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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 66.8% (723rd of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: ARRAY
Poor: 64%Average: 66.8% Great: 69%

Above average average bench

The ARRAY 500GB averaged 33.2% 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 Random Write Speed 135MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 26MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 41.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 69.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 72366.8%
Min Avg Max
390 Read 434 478
62.6 Write 163 264
178 Mixed 225 273
41.7 SusWrite 41.7 41.7
47.4% 216 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.2 4K Read 20 20.8
96.9 4K Write 135 172
25.9 4K Mixed 26 26.1
135% 60.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
179 DQ Read 207 236
66.9 DQ Write 69.2 71.5
50 DQ Mixed 68.2 86.5
68.7% 115 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 47 38 33 32 35 MB/s
69.3% Good
Read 390
Write 264
Mixed 273
SusWrite 41.7
54% 242 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 172
4K Mixed 25.9
156% 73 MB/s
DQ Read 179
DQ Write 66.9
DQ Mixed 86.5
74% 111 MB/s
153GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown
64.2% Good
Read 478
Write 62.6
Mixed 178
52% 240 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 96.9
4K Mixed 26.1
114% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 236
DQ Write 71.5
DQ Mixed 50
64% 119 MB/s

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