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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 72.9% (623rd of 1080)

Based on 4,609 user benchmarks.  Model: ssd
Poor: 38%Average: 72.9% Great: 96%

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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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,609 samples)
Rank 62372.9%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMT1.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 402 406 411 414 175 MB/s
96.3% Outstanding
Read 375
Write 370
Mixed 331
SusWrite 367
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 83.4
4K Mixed 39.8
153% 53.8 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 193
167% 245 MB/s
211GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 444 191 105 107 368 MB/s
91.5% Outstanding
Read 373
Write 122
Mixed 302
SusWrite 274
60% 267 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 83.9
4K Mixed 40.3
154% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 261
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 204
177% 259 MB/s
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H230915a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 405 402 386 396 396 MB/s
89.2% Excellent
Read 410
Write 406
Mixed 383
SusWrite 385
89% 396 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 69.5
4K Mixed 34.2
122% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 263
198% 260 MB/s
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0714A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 395 389 396 396 406 MB/s
82.2% Excellent
Read 414
Write 402
Mixed 376
SusWrite 398
90% 398 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 68.4
4K Mixed 21.3
97% 37.3 MB/s
DQ Read 236
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 45.2
98% 198 MB/s
161GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 231 290 291 262 279 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 308
Write 109
Mixed 179
SusWrite 283
49% 220 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 51.8
4K Mixed 34.1
124% 40.2 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 150
DQ Mixed 211
148% 188 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,508,375 SSDs tested

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Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation
Workstation 9%
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 9020

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $125Bench 71%, 255,027 samples3,550x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples2,272x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples1,893x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples3,622x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples728x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples698x
SSD
ssd 512GBBench 73%, 4,609 samples1x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples261x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples185x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples181x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $140

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