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hynix SC300B SATA 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 84.4% (385th of 1040)

Based on 498 user benchmarks.  Model: SK hynix SC300B SATA 512GB
Poor: 63%Average: 84.4% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The SK hynix SC300B SATA 512GB averaged just 15.6% 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 209MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 269MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix SC300B SATA 512GB is 41.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SK hynix SC300B SATA 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 365MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 373MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 498 samples)
Rank 38584.4%
Min Avg Max
320 Read 436 517
277 Write 409 465
277 Mixed 365 487
213 SusWrite 373 467
89.1% 396 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11 4K Read 22.3 29.2
27.6 4K Write 59.4 90.5
12.3 4K Mixed 27.2 39.5
100% 36.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24 DQ Read 292 381
71.1 DQ Write 269 339
13.2 DQ Mixed 209 300
176% 257 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
309GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20102P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 356 421 362 425 326 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 423
Mixed 343
SusWrite 384
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 65.5
4K Mixed 35.4
121% 42.7 MB/s
DQ Read 284
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 68.6
111% 213 MB/s
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20102P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 403 398 404 406 410 MB/s
90.9% Outstanding
Read 458
Write 423
Mixed 342
SusWrite 399
91% 405 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 59.2
4K Mixed 31.7
109% 38.5 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 294
228% 314 MB/s
450GB free
Firmware: 20102P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 376 384 376 413 441 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 425
Mixed 337
SusWrite 393
91% 405 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 58
4K Mixed 30.8
104% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 296
237% 333 MB/s
450GB free
Firmware: 20102P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 425 442 443 445 438 MB/s
89% Excellent
Read 414
Write 388
Mixed 327
SusWrite 436
88% 391 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 63.8
4K Mixed 27.9
102% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 294
229% 316 MB/s
437GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20102P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 433 432 432 426 430 MB/s
85.4% Excellent
Read 437
Write 417
Mixed 351
SusWrite 430
92% 409 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 44.3
4K Mixed 25
86% 29.8 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 298
235% 325 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20102P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 226 226 192 188 187 MB/s
82.7% Excellent
Read 305
Write 448
Mixed 379
SusWrite 227
77% 340 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 84.6
4K Mixed 38.9
139% 50.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 239
DQ Mixed 299
226% 306 MB/s
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Gaming 10%
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Desktop 65%
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Workstation 10%
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System: Dell Precision 5510

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 68%, 22,334 samples698x
Xeon E3-1505M v5IntelBench 68%, 4,073 samples168x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 64%, 44,855 samples54x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 155,618 samples562x
Quadro M1000MNvidiaBench 14%, 5,230 samples281x
HD P530 (Server Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 3,917 samples102x
SSD
hynix SC300B SATA 512GBSKBench 84%, 498 samples45x
RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 69%, 45,252 samples184x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 3,459 samples154x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 70%, 3,687 samples78x
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