Average Bench: 81.7% (461st of 1072)

Based on 67 user benchmarks.  Model: SKhynix SC300 HF
Poor: 66%Average: 81.7% Great: 93%

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Very good average bench

The Skhynix SC300 HF 512GB averaged just 18.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Skhynix SC300 HF 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 158MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.6MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Skhynix SC300 HF 512GB is 27.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Skhynix SC300 HF 512GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 209MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 415MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 67 samples)
Min Avg Max
284 Read 415 528
276 Write 415 463
250 Mixed 386 496
184 SusWrite 371 453
89.5% 397 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.7 4K Read 23.6 28.1
34.5 4K Write 60.1 86.9
12.9 4K Mixed 26.6 34.7
102% 36.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.1 DQ Read 209 375
56.9 DQ Write 227 327
11.6 DQ Mixed 158 293
136% 198 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
392GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 426 422 432 428 430 MB/s
Read 367
Write 409
Mixed 343
SusWrite 429
88% 387 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 52.3
4K Mixed 30.6
102% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 291
234% 329 MB/s
237GB free
Firmware: 1P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 438 445 453 452 452 MB/s
Read 408
Write 463
Mixed 377
SusWrite 443
96% 423 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 54.3
4K Mixed 31.3
106% 36.8 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 251
182% 234 MB/s
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 428 421 426 413 421 MB/s
Read 384
Write 430
Mixed 350
SusWrite 421
90% 396 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 57.5
4K Mixed 32.9
111% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 250
182% 236 MB/s
414GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 416 426 441 445 446 MB/s
Read 364
Write 427
Mixed 355
SusWrite 414
88% 390 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 52.1
4K Mixed 29.3
99% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 253
184% 237 MB/s
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 374 291 291 276 243 MB/s
Read 219
Write 418
Mixed 360
SusWrite 317
75% 328 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 63.8
4K Mixed 28.3
105% 38.5 MB/s
DQ Read 236
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 291
215% 280 MB/s
422GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 354 368 410 440 441 MB/s
Read 318
Write 358
Mixed 311
SusWrite 376
77% 341 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 37.7
4K Mixed 22.8
77% 26.2 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 237
172% 222 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,788,987 SSDs tested

Typical SC300 HF 512GB Builds (Compare 1,956 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski

System: HP Z840 Workstation

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