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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 132% (176th of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: Disk drive
Poor: 54%Average: 132% Great: 228%

Outstanding average bench

The Disk drive 512GB averaged 31.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Disk drive 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 190MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 957MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Disk drive 512GB is 175%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Disk drive 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 339MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 256MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 176132%
Min Avg Max
295 Read 957 2,544
102 Write 630 1,966
205 Mixed 611 1,968
91.7 SusWrite 339 551
141% 634 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.68 4K Read 33.3 59.3
30.3 4K Write 95.7 208
10.2 4K Mixed 39.4 81.1
151% 56.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.6 DQ Read 408 1,119
71.9 DQ Write 256 911
15.2 DQ Mixed 190 648
180% 285 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
477GB free
Firmware: 2B6Q
336% Outstanding
Read 2,544
Write 1,966
Mixed 1,968
480% 2,160 MB/s
4K Read 51.9
4K Write 208
4K Mixed 72.9
282% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 765
DQ Write 502
DQ Mixed 286
307% 518 MB/s
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 806 545 517 499 480 460 MB/s
228% Outstanding
Read 1,684
Write 1,284
Mixed 858
SusWrite 551
243% 1,094 MB/s
4K Read 59.3
4K Write 191
4K Mixed 81.1
295% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 725
DQ Write 911
DQ Mixed 648
536% 761 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q
203% Outstanding
Read 1,464
Write 1,157
Mixed 1,276
289% 1,299 MB/s
4K Read 48.9
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 53.6
202% 71.7 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 123
129% 216 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 521 401 373 354 369 356 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 1,292
Write 652
Mixed 556
SusWrite 396
160% 724 MB/s
4K Read 42.2
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 49.8
182% 64.9 MB/s
DQ Read 526
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 434
317% 420 MB/s
313GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 86 87 85 87 85 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 1,028
Write 102
Mixed 270
SusWrite 91.7
80% 373 MB/s
4K Read 48.8
4K Write 71.9
4K Mixed 45.3
170% 55.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,119
DQ Write 72.2
DQ Mixed 150
222% 447 MB/s
282GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 341 328 331 270 213 MB/s
95.2% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 458
Mixed 341
SusWrite 316
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 69.3
4K Mixed 39.4
131% 45.8 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 187
184% 293 MB/s
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