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S101 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 74.5% (585th of 1071)

Based on 159 user benchmarks.  Model: Fanxiang S101 500GB
Poor: 40%Average: 74.5% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The Fanxiang S101 500GB averaged 25.5% 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 Read Speed 26.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 260MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Fanxiang S101 500GB is 56.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Fanxiang S101 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 145MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 290MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 159 samples)
Rank 58574.5%
Min Avg Max
304 Read 435 508
221 Write 381 455
49.5 Mixed 342 423
48.4 SusWrite 290 440
81.2% 362 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.1 4K Read 26.7 36.2
14.8 4K Write 67.9 115
3.45 4K Mixed 20.9 33.5
103% 38.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
50.3 DQ Read 145 217
88.6 DQ Write 260 344
10.3 DQ Mixed 60 227
85.8% 155 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
42GB free
Firmware: SN14546
SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 415 387 379 342 218 MB/s
88% Excellent
Read 380
Write 458
Mixed 399
SusWrite 363
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 66.4
4K Mixed 38
126% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 273
201% 260 MB/s
238GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN14546
SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 400 395 391 400 265 MB/s
82.4% Excellent
Read 412
Write 408
Mixed 388
SusWrite 375
89% 396 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 49.5
4K Mixed 31
104% 35.2 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 255
DQ Mixed 274
196% 249 MB/s
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN12989
SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 369 373 385 376 366 MB/s
74.5% Very good
Read 361
Write 386
Mixed 348
SusWrite 373
83% 367 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 52.2
4K Mixed 23.8
89% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 250
DQ Mixed 227
170% 225 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,749,206 SSDs tested

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Typical S101 500GB Builds (Compare 1,546 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples846x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples173x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples169x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples124x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples106x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples85x
SSD
S101 500GBFanxiangBench 74%, 159 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples39x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples34x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 119% - Outstanding Total price: $446

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