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M.2 PCIe 1TB SSD Q971

M.2 PCIe 1TB SSD Q971
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Effective Speed -72%Effective Speed -72%Average Score -51%Read -143%, Write -40%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed -39%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite -160%Peak Score -112%Read -210%, Write -36%, 4K Read -147%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -68%, 4K Mixed -75%, SusWrite -240%Value & Sentiment User Rating -36%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1%DQ Read -16%, DQ Write -30%, DQ Mixed -16%, ADQ Read -28%, ADQ Write -46%, ADQ Mixed -31%, Age 193%, AS-SSD Total -31%

Average Bench: 313% (35^th of 1080)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: imation M.2 PCIe 1TB SSD Q971

Poor: 248%Average: 313% Great: 377%

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Asus MINIPC PL64 (1)

Outstanding average bench

The Imation M.2 PCIe 1TB SSD Q971 averaged 212.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Imation M.2 PCIe 1TB SSD Q971 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,130MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,261MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 1,225MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 72.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 35313%

Min	Avg	Max
1,504	Read 1,688	1,871
1,942	Write 3,261	4,580
1,806	Mixed 2256	2,706
1,101	SusWrite 1,225	1,348
478% 2,107 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
68.1	4K Read 72.9	77.8
183	4K Write 269	355
95.2	4K Mixed 110	125
394% 151 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
669	DQ Read 1,333	1,998
262	DQ Write 862	1,462
457	DQ Mixed 1,130	1,804
834% 1,109 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

KOR-User, 2 months ago.

494GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ELFMH0.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1669 1280 1284 1286 1286 1282 MB/s

377% Outstanding

Write 4,580

Mixed 2,706

SusWrite 1,348

598% 2,626 MB/s

4K Read 77.8

4K Write 355

4K Mixed 125

466% 186 MB/s

DQ Read 1,998

DQ Write 1,462

DQ Mixed 1,804

1,328% 1,754 MB/s

KOR-User, 5 months ago.

916GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ELFMH0.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1336 1030 1019 879 1153 1190 MB/s

248% Outstanding

Write 1,942

Mixed 1,806

SusWrite 1,101

359% 1,588 MB/s

4K Read 68.1

4K Write 183

4K Mixed 95.2

322% 115 MB/s

DQ Read 669

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 457

341% 463 MB/s

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 18%

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System: Asus MINIPC PL64

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Core i7-1255UIntelBench 65%, 11,564 samples	1x
Core i3-1215UIntelBench 65%, 3,625 samples	1x
Core i5-1235UIntelBench 60%, 8,532 samples	1x

GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples	2x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 10%, 2,559 samples	1x

SSD
M.2 PCIe 1TB SSD Q971ImationBench 313%, 2 samples	2x

RAM
CT32G4SFD832A.C16FF CT32G4SFD832A.M16FF 63GBCrucialBench 89%, 25 samples	1x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 14,450 samples	1x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples	1x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $153
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363

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M.2 PCIe 1TB SSD Q971

Average Bench: 313% (35^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 313% (35th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 313% (35^th of 1080)