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2550 Micron 512GB

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Effective Speed -177%Effective Speed -177%Average Score -148%Read -234%, Write -179%, 4K Read -78%, 4K Write -71%, Mixed -144%, 4K Mixed -82%, SusWrite -251%Peak Score -136%Read -205%, Write -84%, 4K Read -145%, 4K Write -32%, Mixed -111%, 4K Mixed -103%, SusWrite -269%Value & Sentiment -1,313%User Rating -37%, Market Share -2,589%Nice To Haves -85%DQ Read -47%, DQ Write -53%, DQ Mixed -51%, ADQ Read -149%, ADQ Write -196%, ADQ Mixed -157%, Age 37%, AS-SSD Total -62%

Average Bench: 197% (108^th of 1080)

Based on 52 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe 2550 Micron 512GB

Poor: 112%Average: 197% Great: 294%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme 2550 Micron 512GB averaged 96.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme 2550 Micron 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 577MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,673MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme 2550 Micron 512GB is 182%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme 2550 Micron 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 121MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 424MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 52 samples)

Rank 108197%

Min	Avg	Max
408	Read 1,256	1,941
525	Write 1,673	3,496
480	Mixed 1,327	2,208
469	SusWrite 897	1,241
291% 1,288 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.8	4K Read 49.8	78.4
33.6	4K Write 121	286
15.1	4K Mixed 60.9	108
217% 77.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
97.8	DQ Read 686	1,577
160	DQ Write 424	1,239
154	DQ Mixed 577	1,391
424% 562 MB/s

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

CZE-User, 5 days ago.

305GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 25500201 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1761 1776 957 305 310 302 MB/s

213% Outstanding

Write 1,649

Mixed 1,519

SusWrite 902

310% 1,374 MB/s

4K Read 51.2

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 64.4

220% 76 MB/s

DQ Read 1,076

DQ Write 419

DQ Mixed 795

576% 763 MB/s

CZE-User, 8 days ago.

304GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 25500201 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1279 545 750 551 558 589 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 1,655

Mixed 1,597

SusWrite 712

317% 1,411 MB/s

4K Read 53.2

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 66.1

222% 75.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,034

DQ Write 400

DQ Mixed 735

539% 723 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

403GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 25500200 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1145 1156 1128 1416 1199 413 MB/s

210% Outstanding

Write 1,997

Mixed 1,548

SusWrite 1076

338% 1,491 MB/s

4K Read 57

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 72.7

237% 79.2 MB/s

DQ Read 530

DQ Write 232

DQ Mixed 368

276% 376 MB/s

CAN-User, 8 days ago.

324GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 25500201 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 449 482 510 549 514 MB/s

144% Outstanding

Write 470

Mixed 631

SusWrite 498

118% 520 MB/s

4K Read 45.2

4K Write 137

4K Mixed 79.9

244% 87.4 MB/s

DQ Read 522

DQ Write 232

DQ Mixed 384

283% 379 MB/s

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Core i7-1370PIntelBench 94%, 296 samples	25x
Core i7-1360PIntelBench 92%, 1,090 samples	16x
Core i5-1350PIntelBench 83%, 85 samples	12x

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Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 19%, 14,602 samples	30x
RTX A500 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 37%, 137 samples	10x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 18%, 2,721 samples	7x

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2550 Micron 512GBNvmeBench 197%, 52 samples	8x

RAM
HMCG66MEBSA092N 2x8GBUnknownBench 121%, 2,777 samples	6x
HMCG78AGBSA092N 2x16GBUnknownBench 152%, 1,002 samples	6x
M425R2GA3BB0-CQKOL 2x16GBUnknownBench 135%, 2,526 samples	5x

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2550 Micron 512GB