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hynix SC308 SATA 512G 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 72.3% (626th of 1071)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: SK hynix SC308 SATA 512G
Poor: 44%Average: 72.3% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The SK hynix SC308 SATA 512G 512GB averaged 27.7% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 90.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.9MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix SC308 SATA 512G 512GB is 46.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SK hynix SC308 SATA 512G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 289MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 18MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 62672.3%
Min Avg Max
281 Read 394 500
139 Write 349 423
212 Mixed 289 413
336 SusWrite 365 384
78.6% 349 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.9 4K Read 21.9 30.7
10.7 4K Write 55.9 90.4
9.65 4K Mixed 18 26.6
85.9% 31.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.5 DQ Read 241 323
10.7 DQ Write 198 303
10.3 DQ Mixed 90.3 236
103% 177 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
374GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 383 380 385 385 383 MB/s
90.6% Outstanding
Read 396
Write 394
Mixed 245
SusWrite 384
80% 355 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 90.4
4K Mixed 26.6
128% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 27.2
94% 206 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3000
83.9% Excellent
Read 500
Write 423
Mixed 391
98% 438 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 57.7
4K Mixed 17.6
88% 32.7 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 223
DQ Mixed 20.2
83% 189 MB/s
328GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 390 390 363 361 359 MB/s
77.2% Very good
Read 361
Write 363
Mixed 240
SusWrite 374
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 59.9
4K Mixed 19.7
89% 33.7 MB/s
DQ Read 306
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 235
194% 276 MB/s
346GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 323 309 348 346 351 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 330
Write 355
Mixed 231
SusWrite 336
71% 313 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 53.6
4K Mixed 22.2
89% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 236
195% 277 MB/s
250GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3000
63.9% Good
Read 281
Write 423
Mixed 413
84% 372 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 63.3
4K Mixed 12.4
85% 33 MB/s
DQ Read 27.5
DQ Write 78.5
DQ Mixed 12.9
21% 39.6 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,630,610 SSDs tested

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Typical hynix SC308 SATA 512G 512GB Builds (Compare 2,411 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 10%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
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System: Dell Precision 7510

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples1,632x
Core i7-6920HQIntelBench 70%, 3,282 samples310x
Xeon E3-1535M v5IntelBench 69%, 1,588 samples222x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples1,312x
Quadro M2000MNvidiaBench 16%, 5,864 samples504x
Quadro M1000MNvidiaBench 13%, 6,377 samples291x
SSD
hynix SC308 SATA 512G 512GBSKBench 72%, 6 samples1x
RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples343x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 2x8GBMicronBench 71%, 5,035 samples261x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 69%, 5,073 samples155x
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