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Effective Speed +24% Effective Speed 24%Average Score +30% Read 48%, Write 49%, 4K Read 12%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 30%, 4K Mixed 9%, SusWrite 51%Peak Score +212% Read 430%, Write 402%, 4K Read 80%, 4K Write 83%, Mixed 242%, 4K Mixed 90%, SusWrite 157%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +152% DQ Read 390%, DQ Write 230%, DQ Mixed 318%, ADQ Read 7%, ADQ Write 5%, ADQ Mixed -22%, Age -7%, AS-SSD Total 294%

Average Bench: 122% (187^th of 1072)

Based on 32 user benchmarks. Model: Disk drive

Poor: 72%Average: 122% Great: 314%

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Outstanding average bench

The Disk drive 500GB averaged 22.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Disk drive 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 213MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 49.1MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Disk drive 500GB is 242%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Disk drive 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 447MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 465MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)

Rank 187122%

Min	Avg	Max
366	Read 677	2,684
193	Write 604	2,434
45.3	Mixed 465	1,447
214	SusWrite 447	994
123% 549 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.3	4K Read 38.5	77.3
43.8	4K Write 95.5	224
22.9	4K Mixed 49.1	111
172% 61 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.5	DQ Read 348	1,798
5.7	DQ Write 304	1,183
5.9	DQ Mixed 213	1383
190% 288 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

EST-User, 2 years ago.

274GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 893 837 840 847 843 841 MB/s

337% Outstanding

Write 2,193

Mixed 1,442

SusWrite 850

391% 1,751 MB/s

4K Read 77.3

4K Write 224

4K Mixed 111

379% 138 MB/s

DQ Read 1,798

DQ Write 1,183

DQ Mixed 1383

1,061% 1,455 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 years ago.

274GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 921 860 849 853 863 841 MB/s

336% Outstanding

Write 2,540

Mixed 1,390

SusWrite 865

394% 1,757 MB/s

4K Read 79.5

4K Write 243

4K Mixed 115

397% 146 MB/s

DQ Read 1,902

DQ Write 1,268

DQ Mixed 1501

1,142% 1,557 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 years ago.

274GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1053 866 854 862 852 810 MB/s

314% Outstanding

Write 2,434

Mixed 1,355

SusWrite 883

410% 1,839 MB/s

4K Read 74.1

4K Write 186

4K Mixed 102

341% 121 MB/s

DQ Read 1,200

DQ Write 868

DQ Mixed 984

749% 1,017 MB/s

ROU-User, 9 months ago.

213GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 982 847 840 843 796 847 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 2,039

Mixed 1,598

SusWrite 859

378% 1,692 MB/s

4K Read 51.1

4K Write 94.2

4K Mixed 67.5

214% 70.9 MB/s

DQ Read 783

DQ Write 696

DQ Mixed 725

548% 735 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

164GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 436 430 439 446 442 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 437

Mixed 389

SusWrite 441

98% 434 MB/s

4K Read 31.5

4K Write 45.8

4K Mixed 46

131% 41.1 MB/s

DQ Read 387

DQ Write 350

DQ Mixed 363

274% 367 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

158GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 433 436 439 441 439 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 435

Mixed 374

SusWrite 441

97% 429 MB/s

4K Read 31.2

4K Write 53.1

4K Mixed 38.2

124% 40.8 MB/s

DQ Read 385

DQ Write 353

DQ Mixed 366

276% 368 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 451 433 439 441 441 MB/s

97.7% Outstanding

Write 442

Mixed 377

SusWrite 445

97% 432 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 49.2

4K Mixed 34.7

114% 37.6 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 352

DQ Mixed 363

274% 367 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 52%

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Motherboard: Asus H170-PRO - $105

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,094x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	284x
Core i5-6402PIntelBench 68%, 15,913 samples	217x

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GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	273x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	173x

SSD
drive 500GBDiskBench 122%, 32 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 26,065 samples	295x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	87x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $417

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 122% (187^th of 1072)

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