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Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 61.7% (781st of 1072)

Based on 197 user benchmarks.  Model: OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD
Poor: 45%Average: 61.7% Great: 99%

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Above average average bench

The OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 480GB averaged 38.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 108MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.4MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 480GB is 54.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 28.1MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 111MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 197 samples)
Rank 78161.7%
Min Avg Max
313 Read 404 505
144 Write 272 419
196 Mixed 274 352
141 SusWrite 245 418
66.8% 299 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13 4K Read 23.4 31.3
12 4K Write 28.1 92
10.1 4K Mixed 21.8 40
78.2% 24.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.4 DQ Read 188 243
26.8 DQ Write 111 302
10.9 DQ Mixed 108 203
91.6% 136 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
409GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1225C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 386 400 416 436 433 MB/s
96.3% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 427
Mixed 318
SusWrite 410
93% 415 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 68.5
4K Mixed 36.7
124% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 205
176% 257 MB/s
376GB free
Firmware: 504ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 186 187 187 191 185 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 441
Write 184
Mixed 213
SusWrite 186
57% 256 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 18.1
4K Mixed 20.1
75% 21.5 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 88.1
DQ Mixed 94.1
85% 134 MB/s
439GB free
Firmware: 609ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 244 238 237 251 237 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 361
Write 269
Mixed 265
SusWrite 242
64% 284 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 14.3
4K Mixed 14.9
55% 16 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 87.8
DQ Mixed 108
92% 139 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 206 197 172 197 150 MB/s
50.6% Above average
Read 290
Write 288
Mixed 285
SusWrite 183
59% 262 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 18.3
4K Mixed 18.3
70% 20.4 MB/s
DQ Read 206
DQ Write 84.1
DQ Mixed 98.1
85% 129 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,712,921 SSDs tested

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Typical Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 480GB Builds (Compare 3,317 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z400 Workstation

CPU
Xeon W3520Intel  $230Bench 63%, 6,508 samples569x
Xeon W3550IntelBench 66%, 7,649 samples534x
Xeon W3565IntelBench 67%, 7,121 samples488x
GPU
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples272x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples155x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples137x
SSD
Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 480GBOWCBench 62%, 197 samples1x
RAM
ID:80 AD HMT125U7TFR8C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT125U7TFR8C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT125U7TFR8C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT125U7TFR8C-H9 42GBUnknownBench 37%, 128 samples22x
ID:80 AD HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 46GBUnknownBench 45%, 108 samples18x
ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 46GBUnknownBench 46%, 280 samples16x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $230

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