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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 73.2% (616th of 1080)

Based on 274 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD
Poor: 41%Average: 73.2% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The SSD 500GB averaged 26.8% 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 148MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.9MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 500GB is 59.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 185MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 271MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 274 samples)
Rank 61673.2%
Min Avg Max
254 Read 418 498
91 Write 271 441
119 Mixed 298 399
82.9 SusWrite 185 413
65.4% 293 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.3 4K Read 28.9 39.8
11 4K Write 62.7 94.1
8.12 4K Mixed 29.1 45.4
114% 40.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34.7 DQ Read 234 367
15.8 DQ Write 238 345
13.9 DQ Mixed 148 245
136% 207 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
263GB free
Firmware: SBFMLA.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 449 165 91 90 89 MB/s
86% Excellent
Read 464
Write 330
Mixed 339
SusWrite 217
75% 337 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 73
4K Mixed 36.5
138% 48.1 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 194
166% 241 MB/s
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 207 200 89 78 100 MB/s
81.8% Excellent
Read 471
Write 393
Mixed 371
SusWrite 172
79% 352 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 66.2
4K Mixed 34.2
127% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 283
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 216
186% 274 MB/s
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 109 86 59 60 108 MB/s
81.1% Excellent
Read 474
Write 333
Mixed 351
SusWrite 104
70% 315 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 83.1
4K Mixed 41
155% 54.2 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 99.3
DQ Mixed 10.1
54% 127 MB/s
218GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 149 228 55 82 163 MB/s
69.2% Good
Read 323
Write 120
Mixed 307
SusWrite 154
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 75.4
4K Mixed 38.9
128% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 19
DQ Mixed 28.2
51% 110 MB/s
293GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP3105A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 344 53 23 23 44 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 424
Write 389
Mixed 321
SusWrite 141
71% 319 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 60
4K Mixed 10.8
83% 31.9 MB/s
DQ Read 150
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 15
67% 147 MB/s
258GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 118 118 118 118 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 378
Write 262
Mixed 274
SusWrite 123
58% 259 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 19
4K Mixed 21.3
83% 23.4 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 20.4
DQ Mixed 36
41% 73.4 MB/s
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 5.6 57 29 29 29 MB/s
46% Average
Read 363
Write 211
Mixed 260
SusWrite 53.3
49% 222 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 19.5
4K Mixed 19.5
80% 22.9 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 20.8
DQ Mixed 34.5
40% 71.8 MB/s
253GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 408 318 228 107 267 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 292
Write 104
Mixed 87.4
SusWrite 288
43% 193 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 18.7
4K Mixed 11.1
51% 15.8 MB/s
DQ Read 14.4
DQ Write 11.8
DQ Mixed 15
11% 13.7 MB/s
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 176 222 190 201 143 MB/s
40.9% Average
Read 289
Write 102
Mixed 90.2
SusWrite 215
38% 174 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 18.8
4K Mixed 11.3
52% 16.1 MB/s
DQ Read 14.1
DQ Write 15.3
DQ Mixed 14.7
11% 14.7 MB/s
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System: Pichau Alphard B560M-T

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Core i5-10400FIntel  $94Bench 85%, 153,026 samples29x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $80Bench 94%, 46,609 samples9x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples2x
GPU
GeForce RTX 3060NvidiaBench 96%, 8,299 samples7x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples6x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples5x
SSD
SSD 500GBBench 73%, 274 samples17x
RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 91%, 47,229 samples23x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples5x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples3x
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