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Effective Speed -21%Effective Speed -21%Average Score -26%Read -1%, Write 3%, 4K Read -37%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed -45%, SusWrite -100%Peak Score -32%Read -1%, Write -6%, 4K Read -55%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed 17%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite -136%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -49%DQ Read -27%, DQ Write -41%, DQ Mixed -62%, ADQ Read -65%, ADQ Write -51%, ADQ Mixed -130%, Age 14%, AS-SSD Total -28%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 81.6% (466^th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: SKS 480GB

Poor: 70%Average: 81.6% Great: 92%

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Very good average bench

The SKS 480GB 480GB averaged just 18.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SKS 480GB 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 113MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 80.3MB/s

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Unknown consistency

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

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 148MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 198MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 46681.6%

Min	Avg	Max
350	Read 453	501
377	Write 416	459
306	Mixed 391	495
131	SusWrite 148	164
78.8% 352 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.5	4K Read 25.1	27.8
48.1	4K Write 80.3	107
17.2	4K Mixed 31	45.1
120% 45.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.5	DQ Read 198	288
92.9	DQ Write 191	254
17.5	DQ Mixed 113	205
107% 168 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

THA-User, 6 years ago.

447GB free

Firmware: O1217A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

91.9% Outstanding

Write 424

Mixed 404

99% 443 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 66.2

4K Mixed 31.7

117% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 250

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 87.6

103% 178 MB/s

THA-User, 6 years ago.

419GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1217A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

82.9% Excellent

Write 459

Mixed 495

108% 485 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 17.2

111% 48.5 MB/s

DQ Read 21.5

DQ Write 92.9

DQ Mixed 17.5

25% 44 MB/s

THA-User, 3 years ago.

90GB free

Firmware: O1217A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 234 93 94 97 97 MB/s

81.8% Excellent

Write 377

Mixed 306

SusWrite 164

67% 299 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 45.1

153% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 232

DQ Write 221

DQ Mixed 205

160% 220 MB/s

THA-User, 5 years ago.

59GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1217A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 200 96 53 50 90 MB/s

69.6% Good

Write 402

Mixed 360

SusWrite 131

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 48.1

4K Mixed 30

100% 33.9 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 254

DQ Mixed 143

142% 228 MB/s

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Dell Latitude E5430 non-vPro

CPU
Core i5-3340MIntelBench 53%, 12,487 samples	94x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	92x
Core i5-3230MIntel $100Bench 49%, 61,311 samples	77x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	453x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	55x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	11x

SSD
480GB 480GBSKSBench 82%, 4 samples	1x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	16x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	14x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	9x

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SKS

480GB 480GB

Average Bench: 81.6% (466^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 81.6% (466th of 1072)

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