Nvme

3460 Micron 512GB

3460 Micron 512GB
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Effective Speed +15% Effective Speed 15%Average Score +32% Read 95%, Write 80%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write -82%, Mixed 99%, 4K Mixed -50%, SusWrite 86%Peak Score +93% Read 174%, Write 152%, 4K Read 34%, 4K Write -26%, Mixed 173%, 4K Mixed 9%, SusWrite 134%Value & Sentiment -896%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,778%Nice To Haves +30% DQ Read 42%, DQ Write -40%, DQ Mixed 24%, ADQ Read -16%, ADQ Write -109%, ADQ Mixed -22%, Age 331%, AS-SSD Total 27%

Average Bench: 114% (201^st of 1074)

Based on 73 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe 3460 NVMe Micron 512GB

Poor: 62%Average: 114% Great: 179%

Popular builds with this SSD

Dell XPS 9315 (72)

Outstanding average bench

The Nvme 3460 Micron 512GB averaged 13.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme 3460 Micron 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 213MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 891MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme 3460 Micron 512GB is 117%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme 3460 Micron 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 138MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 48.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 73 samples)

Rank 201114%

Min	Avg	Max
371	Read 891	1,388
264	Write 728	1,221
288	Mixed 716	1,157
187	SusWrite 551	907
162% 722 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.8	4K Read 33.4	57.6
13.2	4K Write 48.2	96.8
11.5	4K Mixed 30.1	63.3
115% 37.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
62.5	DQ Read 282	522
31.7	DQ Write 138	256
53.8	DQ Mixed 213	410
158% 211 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 1 month ago.

326GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 34600022 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 712 238 744 278 289 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 2,130

Mixed 1,483

SusWrite 486

308% 1365 MB/s

4K Read 52.3

4K Write 160

4K Mixed 71.7

256% 94.8 MB/s

DQ Read 765

DQ Write 164

DQ Mixed 174

203% 368 MB/s

SGP-User, 2 months ago.

326GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 34600022 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 635 701 687 864 915 MB/s

175% Outstanding

Write 841

Mixed 859

SusWrite 743

209% 934 MB/s

4K Read 46.3

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 47.9

194% 70.8 MB/s

DQ Read 592

DQ Write 265

DQ Mixed 266

240% 374 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

219GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 34600022 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 487 436 631 871 848 MB/s

171% Outstanding

Write 1,062

Mixed 844

SusWrite 648

222% 995 MB/s

4K Read 50.9

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 58.1

205% 69.9 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 137

DQ Mixed 216

170% 241 MB/s

USA-User, 6 days ago.

400GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 34600022 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 582 862 931 612 752 849 MB/s

169% Outstanding

Write 935

Mixed 933

SusWrite 765

227% 1,018 MB/s

4K Read 48.6

4K Write 96.8

4K Mixed 43.1

180% 62.8 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 169

DQ Mixed 240

175% 232 MB/s

FRA-User, 17 days ago.

121GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 34600022 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 799 566 615 185 522 186 MB/s

139% Outstanding

Write 1195

Mixed 1,072

SusWrite 479

215% 958 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 95.9

4K Mixed 38.2

158% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 555

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 330

268% 386 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 month ago.

271GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 34600022 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 423 226 189 224 228 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 835

Mixed 801

SusWrite 252

176% 791 MB/s

4K Read 42

4K Write 92.4

4K Mixed 47.2

173% 60.5 MB/s

DQ Read 331

DQ Write 140

DQ Mixed 220

167% 230 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

307GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 34600022 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 717 671 781 779 693 MB/s

128% Outstanding

Write 987

Mixed 944

SusWrite 706

213% 948 MB/s

4K Read 42.6

4K Write 32

4K Mixed 21.5

109% 32 MB/s

DQ Read 216

DQ Write 78.1

DQ Mixed 188

128% 161 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 month ago.

395GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 34600022 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 371 513 414 217 461 MB/s

78.7% Very good

Write 449

Mixed 539

SusWrite 414

121% 541 MB/s

4K Read 17.4

4K Write 15.5

4K Mixed 18

58% 17 MB/s

DQ Read 164

DQ Write 57

DQ Mixed 110

82% 111 MB/s

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 15%

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System: Dell XPS 9315

CPU
Gen Intel Core i7-1250U12thBench 47%, 824 samples	302x
Gen Intel Core i5-1230U12thBench 48%, 284 samples	106x

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Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 11%, 989 samples	404x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

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3460 Micron 512GBNvmeBench 114%, 73 samples	112x

RAM
8x2GBH9JKNNNFB3AECR-N6HBench 102%, 226 samples	167x
8x4GBK3LK6K6@BM-BGCPBench 103%, 104 samples	94x
8x2GBMT62F1G64D8CH-031Bench 108%, 79 samples	60x

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Dell XPS 9315 (72)

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Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Nvme

3460 Micron 512GB

Average Bench: 114% (201^st of 1074)

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Average Bench: 114% (201st of 1074)

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Average Bench: 114% (201^st of 1074)