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2.5"

SATA SSD 3ME3 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 37% (979th of 1080)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: 2.5" SATA SSD 3ME3
Poor: 28%Average: 37% Great: 46%

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Poor average bench

The 2.5" SATA SSD 3ME3 512GB averaged 63.0% 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 351MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 12.2MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 2.5" SATA SSD 3ME3 512GB is just 17.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 2.5" SATA SSD 3ME3 512GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 27.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 2.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 97937%
Min Avg Max
293 Read 351 396
173 Write 201 226
163 Mixed 186 242
148 SusWrite 190 235
51.6% 232 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7 4K Read 12.2 14.3
10 4K Write 21.7 38.7
1.6 4K Mixed 2.9 5.8
33.7% 12.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.7 DQ Read 27.7 34.1
11.5 DQ Write 47.9 122
1.58 DQ Mixed 14.2 22.9
17.5% 29.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
270GB free
Firmware: S17411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 239 240 239 233 237 MB/s
46% Average
Read 382
Write 226
Mixed 172
SusWrite 235
56% 254 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 5.8
50% 19.6 MB/s
DQ Read 31.4
DQ Write 73.4
DQ Mixed 22.9
26% 42.6 MB/s
64GB free
Firmware: S16425
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 212 206 206 198 199 MB/s
36.7% Below average
Read 396
Write 191
Mixed 183
SusWrite 206
54% 244 MB/s
4K Read 12.3
4K Write 10
4K Mixed 1.9
26% 8.07 MB/s
DQ Read 34.1
DQ Write 11.5
DQ Mixed 10.5
11% 18.7 MB/s
414GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S17411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 35 160 208 202 208 MB/s
34.8% Below average
Read 342
Write 209
Mixed 172
SusWrite 158
49% 220 MB/s
4K Read 12.4
4K Write 25.2
4K Mixed 3.6
37% 13.7 MB/s
DQ Read 23.4
DQ Write 28.6
DQ Mixed 19.4
16% 23.8 MB/s
450GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S16425
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 118 148 157 149 165 MB/s
28.3% Poor
Read 293
Write 173
Mixed 163
SusWrite 148
43% 194 MB/s
4K Read 7
4K Write 13.1
4K Mixed 2.6
21% 7.57 MB/s
DQ Read 33.9
DQ Write 36.7
DQ Mixed 19.4
19% 30 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,541,018 SSDs tested

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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 28%
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Workstation 2%
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System: HP 255 G6 Notebook PC

CPU
E2-9000e APU (2016 M.SR)AMDBench 26%, 3,540 samples53x
A6-9220 APU (2016 M.SR)AMDBench 29%, 4,762 samples32x
A6-9225 RADEON R4, 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3GAMDBench 28%, 7,071 samples19x
GPU
Radeon R2 GraphicsAMDBench 1%, 4,424 samples53x
Radeon R4 GraphicsAMDBench 3%, 13,349 samples51x
Radeon R5 GraphicsAMDBench 3%, 31,419 samples10x
SSD
SATA SSD 3ME3 512GB2.5"Bench 37%, 6 samples1x
RAM
M471A5244CB0-CRC 1x4GBSamsungBench 32%, 40,829 samples10x
M471A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 30%, 48,985 samples9x
M471A5244BB0-CRC 1x4GBSamsungBench 31%, 10,211 samples8x
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