Average Bench: 32.7% (1000th of 1072)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: APPLE SSD SM064C
Poor: 24%Average: 32.7% Great: 42%

Poor average bench

The Apple SM064C 61GB averaged 67.3% 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 Random Read Speed 11.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 31.1MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple SM064C 61GB is just 18.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Apple SM064C 61GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 36.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 14MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Min Avg Max
78.5 Read 200 247
126 Write 153 174
69.3 Mixed 131 206
91 SusWrite 137 168
34.8% 155 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.31 4K Read 11.3 13.6
19.6 4K Write 31.1 44.3
3.83 4K Mixed 10 14.7
46.4% 17.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.87 DQ Read 62.6 120
28.1 DQ Write 36.6 43.5
4.03 DQ Mixed 14 21.9
20% 37.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AXM09A1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 155 172 174 173 168 MB/s
Read 231
Write 174
Mixed 168
SusWrite 164
41% 185 MB/s
4K Read 13.1
4K Write 44.3
4K Mixed 14.7
62% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 43.5
DQ Mixed 21.1
32% 61.7 MB/s
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AXM09A1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 173 171 171 170 169 MB/s
Read 174
Write 168
Mixed 145
SusWrite 168
37% 164 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 43.5
4K Mixed 13.5
61% 23.5 MB/s
DQ Read 16.4
DQ Write 43.4
DQ Mixed 16.2
16% 25.3 MB/s
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AXM09A1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 119 90 74 77 MB/s
Read 222
Write 148
Mixed 126
SusWrite 91
33% 146 MB/s
4K Read 11.9
4K Write 34.7
4K Mixed 13.5
54% 20 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 36
DQ Mixed 21.9
30% 57.8 MB/s
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AXM09A1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 117 103 101 93 89 MB/s
Read 207
Write 139
Mixed 89.2
SusWrite 102
30% 134 MB/s
4K Read 13.3
4K Write 29.7
4K Mixed 12.8
52% 18.6 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 29.5
DQ Mixed 17.3
28% 55.7 MB/s
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AXM09A1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 159 157 160 162 MB/s
Read 194
Write 156
Mixed 144
SusWrite 159
37% 163 MB/s
4K Read 8.9
4K Write 20.9
4K Mixed 11
39% 13.6 MB/s
DQ Read 13.8
DQ Write 41.6
DQ Mixed 14.7
15% 23.4 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AXM09A1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Read 247
Write 174
Mixed 206
46% 209 MB/s
4K Read 8.31
4K Write 19.6
4K Mixed 5.97
31% 11.3 MB/s
DQ Read 6.87
DQ Write 39.1
DQ Mixed 4.03
9% 16.7 MB/s
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AXM09A1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Read 245
Write 138
Mixed 99.7
35% 161 MB/s
4K Read 11.5
4K Write 25.5
4K Mixed 4.99
37% 14 MB/s
DQ Read 10.3
DQ Write 31.2
DQ Mixed 7.72
10% 16.4 MB/s
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AXM09A1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Read 78.5
Write 126
Mixed 69.3
20% 91.1 MB/s
4K Read 9.53
4K Write 30.6
4K Mixed 3.83
36% 14.7 MB/s
DQ Read 97.1
DQ Write 28.1
DQ Mixed 9.21
21% 44.8 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,804,315 SSDs tested

Typical SM064C 61GB Builds (Compare 23 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Apple MacBookAir4,2

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