Average Bench: 77.9% (523rd of 1072)

Based on 31 user benchmarks.  Model: SK hynix SC300 SED
Poor: 64%Average: 77.9% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The SK hynix SC300 SED 512GB averaged 22.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SK hynix SC300 SED 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 109MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 281MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix SC300 SED 512GB is 30.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SK hynix SC300 SED 512GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 308MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 51.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 31 samples)
Min Avg Max
208 Read 450 509
94.7 Write 367 467
140 Mixed 377 479
211 SusWrite 308 403
84.3% 375 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.6 4K Read 21 30.6
25.4 4K Write 51.8 95
8.8 4K Mixed 21.8 40.5
87.1% 31.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
62.8 DQ Read 281 363
27.7 DQ Write 232 317
21.6 DQ Mixed 109 295
122% 207 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
256GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 384 278 331 353 345 MB/s
Read 407
Write 275
Mixed 343
SusWrite 350
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 87.7
4K Mixed 33.4
124% 48.1 MB/s
DQ Read 177
DQ Write 271
DQ Mixed 195
156% 214 MB/s
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20021P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 297 264 148 126 97 MB/s
Read 433
Write 394
Mixed 315
SusWrite 211
76% 338 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 58.5
4K Mixed 31.4
109% 38.3 MB/s
DQ Read 357
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 271
220% 312 MB/s
256GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 379 346 378 337 376 MB/s
Read 419
Write 398
Mixed 346
SusWrite 363
86% 381 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 53.8
4K Mixed 23.7
88% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 239
DQ Write 119
DQ Mixed 86.1
89% 148 MB/s
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20021P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 285 242 227 234 208 MB/s
Read 382
Write 306
Mixed 275
SusWrite 244
68% 302 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 52.1
4K Mixed 25.6
98% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 326
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 183
160% 242 MB/s
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 297 274 329 326 310 MB/s
Read 351
Write 341
Mixed 275
SusWrite 305
72% 318 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 33
4K Mixed 8.8
59% 20.6 MB/s
DQ Read 62.8
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 117
91% 121 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,658,078 SSDs tested

Typical hynix SC300 SED 512GB Builds (Compare 2,807 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: HP ZBook 15 G3

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