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CX2-8B512 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 177% (124th of 1072)

Based on 201 user benchmarks.  Model: LITEON CX2-8B512
Poor: 77%Average: 177% Great: 222%

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Outstanding average bench

The Liteon CX2-8B512 512GB averaged 77.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Liteon CX2-8B512 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 437MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,261MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Liteon CX2-8B512 512GB is 146%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Liteon CX2-8B512 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 96.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 45.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 201 samples)
Rank 124177%
Min Avg Max
179 Read 1,261 1,858
185 Write 884 1,225
429 Mixed 790 1,265
309 SusWrite 829 1,199
210% 941 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.4 4K Read 42.7 45
37.2 4K Write 96.2 125
23.1 4K Mixed 45.9 60.5
174% 61.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41.3 DQ Read 640 1,011
98.7 DQ Write 480 799
29.2 DQ Mixed 437 791
360% 519 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
230GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4893003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 980 1048 1065 1083 1068 1011 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 1,270
Write 867
Mixed 649
SusWrite 1,042
214% 957 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 69.4
4K Mixed 43.9
146% 49.3 MB/s
DQ Read 587
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 458
342% 462 MB/s
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4893003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 408 354 379 356 356 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 1,349
Write 984
Mixed 662
SusWrite 411
189% 851 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 42.9
142% 48.1 MB/s
DQ Read 659
DQ Write 440
DQ Mixed 538
404% 545 MB/s
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4893003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 549 380 390 352 415 353 MB/s
141% Outstanding
Read 1,254
Write 764
Mixed 514
SusWrite 406
163% 735 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 64.9
4K Mixed 38.1
133% 45.4 MB/s
DQ Read 674
DQ Write 430
DQ Mixed 520
396% 541 MB/s
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4893003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 380 402 426 335 330 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 1,155
Write 745
Mixed 541
SusWrite 385
157% 706 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 53
4K Mixed 35.1
118% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 521
DQ Write 352
DQ Mixed 429
322% 434 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4893003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 386 379 371 293 342 MB/s
86.7% Excellent
Read 802
Write 661
Mixed 490
SusWrite 376
130% 582 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 30.3
4K Mixed 19.8
67% 22.3 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 270
195% 255 MB/s
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Gaming 39%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation 34%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X3V7

CPU
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples6x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples2x
GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples6x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples2x
SSD
CX2-8B512 512GBLiteonBench 177%, 201 samples5x
RAM
CT16G4SFD8213.C16FBR 859B CT16G4SFD8213.C16FAD 32GBUnknownBench 70%, 8 samples2x
Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 78%, 2,464 samples2x
F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 75%, 4,823 samples2x
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