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LEGEND 850 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 288% (33rd of 1072)

Based on 158 user benchmarks.  Model: ADATA LEGEND 850
Poor: 170%Average: 288% Great: 360%

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Outstanding average bench

The Adata LEGEND 850 512GB averaged 187.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Adata LEGEND 850 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 908MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,552MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata LEGEND 850 512GB is 190%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Adata LEGEND 850 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 42.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 56.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 158 samples)
Rank 33288%
Min Avg Max
988 Read 1,878 2,270
724 Write 2,552 3,394
708 Mixed 1,788 2,144
511 SusWrite 1,515 2,059
437% 1,933 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.1 4K Read 56.7 69.9
75.9 4K Write 193 311
24.9 4K Mixed 42.2 79
242% 97.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
564 DQ Read 1,214 1,521
360 DQ Write 1,006 1,608
272 DQ Mixed 908 1,142
735% 1,043 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
382GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0309A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2949 3271 3229 798 1161 1088 MB/s
394% Outstanding
Read 2,316
Write 3,350
Mixed 2215
SusWrite 2,082
564% 2,491 MB/s
4K Read 57.2
4K Write 262
4K Mixed 86.8
336% 135 MB/s
DQ Read 1,835
DQ Write 1,404
DQ Mixed 1,592
1,198% 1,610 MB/s
444GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1223B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2301 2675 2690 2689 1648 619 MB/s
360% Outstanding
Read 2,146
Write 2,675
Mixed 1,967
SusWrite 2,104
502% 2,223 MB/s
4K Read 60
4K Write 234
4K Mixed 86.4
326% 127 MB/s
DQ Read 1,260
DQ Write 805
DQ Mixed 1055
780% 1040 MB/s
419GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0707A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2462 2449 2488 1062 692 699 MB/s
324% Outstanding
Read 2,142
Write 2,496
Mixed 1,927
SusWrite 1642
463% 2,052 MB/s
4K Read 65.6
4K Write 254
4K Mixed 38.5
283% 120 MB/s
DQ Read 1,468
DQ Write 1,103
DQ Mixed 990
820% 1,187 MB/s
432GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0707A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2255 2305 2324 1413 643 643 MB/s
288% Outstanding
Read 1,849
Write 2,324
Mixed 1,673
SusWrite 1,597
420% 1,861 MB/s
4K Read 53.6
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 32.2
186% 68.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,524
DQ Write 1,272
DQ Mixed 963
840% 1,253 MB/s
345GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0707A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2265 2402 2426 418 610 537 MB/s
284% Outstanding
Read 1,934
Write 2,340
Mixed 1749
SusWrite 1443
421% 1,867 MB/s
4K Read 57.2
4K Write 222
4K Mixed 32
245% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 1287
DQ Write 922
DQ Mixed 946
749% 1,051 MB/s
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Typical LEGEND 850 512GB Builds (Compare 6,060 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 129%
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Desktop
Desktop 93%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: MSI X570-A PRO (MS-7C37) - $160

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples1,088x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples999x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $189Bench 98%, 128,080 samples626x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples449x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples379x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples341x
SSD
LEGEND 850 512GBAdataBench 288%, 158 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples239x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples123x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples115x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $905

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $289Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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