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S3 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2023.

Average Bench: 226% (78th of 1074)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: MEGA S3
Poor: 187%Average: 226% Great: 303%

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Outstanding average bench

The Mega S3 1TB averaged 126.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Mega S3 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 536MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,857MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 34.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 106MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 78226%
Min Avg Max
1,475 Read 1,857 2,063
1,134 Write 1,362 1,768
1,015 Mixed 1,190 1,368
319 SusWrite 1,138 1,775
310% 1,386 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34.5 4K Read 43.9 58.2
72.4 4K Write 106 189
29.7 4K Mixed 34.9 43.3
167% 61.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
542 DQ Read 743 798
388 DQ Write 733 1,064
384 DQ Mixed 536 631
458% 671 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
916GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1226A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1746 1765 1777 1787 1790 1787 MB/s
303% Outstanding
Read 2,049
Write 1,768
Mixed 1,368
SusWrite 1,775
391% 1,740 MB/s
4K Read 58.2
4K Write 189
4K Mixed 43.3
244% 96.7 MB/s
DQ Read 798
DQ Write 1,064
DQ Mixed 631
560% 831 MB/s
896GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1226A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1385 1417 1395 1472 1433 1430 MB/s
220% Outstanding
Read 1,806
Write 1,496
Mixed 1,226
SusWrite 1,422
334% 1,487 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 72.4
4K Mixed 32.6
134% 46.8 MB/s
DQ Read 542
DQ Write 388
DQ Mixed 384
309% 438 MB/s
640GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1226A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1281 1258 1285 1356 1360 1343 MB/s
212% Outstanding
Read 1,475
Write 1,153
Mixed 1,015
SusWrite 1,314
278% 1,239 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 81.7
4K Mixed 29.7
134% 48.6 MB/s
DQ Read 798
DQ Write 690
DQ Mixed 527
454% 671 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: V1226A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1003 1044 1081 1095 661 264 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 1,892
Write 1,134
Mixed 1,133
SusWrite 858
279% 1,254 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 82.7
4K Mixed 33.5
155% 53.7 MB/s
DQ Read 783
DQ Write 765
DQ Mixed 569
484% 706 MB/s
95GB free
Firmware: V1226A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 719 228 228 197 385 158 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 2,063
Write 1,257
Mixed 1,208
SusWrite 319
268% 1,212 MB/s
4K Read 46.4
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 35.5
170% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 793
DQ Write 758
DQ Mixed 570
484% 707 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,920,381 SSDs tested

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Typical S3 1TB Builds (Compare 10 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 27%
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System: Lenovo 90JL007ARS

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel  $130Bench 82%, 312,220 samples9x
Core i7-9700FIntel  $289Bench 92%, 54,980 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples6x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples2x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples1x
SSD
S3 1TBMegaBench 226%, 5 samples1x
RAM
RMUA5110ME78HAF-2666 Kingston KHX3000C15D4/8GX 16GBRamaxelBench 77%, 10 samples3x
RMUA5110ME78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 43%, 3,978 samples2x
HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 17,710 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 106% - Outstanding Total price: $189

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