write 1,258
Mixed 874
SusWrite 436
227% 1,017 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 51.3
4K Mixed 17
103% 34.7 MB/s
DQ Read 313
DQ Write 247
DQ Mixed 302
220% 287 MB/s
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Gaming 54%
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Desktop 92%
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Workstation 46%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Phoenix Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples11x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples5x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples4x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples4x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples2x
SSD
ST9000 PCI-E M.2 512G 512GBThinklifeBench 197%, 14 samples1x
RAM
VMA45UH-MEC1U2AW2 2x16GBUnknownBench 86%, 354 samples3x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples3x
RZX-D4D17M2400B-16G 1x16GBUnknownBench 41%, 10 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $347

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