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NVMe SK hynix 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 138% (171st of 1072)

Based on 3,708 user benchmarks.  Model: PC300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
Poor: 80%Average: 138% Great: 172%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB averaged 37.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 641MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 549MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB is 92.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 562MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,708 samples)
Rank 171138%
Min Avg Max
447 Read 814 1,029
348 Write 662 769
289 Mixed 562 692
215 SusWrite 592 760
147% 658 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.3 4K Read 29.7 36.2
31.8 4K Write 87.6 123
17.2 4K Mixed 37.4 47.7
139% 51.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
240 DQ Read 653 795
128 DQ Write 549 729
167 DQ Mixed 641 826
469% 614 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
431GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20004A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 751 760 759 754 764 763 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,022
Write 764
Mixed 690
SusWrite 759
181% 809 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 85.4
4K Mixed 41.5
148% 53.1 MB/s
DQ Read 752
DQ Write 713
DQ Mixed 809
586% 758 MB/s
179GB free
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 752 706 680 662 583 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 992
Write 704
Mixed 678
SusWrite 690
172% 766 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 78.7
4K Mixed 40.3
141% 50.2 MB/s
DQ Read 679
DQ Write 714
DQ Mixed 816
580% 736 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 548 425 431 447 351 329 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 757
Write 676
Mixed 534
SusWrite 422
134% 597 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 72.3
4K Mixed 37.3
130% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 625
DQ Write 498
DQ Mixed 562
420% 562 MB/s
146GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20007A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 731 677 596 590 585 572 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 828
Write 690
Mixed 550
SusWrite 625
151% 673 MB/s
4K Read 3.1
4K Write 41.6
4K Mixed 21.7
54% 22.1 MB/s
DQ Read 694
DQ Write 407
DQ Mixed 497
384% 533 MB/s
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 569 462 462 457 453 434 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 902
Write 614
Mixed 555
SusWrite 473
142% 636 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 52.9
4K Mixed 33.7
113% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 243
DQ Mixed 299
221% 293 MB/s
394GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20003A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 697 600 109 111 112 112 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 858
Write 738
Mixed 616
SusWrite 290
140% 626 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 46.4
4K Mixed 34
110% 35.9 MB/s
DQ Read 622
DQ Write 429
DQ Mixed 493
377% 515 MB/s
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Gaming 11%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 10%
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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples3,704x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples13x
GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples2,579x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples1,409x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples6x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc300Bench 138%, 3,708 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples1,167x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples264x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples235x
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