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NM790 4TB
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MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -12%Effective Speed -12%Average Score -21%Read -20%, Write -27%, 4K Read -27%, 4K Write -29%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -23%, SusWrite -6%Peak Score -50%Read -38%, Write -33%, 4K Read -131%, 4K Write -31%, Mixed -38%, 4K Mixed -71%, SusWrite -8%Value & Sentiment -425%User Rating -37%, Market Share -813%Nice To Haves -1%DQ Read 9%, DQ Write 1%, DQ Mixed -28%, ADQ Read 8%, ADQ Write 8%, ADQ Mixed -21%, Age 22%, AS-SSD Total -5%

Average Bench: 488% (8^th of 1080)

Based on 1,683 user benchmarks. Model: Lexar SSD NM790 4TB

Poor: 287%Average: 488% Great: 637%

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Outstanding average bench

The Lexar NM790 4TB averaged 387.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lexar NM790 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,226MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,676MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lexar NM790 4TB is 350%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Lexar NM790 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 161MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 70.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,683 samples)

Rank 8488%

Min	Avg	Max
2,078	Read 3,510	4,304
1,507	Write 3,676	4,843
1,385	Mixed 2,762	3,395
1,468	SusWrite 2,984	4,226
728% 3,233 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
46.9	4K Read 70.2	83.2
67.5	4K Write 161	289
54.7	4K Mixed 89.9	128
307% 107 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
898	DQ Read 1,841	2,519
416	DQ Write 1,355	1,927
537	DQ Mixed 1,226	1,642
1,017% 1,474 MB/s

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

GBR-User, 15 hrs ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 12237

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3608 3661 3327 3488 1452 1081 MB/s

521% Outstanding

Write 4,042

Mixed 3,016

SusWrite 2,770

760% 3,375 MB/s

4K Read 65.7

4K Write 173

4K Mixed 95

313% 111 MB/s

DQ Read 2,839

DQ Write 2,036

DQ Mixed 1,579

1,412% 2,151 MB/s

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Desktop 123%

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Workstation 346%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $200

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel $273Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	2,678x
Core i9-13900KIntel $400Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	2,134x
Core i5-13600KIntel $210Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	1,141x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $762Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	1,554x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,802Bench 370%, 37,290 samples	1,489x
RTX 4080Nvidia $993Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	1,086x

SSD
NM790 4TBLexarBench 488%, 1,683 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair $105Bench 162%, 40,739 samples	852x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL $83Bench 173%, 39,467 samples	776x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples	652x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,341

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Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $129
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
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Lexar

NM790 4TB

Average Bench: 488% (8^th of 1080)

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NM790 4TB

Average Bench: 488% (8th of 1080)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $200

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Average Bench: 488% (8^th of 1080)