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SM512E 500GB

SM512E 500GB
BENCHMARKS (514)
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Effective Speed -47%Effective Speed -47%Average Score -57%Read -9%, Write -21%, 4K Read -115%, 4K Write -105%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -133%, SusWrite 12%Peak Score -36%Read -6%, Write -15%, 4K Read -78%, 4K Write -70%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -94%, SusWrite 5%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -100%DQ Read -36%, DQ Write -206%, DQ Mixed -115%, ADQ Read -45%, ADQ Write -183%, ADQ Mixed -119%, Age -31%, AS-SSD Total -65%

Average Bench: 66.8% (721^st of 1072)

Based on 514 user benchmarks. Model: APPLE SSD SM512E

Poor: 50%Average: 66.8% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The Apple SM512E 500GB averaged 33.1% 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 119MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 421MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple SM512E 500GB is 35.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Apple SM512E 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 102MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 286MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 514 samples)

Rank 72166.8%

Min	Avg	Max
347	Read 421	480
196	Write 336	421
206	Mixed 286	444
189	SusWrite 331	407
77.1% 344 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10	4K Read 16	24.1
21.1	4K Write 42.7	71.9
6.85	4K Mixed 19.3	30
71.7% 26 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.6	DQ Read 225	269
44.8	DQ Write 102	117
7.81	DQ Mixed 119	154
100% 149 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 months ago.

172GB free

Firmware: CXM07A1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 366 373 370 369 337 MB/s

80.5% Excellent

Write 376

Mixed 295

SusWrite 367

84% 374 MB/s

4K Read 22.3

4K Write 68.8

4K Mixed 25.9

103% 39 MB/s

DQ Read 266

DQ Write 108

DQ Mixed 152

122% 175 MB/s

JPN-User, 3 months ago.

403GB free

Firmware: CXM0AA1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 363 360 361 362 366 MB/s

77.9% Very good

Write 346

Mixed 271

SusWrite 358

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 20.5

4K Write 63.2

4K Mixed 26.7

99% 36.8 MB/s

DQ Read 266

DQ Write 108

DQ Mixed 150

120% 174 MB/s

JPN-User, 3 months ago.

403GB free

Firmware: CXM0AA1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 362 358 358 368 364 MB/s

75.3% Very good

Write 312

Mixed 263

SusWrite 358

76% 338 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 56.3

4K Mixed 23.9

93% 33.9 MB/s

DQ Read 269

DQ Write 106

DQ Mixed 146

119% 174 MB/s

SWE-User, 2 months ago.

296GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXM0AA1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 325 324 328 295 330 MB/s

64.1% Good

Write 325

Mixed 233

SusWrite 313

70% 313 MB/s

4K Read 16

4K Write 44.5

4K Mixed 20.8

74% 27.1 MB/s

DQ Read 208

DQ Write 98.5

DQ Mixed 140

107% 149 MB/s

MYS-User, 2 months ago.

88GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXM09A1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 282 266 274 277 273 MB/s

58.3% Above average

Write 330

Mixed 243

SusWrite 278

70% 312 MB/s

4K Read 12.3

4K Write 32

4K Mixed 16

56% 20.1 MB/s

DQ Read 264

DQ Write 105

DQ Mixed 148

119% 173 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 month ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CXM09A1Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 299 301 297 273 290 MB/s

54.9% Above average

Write 283

Mixed 242

SusWrite 293

67% 297 MB/s

4K Read 9.4

4K Write 22.8

4K Mixed 15.3

46% 15.8 MB/s

DQ Read 251

DQ Write 90.2

DQ Mixed 143

113% 161 MB/s

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Apple MacBookPro10,1

CPU
Core i7-3615QMIntelBench 62%, 2,657 samples	55x
Core i7-3720QMIntel $100Bench 65%, 9,911 samples	42x
Core i7-3740QMIntel $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples	39x

GPU
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
SM512E 500GBAppleBench 67%, 514 samples	34x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	87x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	83x

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