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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 48.8% (893rd of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: Volume0
Poor: 34%Average: 48.8% Great: 53%

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Below average average bench

The Volume0 320GB averaged 51.2% 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. Sequential Read Speed 435MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 56.7MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Volume0 320GB is just 18.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Volume0 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 132MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 173MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 89348.8%
Min Avg Max
357 Read 435 496
30.8 Write 173 249
57.5 Mixed 173 283
18.9 SusWrite 132 184
50.2% 228 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.2 4K Read 13.4 20.3
13.3 4K Write 25.4 34.5
2.83 4K Mixed 12.3 19.6
49.6% 17.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
162 DQ Read 211 300
65.5 DQ Write 105 154
3.36 DQ Mixed 56.7 119
69.1% 124 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 169 158 138 130 95 MB/s
52.6% Above average
Read 448
Write 249
Mixed 210
SusWrite 149
58% 264 MB/s
4K Read 11
4K Write 34.5
4K Mixed 18
58% 21.2 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 119
102% 151 MB/s
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
51.9% Above average
Read 458
Write 194
Mixed 223
64% 291 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 24
4K Mixed 9.63
56% 18 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 72.9
DQ Mixed 37
50% 94.8 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: n/a
51.6% Above average
Read 496
Write 193
Mixed 283
71% 324 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 26.3
4K Mixed 2.83
43% 15.4 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 65.5
DQ Mixed 3.36
49% 123 MB/s
250GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 209 208 144 139 146 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 394
Write 201
Mixed 193
SusWrite 176
54% 241 MB/s
4K Read 10.1
4K Write 29
4K Mixed 19.6
56% 19.6 MB/s
DQ Read 193
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 84.2
82% 133 MB/s
210GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 196 198 195 191 189 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 454
Write 168
Mixed 70.7
SusWrite 184
48% 219 MB/s
4K Read 8.2
4K Write 25.6
4K Mixed 12.6
42% 15.5 MB/s
DQ Read 258
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 50.2
77% 149 MB/s
2GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 22 17 16 21 MB/s
33.8% Below average
Read 357
Write 30.8
Mixed 57.5
SusWrite 18.9
25% 116 MB/s
4K Read 14
4K Write 13.3
4K Mixed 11.3
43% 12.9 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 76.9
DQ Mixed 46.3
54% 95 MB/s

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Desktop 44%
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Workstation 5%
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System: HP xw8600 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X54501stBench 47%, 826 samples21x
CPU: Intel Xeon X54501stBench 47%, 324 samples17x
Xeon X5450Intel  $299Bench 50%, 5,870 samples12x
GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples9x
Quadro FX 5600NvidiaBench 6%, 254 samples9x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples8x
SSD
Volume0 320GBBench 49%, 6 samples1x
RAM
49GBUnknownBench 18%, 1,461 samples45x
65GBUnknownBench 19%, 1,017 samples36x
41GBUnknownBench 17%, 2,583 samples24x
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