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Effective Speed -1,080%Effective Speed -1,080%Average Score -2,185%Read -967%, Write -1,585%, 4K Read -418%, 4K Write -624%, Mixed -973%, 4K Mixed -684%, SusWrite -10,047%Peak Score -2,423%Read -1,154%, Write -1,254%, 4K Read -567%, 4K Write -660%, Mixed -865%, 4K Mixed -1,071%, SusWrite -11,390%Value & Sentiment -37%User Rating -37%Nice To Haves -2,106%DQ Read -779%, DQ Write -2,504%, DQ Mixed -4,140%, ADQ Read -1,456%, ADQ Write -1,876%, ADQ Mixed -4,597%, Age -487%, AS-SSD Total -1,008%

Average Bench: 46.2% (914^th of 1079)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: Microsoft Virtual Disk

Poor: 28%Average: 46.2% Great: 77%

Below average average bench

The Microsoft Virtual Disk 500GB averaged 53.7% 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. Sequential Read Speed 393MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.2MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 31.1MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 63.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 91446.2%

Min	Avg	Max
332	Read 393	473
65.1	Write 276	475
171	Mixed 301	484
15.6	SusWrite 31.1	39.8
55.6% 250 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.9	4K Read 17.2	28.8
16.1	4K Write 28.6	49.9
7.7	4K Mixed 14.1	18.7
59.4% 20 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.1	DQ Read 110	264
54.5	DQ Write 63.6	73
11.8	DQ Mixed 31.6	49.5
38.3% 68.4 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 years ago.

384GB free

Firmware: 1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 41 36 41 MB/s

40% Average

Write 304

Mixed 299

SusWrite 39.8

55% 245 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 27.8

4K Mixed 18.7

65% 21.3 MB/s

DQ Read 104

DQ Write 73

DQ Mixed 49.5

48% 75.5 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

294GB free

Firmware: 1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 15 15 15 15 MB/s

39.7% Below average

Write 65.1

Mixed 171

SusWrite 15.6

37% 171 MB/s

4K Read 12.7

4K Write 20.6

4K Mixed 12.8

46% 15.4 MB/s

DQ Read 264

DQ Write 59.7

DQ Mixed 45.8

64% 123 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 years ago.

403GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 40 23 22 11 MB/s

28% Poor

Write 260

Mixed 249

SusWrite 37.9

49% 220 MB/s

4K Read 9.9

4K Write 16.1

4K Mixed 7.7

33% 11.2 MB/s

DQ Read 41.5

DQ Write 67

DQ Mixed 11.8

21% 40.1 MB/s

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