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SM0512L 500GB

SM0512L 500GB
BENCHMARKS (226)
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Effective Speed +97% Effective Speed 97%Average User Bench +96% Read 197%, Write 193%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write -36%, Mixed 120%, 4K Mixed -67%, SusWrite 308%Peak Lab Bench +122% Read 259%, Write 224%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 134%, 4K Mixed -41%, SusWrite 292%Value & Sentiment User Rating -44%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +131% DQ Read 256%, DQ Write 43%, DQ Mixed 116%, ADQ Read 227%, ADQ Write 66%, ADQ Mixed 149%, Age 37%, AS-SSD Total 150%

Average Bench: 195% (73^rd of 1016)

Based on 226 user benchmarks. Model: APPLE SSD SM0512L

Poor: 144%Average: 195% Great: 239%

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Outstanding average bench

The Apple SM0512L 500GB averaged 94.6% 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 623MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,027MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple SM0512L 500GB is 95.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Apple SM0512L 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 27MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 65.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 226 samples)

Rank 73195%

Min	Avg	Max
955	Read 1,362	1,803
903	Write 1,205	1,564
664	Mixed 790	969
840	SusWrite 1,228	1,534
257% 1,146 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.8	4K Read 23.6	31.2
13.8	4K Write 65.7	151
12.1	4K Mixed 27	40.4
105% 38.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
696	DQ Read 1,027	1,302
419	DQ Write 479	513
555	DQ Mixed 623	685
497% 710 MB/s

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USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

82GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXS5EA0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1488 1325 1256 1178 1122 1067 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1,398

Mixed 843

SusWrite 1,239

260% 1,154 MB/s

4K Read 25.4

4K Write 51

4K Mixed 32.2

107% 36.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,090

DQ Write 492

DQ Mixed 669

528% 750 MB/s

KOR-User, 4 hrs ago.

118GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXS5EA0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1407 1467 1450 1094 1056 1029 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 1,071

Mixed 719

SusWrite 1,250

237% 1,051 MB/s

4K Read 10.8

4K Write 46.8

4K Mixed 13.2

58% 23.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,226

DQ Write 488

DQ Mixed 618

520% 777 MB/s

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Typical SM0512L 500GB Builds (Compare 343 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 26%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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System: Apple MacBookPro14,3

CPU
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 6,939 samples	171x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 287,552 samples	89x
Core i7-7920HQIntelBench 67%, 786 samples	83x

GPU
Radeon Pro 560AMDBench 18%, 543 samples	218x
Radeon Pro 555AMDBench 14%, 248 samples	55x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 614,460 samples	15x

SSD
SM0512L 500GBAppleBench 195%, 226 samples	124x

RAM
0x4D5435324C31473332443450472D30393320 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 1,007 samples	212x
0x4B3445424533303445422D45474347202020 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 357 samples	106x
0x483943434E4E4E434C47414C41522D4E5644 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 67 samples	25x

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Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
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Intel Core i7-9700K $356	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $224

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
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SM0512L 500GB

Average Bench: 195% (73^rd of 1016)

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Average Bench: 195% (73rd of 1016)

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