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Effective Speed -744%Effective Speed -744%Average Score -812%Read -851%, Write -1,304%, 4K Read -227%, 4K Write -248%, Mixed -1,022%, 4K Mixed -751%, SusWrite -1,282%Peak Score -840%Read -1,072%, Write -1,382%, 4K Read -375%, 4K Write -261%, Mixed -1,088%, 4K Mixed -673%, SusWrite -1,027%Value & Sentiment -779%User Rating -37%, Market Share -1,522%Nice To Haves -1,640%DQ Read -1,010%, DQ Write -466%, DQ Mixed -3,523%, ADQ Read -996%, ADQ Write -513%, ADQ Mixed -5,566%, Age -337%, AS-SSD Total -710%

Average Bench: 64.6% (753^rd of 1080)

Based on 2,159 user benchmarks. Model: SSD 480GB

Poor: 34%Average: 64.6% Great: 88%

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Above average average bench

The SSD 480GB 480GB averaged 35.3% 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 27.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 59.5MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 480GB 480GB is 54%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 480GB 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 26.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 13MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,159 samples)

Rank 75364.6%

Min	Avg	Max
307	Read 441	506
107	Write 332	434
18	Mixed 288	393
30.5	SusWrite 228	406
72% 322 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14	4K Read 27.2	40.4
5.2	4K Write 59.5	105
0.4	4K Mixed 13	28.3
89.4% 33.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
88.8	DQ Read 156	209
16.8	DQ Write 205	336
0.6	DQ Mixed 26.2	57.9
62.8% 129 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ESP-User, 3 days ago.

397GB free

Firmware: FW200713

SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 399 406 394 404 395 MB/s

81.9% Excellent

Write 412

Mixed 342

SusWrite 401

92% 411 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 72.7

4K Mixed 11.6

97% 37.7 MB/s

DQ Read 189

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 18.3

73% 160 MB/s

BRA-User, 3 days ago.

147GB free

Firmware: 227O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 212 202 214 210 210 MB/s

69.6% Good

Write 222

Mixed 294

SusWrite 212

66% 296 MB/s

4K Read 29.9

4K Write 84.9

4K Mixed 12.2

106% 42.3 MB/s

DQ Read 164

DQ Write 215

DQ Mixed 16.2

61% 132 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 days ago.

89GB free

Firmware: HPS2227O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 327 329 169 63 13 MB/s

66.4% Good

Write 371

Mixed 361

SusWrite 178

77% 347 MB/s

4K Read 36.5

4K Write 90.9

4K Mixed 2.5

107% 43.3 MB/s

DQ Read 163

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 2.8

50% 117 MB/s

GBR-User, 11 hrs ago.

51GB free

Firmware: S0909A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 11 50 11 13 46 MB/s

51.1% Above average

Write 447

Mixed 368

SusWrite 62.8

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 24.9

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 0.9

96% 44.3 MB/s

DQ Read 101

DQ Write 11

DQ Mixed 0.7

15% 37.6 MB/s

BRA-User, 3 days ago.

341GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227I

SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 109 107 108 81 87 MB/s

38.9% Below average

Write 265

Mixed 249

SusWrite 94.5

51% 227 MB/s

4K Read 13

4K Write 28.8

4K Mixed 7.4

44% 16.4 MB/s

DQ Read 193

DQ Write 176

DQ Mixed 15.9

58% 128 MB/s

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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	1,059x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	1,003x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples	961x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	512x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	511x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $219Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	494x

SSD
480GB 480GBSSDBench 65%, 2,159 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1,416x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples	509x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	372x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

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