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Effective Speed -588%Effective Speed -588%Average Score -679%Read -892%, Write -1,166%, 4K Read -335%, 4K Write -239%, Mixed -821%, 4K Mixed -335%, SusWrite -961%Peak Score -789%Read -1,047%, Write -1,274%, 4K Read -548%, 4K Write -309%, Mixed -855%, 4K Mixed -440%, SusWrite -1,050%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -516%DQ Read -510%, DQ Write -474%, DQ Mixed -534%, ADQ Read -484%, ADQ Write -371%, ADQ Mixed -816%, Age -383%, AS-SSD Total -555%

Average Bench: 79.2% (501^st of 1080)

Based on 148 user benchmarks. Model: SK hynix

Poor: 52%Average: 79.2% Great: 101%

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Good average bench

The SK hynix 512GB averaged 20.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SK hynix 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 162MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 267MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix 512GB is 49.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SK hynix 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 297MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 351MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 148 samples)

Rank 50179.2%

Min	Avg	Max
290	Read 423	517
175	Write 368	468
195	Mixed 351	489
149	SusWrite 297	398
80.9% 360 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.23	4K Read 20.4	29.6
23.7	4K Write 61.1	92.5
13.2	4K Mixed 25.4	40.5
95.9% 35.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
50.4	DQ Read 293	380
132	DQ Write 267	331
15.5	DQ Mixed 162	331
154% 241 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

RUS-User, 2 years ago.

295GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 392 401 394 393 381 MB/s

91.2% Outstanding

Write 397

Mixed 366

SusWrite 391

90% 398 MB/s

4K Read 21.9

4K Write 76

4K Mixed 32.5

115% 43.5 MB/s

DQ Read 348

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 309

234% 315 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

345GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 395 397 390 383 385 MB/s

85.7% Excellent

Write 334

Mixed 369

SusWrite 391

82% 362 MB/s

4K Read 15.5

4K Write 87.6

4K Mixed 29.8

108% 44.3 MB/s

DQ Read 356

DQ Write 287

DQ Mixed 314

237% 319 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

286GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20102P00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 273 285 331 357 366 MB/s

77.8% Very good

Write 311

Mixed 311

SusWrite 290

74% 327 MB/s

4K Read 19.3

4K Write 62.2

4K Mixed 27.1

97% 36.2 MB/s

DQ Read 368

DQ Write 275

DQ Mixed 293

227% 312 MB/s

NZL-User, 3 years ago.

170GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 335 357 346 344 344 MB/s

73.6% Very good

Write 374

Mixed 231

SusWrite 344

73% 325 MB/s

4K Read 15.3

4K Write 54.9

4K Mixed 19

77% 29.7 MB/s

DQ Read 371

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 226

202% 306 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

117GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20100P00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 399 329 392 332 387 MB/s

70.1% Very good

Write 259

Mixed 299

SusWrite 374

63% 277 MB/s

4K Read 7.8

4K Write 65.4

4K Mixed 26.4

80% 33.2 MB/s

DQ Read 362

DQ Write 305

DQ Mixed 295

232% 321 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 277 327 300 288 283 MB/s

68.7% Good

Write 287

Mixed 280

SusWrite 283

66% 292 MB/s

4K Read 11

4K Write 61

4K Mixed 19.9

74% 30.6 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 335

DQ Mixed 29.2

112% 248 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

67GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 70000P10

SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 238 154 139 130 135 MB/s

66.9% Good

Write 208

Mixed 326

SusWrite 188

59% 263 MB/s

4K Read 20.5

4K Write 42

4K Mixed 26.8

88% 29.8 MB/s

DQ Read 364

DQ Write 303

DQ Mixed 328

247% 332 MB/s

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell Precision 5510

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	1,025x
Xeon E3-1505M v5IntelBench 66%, 6,024 samples	247x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	46x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	851x
Quadro M1000MNvidiaBench 13%, 6,377 samples	307x
HD P530 (Server Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 5,499 samples	186x

SSD
hynix 512GBSKBench 79%, 148 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	200x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 2x8GBMicronBench 71%, 5,035 samples	148x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 69%, 5,073 samples	110x

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