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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 67.6% (706th of 1072)

Based on 23 user benchmarks.  Model: ATOM
Poor: 54%Average: 67.6% Great: 77%

Above average average bench

The ATOM 525GB averaged 32.4% 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 149MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 24MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ATOM 525GB is 23.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the ATOM 525GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 37.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 182MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 23 samples)
Rank 70667.6%
Min Avg Max
273 Read 347 481
236 Write 394 497
210 Mixed 367 492
152 SusWrite 306 454
79.8% 353 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.1 4K Read 20.3 24.1
3.59 4K Write 37.3 58.7
3.62 4K Mixed 24 32.3
81.3% 27.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
106 DQ Read 182 314
38.1 DQ Write 170 209
9.65 DQ Mixed 149 262
120% 167 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
154GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 185 190 247 55 43 MB/s
66.8% Good
Read 319
Write 312
Mixed 359
SusWrite 152
64% 285 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 58.7
4K Mixed 32.3
108% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 153
140% 218 MB/s
398GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 331 338 228 232 228 MB/s
66% Good
Read 279
Write 420
Mixed 338
SusWrite 295
76% 333 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 34.8
4K Mixed 25.6
83% 27.1 MB/s
DQ Read 299
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 262
190% 250 MB/s
63GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 232 198 207 151 175 MB/s
58.3% Above average
Read 275
Write 261
Mixed 315
SusWrite 208
60% 265 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 41.4
4K Mixed 26.9
85% 29.1 MB/s
DQ Read 177
DQ Write 177
DQ Mixed 184
136% 179 MB/s
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