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2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 204% (94th of 1072)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: M.2 2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 512GB
Poor: 132%Average: 204% Great: 277%

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Outstanding average bench

The M.2 2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 512GB averaged 104.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the M.2 2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 471MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,527MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M.2 2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 512GB is 145%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the M.2 2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 452MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 112MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 94204%
Min Avg Max
778 Read 1,527 1,984
482 Write 1,157 1,332
36.8 Mixed 964 1,202
372 SusWrite 980 1,227
259% 1,157 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11 4K Read 45.8 66.5
20.2 4K Write 112 199
4.1 4K Mixed 50.9 88.5
194% 69.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
192 DQ Read 452 635
168 DQ Write 618 1,058
181 DQ Mixed 471 587
374% 514 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E220419a Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1088 1007 1109 1170 1159 420 MB/s
247% Outstanding
Read 1,732
Write 1,163
Mixed 1,179
SusWrite 992
283% 1,267 MB/s
4K Read 59
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 77.3
278% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 457
DQ Write 944
DQ Mixed 581
476% 661 MB/s
427GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E220419a Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1236 1193 1227 1228 1202 1070 MB/s
216% Outstanding
Read 1,706
Write 1,319
Mixed 1186
SusWrite 1,193
303% 1,351 MB/s
4K Read 46.9
4K Write 83.8
4K Mixed 52.1
182% 60.9 MB/s
DQ Read 458
DQ Write 389
DQ Mixed 586
395% 478 MB/s
436GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC2S038E Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1160 1167 1146 1071 58 65 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 1,675
Write 1,233
Mixed 1,017
SusWrite 778
262% 1,176 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 76.1
4K Mixed 50.5
166% 55.7 MB/s
DQ Read 421
DQ Write 486
DQ Mixed 554
389% 487 MB/s
436GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC2S038E Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1100 1219 1208 788 61 67 MB/s
185% Outstanding
Read 1692
Write 1,214
Mixed 1,015
SusWrite 741
260% 1,165 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 75.9
4K Mixed 50.8
167% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 421
DQ Write 498
DQ Mixed 556
392% 492 MB/s
394GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E220419a Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1024 1091 1121 1149 1223 476 MB/s
182% Outstanding
Read 1,621
Write 1,332
Mixed 1,161
SusWrite 1014
287% 1,282 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 49
4K Mixed 42.1
136% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 220
DQ Mixed 332
238% 310 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 56%
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Workstation 8%
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System: HP EliteBook 850 G5

CPU
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 52%, 42,414 samples266x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples249x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples187x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples859x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples72x
Radeon RX 540AMDBench 12%, 233 samples14x
SSD
2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 512GBM.2Bench 204%, 21 samples1x
RAM
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples45x
HP26D4S9S8MD-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 1,938 samples45x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples41x
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