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hynix SC300B SATA 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 84.2% (360th of 1012)

Based on 292 user benchmarks.  Model: SK hynix SC300B SATA 512GB
Poor: 63%Average: 84.2% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The SK hynix SC300B SATA 512GB averaged just 15.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SK hynix SC300B SATA 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 166MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 255MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix SC300B SATA 512GB is 41.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SK hynix SC300B SATA 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 373MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 385MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 292 samples)
Rank 36084.2%
Min Avg Max
297 Read 448 519
286 Write 417 465
285 Mixed 385 490
210 SusWrite 373 471
91.4% 406 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.3 4K Read 22.7 29.1
27.8 4K Write 60.2 89.8
11.6 4K Mixed 26 39.5
99.6% 36.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.1 DQ Read 260 381
61.9 DQ Write 255 339
11.7 DQ Mixed 166 300
150% 227 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
409GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20102P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 405 407 400 398 396 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 440
Write 400
Mixed 341
SusWrite 402
89% 396 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 58.8
4K Mixed 31.4
102% 36.7 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 296
231% 318 MB/s
426GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20102P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 399 354 366 412 423 MB/s
85.7% Excellent
Read 450
Write 406
Mixed 334
SusWrite 394
89% 396 MB/s
4K Read 14.9
4K Write 58.1
4K Mixed 30.9
93% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 295
228% 311 MB/s
136GB free
Firmware: 20102P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 366 271 201 201 198 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 458
Write 426
Mixed 359
SusWrite 276
85% 380 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 25.3
84% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 297
230% 317 MB/s
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20102P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 362 395 390 353 351 MB/s
70.7% Very good
Read 385
Write 357
Mixed 323
SusWrite 370
81% 359 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 27.8
4K Mixed 18.7
60% 20.3 MB/s
DQ Read 332
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 295
226% 307 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20102P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 308 187 148 138 132 MB/s
69.3% Good
Read 433
Write 390
Mixed 345
SusWrite 202
77% 342 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 45.8
4K Mixed 19.1
82% 29 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 268
219% 314 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,095,342 SSDs tested.

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Typical hynix SC300B SATA 512GB Builds (Compare 3,779 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 24%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 5810

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 65%, 3,866 samples1,219x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 72%, 2,714 samples730x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 78%, 1,227 samples256x
GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 18%, 7,223 samples502x
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 3,854 samples350x
Quadro K620Nvidia  $170Bench 10%, 8,798 samples333x
SSD
hynix SC300B SATA 512GBSKBench 84%, 292 samples1x
RAM
HMA451R7MFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 88%, 864 samples466x
9ASF51272PZ-2G3B1 4x4GBMicronBench 93%, 448 samples251x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 95%, 604 samples246x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 10% - Terrible Total price: $440

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