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SM0512L 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 198% (101st of 1071)

Based on 575 user benchmarks.  Model: APPLE SSD SM0512L
Poor: 146%Average: 198% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The Apple SM0512L 500GB averaged 97.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apple SM0512L 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 618MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,037MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple SM0512L 500GB is 95.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Apple SM0512L 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 64.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 27.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 575 samples)
Rank 101198%
Min Avg Max
964 Read 1,413 1,851
900 Write 1,221 1,565
667 Mixed 806 988
807 SusWrite 1,237 1,537
262% 1,169 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11 4K Read 24.5 31.3
13.6 4K Write 64.9 143
12.3 4K Mixed 27.2 39.2
106% 38.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
591 DQ Read 1,037 1,297
351 DQ Write 473 514
392 DQ Mixed 618 694
495% 709 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
288GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1378 1320 1247 1294 1257 1348 MB/s
224% Outstanding
Read 1,887
Write 1,632
Mixed 879
SusWrite 1,308
319% 1,426 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 90.2
4K Mixed 34.4
135% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 759
DQ Write 468
DQ Mixed 637
468% 622 MB/s
187GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS7LA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1390 1390 1353 1364 1321 1269 MB/s
212% Outstanding
Read 1,597
Write 1,459
Mixed 890
SusWrite 1348
297% 1,324 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 48
4K Mixed 35.2
113% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 921
DQ Write 475
DQ Mixed 664
502% 687 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS5EA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 329 393 491 359 361 MB/s
58.1% Above average
Read 489
Write 526
Mixed 353
SusWrite 389
99% 439 MB/s
4K Read 6.8
4K Write 11.4
4K Mixed 8.1
27% 8.77 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 169
120% 154 MB/s
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Typical SM0512L 500GB Builds (Compare 125 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

System: Apple MacBookPro14,3

CPU
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples53x
Core i7-7920HQIntelBench 71%, 1,337 samples37x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples34x
GPU
Radeon Pro 560AMDBench 18%, 1,125 samples82x
Radeon Pro 555AMDBench 15%, 604 samples26x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $350Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples6x
SSD
SM0512L 500GBAppleBench 198%, 575 samples58x
RAM
0x4D5435324C31473332443450472D30393320 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,090 samples66x
0x4B3445424533303445422D45474347202020 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 707 samples45x
0x483943434E4E4E434C47414C41522D4E5644 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 170 samples14x
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