Micron MTFDDAK480MBB

M500DC 480GB

M500DC 480GB
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Effective Speed -23%Effective Speed -23%Average Score -25%Read -31%, Write -13%, 4K Read -58%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -50%, SusWrite 9%Peak Score -28%Read -25%, Write -24%, 4K Read -70%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed -53%, SusWrite -5%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -88%, Value -73%Nice To Haves -33%DQ Read -32%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -55%, ADQ Read -43%, ADQ Write -12%, ADQ Mixed -60%, Age -20%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 79.8% (489^th of 1072)

Based on 215 user benchmarks. Models: Micron_M500DC_MT, Micron_M500DC_MTFDDAK480MBB

Poor: 63%Average: 79.8% Great: 92%

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Good average bench

The Micron M500DC 480GB averaged 20.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Micron M500DC 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 163MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 78.6MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Micron M500DC 480GB is 29.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Micron M500DC 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 305MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 349MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 215 samples)

Rank 48979.8%

Min	Avg	Max
299	Read 349	406
301	Write 358	390
247	Mixed 305	391
223	SusWrite 324	370
75.4% 334 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.5	4K Read 21.7	25.3
43.1	4K Write 78.6	112
15.1	4K Mixed 30	38.1
113% 43.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.6	DQ Read 229	277
82.6	DQ Write 259	313
27.6	DQ Mixed 163	214
145% 217 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

PHL-User, 6 days ago.

384GB free

Firmware: 0144

SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 302 327 363 368 379 MB/s

90.5% Outstanding

Write 391

Mixed 318

SusWrite 334

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 24.5

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 37.2

139% 54.8 MB/s

DQ Read 248

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 216

182% 262 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

278GB free

Firmware: 0134

SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 360 335 356 355 359 MB/s

89.2% Excellent

Write 376

Mixed 282

SusWrite 356

77% 339 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 35.3

137% 54.9 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 214

177% 249 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

373GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0144

SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 283 293 283 279 279 MB/s

81.2% Excellent

Write 349

Mixed 294

SusWrite 283

71% 314 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 84.9

4K Mixed 34.1

123% 47.3 MB/s

DQ Read 246

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 211

179% 259 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

111GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0144

SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 309 321 330 338 336 MB/s

79.2% Very good

Write 362

Mixed 296

SusWrite 321

75% 331 MB/s

4K Read 22.2

4K Write 68.7

4K Mixed 30.5

109% 40.5 MB/s

DQ Read 249

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 195

168% 245 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

447GB free

Firmware: 0144

SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 356 354 354 354 350 MB/s

76.4% Very good

Write 349

Mixed 299

SusWrite 353

76% 335 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 66.3

4K Mixed 24.8

96% 36.7 MB/s

DQ Read 249

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 211

176% 252 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 5810

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples	1,239x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples	954x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples	408x

GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples	414x
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	385x
Quadro M2000NvidiaBench 21%, 5,678 samples	286x

SSD
M500DC 480GBMicron $180Bench 80%, 215 samples	1x

RAM
HMA451R7MFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 90%, 1,961 samples	347x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 96%, 1,319 samples	208x
9ASF1G72PZ-2G3B1 4x8GBMicronBench 93%, 857 samples	193x

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Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $180

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Micron MTFDDAK480MBB

M500DC 480GB

Average Bench: 79.8% (489^th of 1072)

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Micron MTFDDAK480MBB

M500DC 480GB

Average Bench: 79.8% (489th of 1072)

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