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Toshiba KXG50ZNV512G

XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 143% (125th of 1016)

Based on 18,393 user benchmarks.  Models: KXG50ZNV512G NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB, KXG50ZNV512G TOSHIBA, NVMe KXG50ZNV512G NVM
Poor: 88%Average: 143% Great: 212%

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Outstanding average bench

The Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 43.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 379MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 665MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 123%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 394MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 533MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18,393 samples)
Rank 125143%
Min Avg Max
496 Read 1,155 1,799
63.9 Write 533 1,093
107 Mixed 539 1,278
134 SusWrite 394 638
145% 655 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.5 4K Read 31.5 47.7
40 4K Write 98.9 145
19.4 4K Mixed 43.8 67.9
156% 58.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
135 DQ Read 665 1,029
58.1 DQ Write 443 959
68.1 DQ Mixed 379 756
330% 496 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
430GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1071 708 435 437 435 437 MB/s
217% Outstanding
Read 1,398
Write 1,069
Mixed 1,134
SusWrite 587
234% 1,047 MB/s
4K Read 49.3
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 71.9
245% 89.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,267
DQ Write 942
DQ Mixed 738
651% 982 MB/s
354GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AAHA4102 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 490 496 496 489 478 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,601
Write 1,257
Mixed 1,193
SusWrite 491
254% 1,136 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 57.4
197% 74.2 MB/s
DQ Read 912
DQ Write 882
DQ Mixed 381
428% 725 MB/s
254GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AAXA4103 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 381 363 338 300 246 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 826
Write 374
Mixed 374
SusWrite 337
106% 478 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 43.3
185% 75.1 MB/s
DQ Read 840
DQ Write 437
DQ Mixed 256
292% 511 MB/s
373GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 387 365 334 323 330 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 790
Write 440
Mixed 542
SusWrite 366
119% 534 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 44.2
165% 63.8 MB/s
DQ Read 687
DQ Write 535
DQ Mixed 335
326% 519 MB/s
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 52%
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System: Dell XPS 15 9570

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 73%, 206,053 samples10,196x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 77%, 6,755 samples1,574x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 66%, 62,986 samples777x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 147,791 samples8,111x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 28%, 5,186 samples4,053x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 75,368 samples170x
SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba  $100Bench 143%, 18,393 samples1,729x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 9,445 samples2,811x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 4,894 samples1,737x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,906 samples1,461x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 32% - Below average Total price: $100

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