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SM0512L 500GB

SM0512L 500GB
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Effective Speed -176%Effective Speed -176%Average Score -246%Read -197%, Write -282%, 4K Read -262%, 4K Write -219%, Mixed -301%, 4K Mixed -306%, SusWrite -155%Peak Score -320%Read -220%, Write -311%, 4K Read -513%, 4K Write -165%, Mixed -373%, 4K Mixed -458%, SusWrite -198%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -182%DQ Read -79%, DQ Write -270%, DQ Mixed -202%, ADQ Read -65%, ADQ Write -166%, ADQ Mixed -140%, Age -389%, AS-SSD Total -150%

Average Bench: 198% (108^th of 1080)

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

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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

Average Bench

(Based on 575 samples)

Rank 108198%

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

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

FRA-User, 22 days ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXS7CA0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1410 1360 1376 1351 1340 1337 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 1,443

Mixed 789

SusWrite 1,362

290% 1,293 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 63.5

4K Mixed 30.6

109% 39.3 MB/s

DQ Read 737

DQ Write 488

DQ Mixed 558

431% 594 MB/s

ISR-User, 2 months ago.

343GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXS6AA0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1195 1206 1201 1204 1217 1307 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 984

Mixed 786

SusWrite 1,222

232% 1,032 MB/s

4K Read 11.9

4K Write 46.2

4K Mixed 29.5

80% 29.2 MB/s

DQ Read 676

DQ Write 512

DQ Mixed 596

445% 595 MB/s

BRA-User, 2 months ago.

114GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXS7CA0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 843 847 860 845 862 866 MB/s

153% Outstanding

Write 832

Mixed 728

SusWrite 854

220% 991 MB/s

4K Read 24.9

4K Write 11.9

4K Mixed 13.4

61% 16.7 MB/s

DQ Read 849

DQ Write 111

DQ Mixed 229

232% 396 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXS5EA0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 946 1007 981 951 1170 1615 MB/s

151% Outstanding

Write 982

Mixed 709

SusWrite 1,112

213% 946 MB/s

4K Read 10.9

4K Write 47.5

4K Mixed 12

57% 23.5 MB/s

DQ Read 737

DQ Write 491

DQ Mixed 616

459% 615 MB/s

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Gaming 19%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 17%

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System: Apple MacBookPro14,3

CPU
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples	85x
Core i7-7920HQIntelBench 71%, 1,337 samples	53x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	50x

GPU
Radeon Pro 560AMDBench 18%, 1,125 samples	130x
Radeon Pro 555AMDBench 15%, 604 samples	40x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x

SSD
SM0512L 500GBAppleBench 198%, 575 samples	103x

RAM
0x4D5435324C31473332443450472D30393320 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,090 samples	109x
0x4B3445424533303445422D45474347202020 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 707 samples	62x
0x483943434E4E4E434C47414C41522D4E5644 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 170 samples	18x

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