Lexar

NS100 512GB

NS100 512GB
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Effective Speed -14%Effective Speed -14%Average Score -11%Read -15%, Write -1%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -36%, Mixed 4%, 4K Mixed -37%, SusWrite 28%Peak Score -8%Read -8%, Write -1%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed 4%, 4K Mixed -28%, SusWrite 15%Value & Sentiment -260%User Rating -14%, Market Share -507%Nice To Haves +38% DQ Read -33%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -8%, ADQ Read -46%, ADQ Write -14%, ADQ Mixed -6%, Age 452%, AS-SSD Total -22%

Average Bench: 86.2% (387^th of 1072)

Based on 639 user benchmarks. Model: Lexar SSD NS100 512GB

Poor: 57%Average: 86.2% Great: 109%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Lexar NS100 512GB averaged just 13.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lexar NS100 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 246MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.2MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lexar NS100 512GB is 52.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Lexar NS100 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 399MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 223MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 639 samples)

Rank 38786.2%

Min	Avg	Max
269	Read 399	467
245	Write 402	482
250	Mixed 375	442
268	SusWrite 379	445
87.6% 388 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.7	4K Read 28.2	37.8
31.2	4K Write 64.6	101
15.3	4K Mixed 32.9	45.5
119% 41.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
151	DQ Read 223	276
108	DQ Write 253	304
26.7	DQ Mixed 246	308
183% 241 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

AUS-User, 1 day ago.

399GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V4.1.13

SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 427 435 434 435 379 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 493

Mixed 435

SusWrite 432

102% 450 MB/s

4K Read 38.4

4K Write 96.3

4K Mixed 46

168% 60.2 MB/s

DQ Read 239

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 278

207% 272 MB/s

SRB-User, 4 hrs ago.

323GB free

Firmware: SN13241

SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 456 455 455 441 447 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 488

Mixed 444

SusWrite 448

104% 462 MB/s

4K Read 31.6

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 40.3

155% 59.2 MB/s

DQ Read 198

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 249

190% 251 MB/s

GBR-User, 15 hrs ago.

238GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN13132

SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 446 445 446 433 435 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 479

Mixed 450

SusWrite 446

104% 459 MB/s

4K Read 35.3

4K Write 77.8

4K Mixed 41

147% 51.4 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 312

228% 297 MB/s

SVK-User, 20 hrs ago.

477GB free

Firmware: SN11035

SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 421 426 429 422 426 MB/s

98.9% Outstanding

Write 447

Mixed 426

SusWrite 396

98% 434 MB/s

4K Read 33.4

4K Write 78.6

4K Mixed 39.8

143% 50.6 MB/s

DQ Read 237

DQ Write 296

DQ Mixed 302

218% 278 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

81GB free (System drive)

Firmware: D910R140

SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 415 331 35 66 MB/s

85.7% Excellent

Write 465

Mixed 362

SusWrite 227

81% 361 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 82.5

4K Mixed 40.4

145% 51.8 MB/s

DQ Read 221

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 268

199% 261 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

444GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN14546

SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 397 374 394 412 434 MB/s

82.4% Excellent

Write 399

Mixed 394

SusWrite 365

88% 391 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 53.2

4K Mixed 33.6

107% 36.8 MB/s

DQ Read 207

DQ Write 254

DQ Mixed 252

184% 238 MB/s

NLD-User, 3 hrs ago.

390GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN14357

SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 303 285 287 293 291 MB/s

53.8% Above average

Write 309

Mixed 273

SusWrite 277

64% 281 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 37.2

4K Mixed 21.6

80% 26.7 MB/s

DQ Read 23.5

DQ Write 56.5

DQ Mixed 29.1

25% 36.4 MB/s

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Typical NS100 512GB Builds (Compare 10,603 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 9020

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	3,460x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	2,218x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	1,852x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	3,550x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	709x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	682x

SSD
NS100 512GBLexarBench 86%, 639 samples	1x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	253x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	182x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	172x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $150

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Lexar

NS100 512GB

Average Bench: 86.2% (387^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 86.2% (387th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 86.2% (387^th of 1072)