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Effective Speed -648%Effective Speed -648%Average Score -747%Read -894%, Write -1,352%, 4K Read -234%, 4K Write -220%, Mixed -932%, 4K Mixed -359%, SusWrite -1,241%Peak Score -793%Read -1,086%, Write -1,362%, 4K Read -395%, 4K Write -264%, Mixed -1,059%, 4K Mixed -408%, SusWrite -977%Value & Sentiment -412%User Rating -37%, Market Share -787%Nice To Haves -671%DQ Read -634%, DQ Write -456%, DQ Mixed -828%, ADQ Read -764%, ADQ Write -385%, ADQ Mixed -1,214%, Age -497%, AS-SSD Total -591%

Average Bench: 72.9% (624^th of 1080)

Based on 4,609 user benchmarks. Model: ssd

Poor: 38%Average: 72.9% Great: 96%

Popular builds with this SSD

Good average bench

The ssd 512GB averaged 27.1% 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 113MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.6MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ssd 512GB is 58.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ssd 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 235MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 313MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,609 samples)

Rank 62472.9%

Min	Avg	Max
280	Read 422	500
104	Write 321	440
83.8	Mixed 313	403
72.2	SusWrite 235	425
72.2% 323 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.3	4K Read 26.6	38.8
13.3	4K Write 64.8	104
1.01	4K Mixed 24.1	43.1
105% 38.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
72	DQ Read 198	316
33.7	DQ Write 259	342
7.12	DQ Mixed 113	226
118% 190 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 days ago.

276GB free

Firmware: APF1M1R0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1686 640 191 29 122 18 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 1,720

Mixed 1,529

SusWrite 448

284% 1,258 MB/s

4K Read 59.8

4K Write 188

4K Mixed 86.9

302% 112 MB/s

DQ Read 940

DQ Write 1,055

DQ Mixed 998

751% 998 MB/s

IND-User, 15 hrs ago.

346GB free

Firmware: V1102A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 434 432 282 236 225 MB/s

92.5% Outstanding

Write 441

Mixed 422

SusWrite 341

97% 430 MB/s

4K Read 33.1

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 25.4

141% 56 MB/s

DQ Read 187

DQ Write 248

DQ Mixed 32.6

76% 156 MB/s

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

342GB free

Firmware: SBFM61.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 432 108 105 105 104 MB/s

89.4% Excellent

Write 201

Mixed 334

SusWrite 217

68% 307 MB/s

4K Read 36.4

4K Write 78.4

4K Mixed 38

145% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 262

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 203

176% 258 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 day ago.

441GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1017A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 353 353 366 351 357 MB/s

72% Very good

Write 379

Mixed 320

SusWrite 354

84% 372 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 36.3

4K Mixed 18.5

73% 25 MB/s

DQ Read 178

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 47.9

90% 175 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

168GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1017A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 113 102 94 107 128 MB/s

65.6% Good

Write 364

Mixed 314

SusWrite 110

67% 301 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 54.6

4K Mixed 23.9

101% 35.3 MB/s

DQ Read 250

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 13.3

79% 180 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

211GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0302B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 304 171 218 220 202 MB/s

56.1% Above average

Write 359

Mixed 351

SusWrite 241

78% 349 MB/s

4K Read 22.6

4K Write 27.8

4K Mixed 17.2

71% 22.5 MB/s

DQ Read 0.9

DQ Write 93

DQ Mixed 1.2

15% 31.7 MB/s

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 9020

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $110Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	3,631x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	2,341x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	1,931x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	3,706x
GTX 1650Nvidia $152Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	739x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	722x

SSD
ssd 512GBBench 73%, 4,609 samples	1x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	270x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	187x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	185x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $125

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $82
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