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Micron_M500_MTFDDAT480MAV 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 77.4% (529th of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: Micron_M500_MTFDDAT480MAV
Poor: 67%Average: 77.4% Great: 88%

Good average bench

The Micron_M500_MTFDDAT480MAV 480GB averaged 22.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Micron_M500_MTFDDAT480MAV 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 111MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 95.6MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 247MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 173MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 52977.4%
Min Avg Max
398 Read 412 426
241 Write 247 253
328 Mixed 355 381
318 SusWrite 318 318
74.7% 333 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.5 4K Read 18.2 23.8
80.8 4K Write 95.6 110
25.1 4K Mixed 29.4 33.7
116% 47.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
38.5 DQ Read 173 308
116 DQ Write 206 295
45.4 DQ Mixed 111 177
105% 163 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
277GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 322 279 295 278 356 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 426
Write 253
Mixed 328
SusWrite 318
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 80.8
4K Mixed 33.7
122% 46.1 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 177
167% 260 MB/s

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