Mercury

Electra 6G SSD 500GB

Electra 6G SSD 500GB
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Effective Speed -71%Effective Speed -71%Average Score -75%Read -4%, Write -9%, 4K Read -70%, 4K Write -84%, Mixed -36%, 4K Mixed -272%, SusWrite -48%Peak Score -17%Read 2%, Write -3%, 4K Read -54%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed 15%, 4K Mixed -91%, SusWrite 18%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -266%DQ Read -31%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -599%, ADQ Read -153%, ADQ Write -68%, ADQ Mixed -1,284%, Age 26%, AS-SSD Total -17%

Average Bench: 57.5% (827^th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: Mercury Electra 6G SSD

Poor: 33%Average: 57.5% Great: 86%

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Average average bench

The Mercury Electra 6G SSD 500GB averaged 42.5% 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 20.2MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 441MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Mercury Electra 6G SSD 500GB is 53.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Mercury Electra 6G SSD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 18.8MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 200MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 82757.5%

Min	Avg	Max
295	Read 441	515
154	Write 373	471
10.5	Mixed 264	487
61.3	SusWrite 200	458
71.4% 319 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12	4K Read 20.2	27.9
5.9	4K Write 47.7	112
0.4	4K Mixed 12.1	30.5
71.4% 26.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.1	DQ Read 129	281
5.3	DQ Write 172	348
0.1	DQ Mixed 18.8	47.4
50.8% 106 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 5 months ago.

464GB free

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 395 404 434 432 394 MB/s

87.9% Excellent

Write 373

Mixed 376

SusWrite 411

87% 385 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 88.1

4K Mixed 22.5

114% 45.4 MB/s

DQ Read 282

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 32.8

102% 217 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

381GB free

Firmware: Q0616B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 381 377 382 382 393 MB/s

80.8% Excellent

Write 358

Mixed 322

SusWrite 385

85% 378 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 90.5

4K Mixed 17.4

104% 43.3 MB/s

DQ Read 112

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 20.9

69% 144 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 months ago.

334GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0616B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 350 358 417 421 425 MB/s

77.1% Very good

Write 419

Mixed 362

SusWrite 382

93% 412 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 56.6

4K Mixed 17.6

84% 31.6 MB/s

DQ Read 103

DQ Write 315

DQ Mixed 23.5

72% 147 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 months ago.

464GB free

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 345 358 371 417 439 MB/s

75.6% Very good

Write 420

Mixed 258

SusWrite 387

77% 338 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 87.8

4K Mixed 18.6

103% 42.6 MB/s

DQ Read 127

DQ Write 337

DQ Mixed 34.2

83% 166 MB/s

GBR-User, 27 days ago.

274GB free

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 363 116 79 50 110 MB/s

74.3% Very good

Write 457

Mixed 388

SusWrite 163

84% 377 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 88.9

4K Mixed 24.6

116% 46.1 MB/s

DQ Read 112

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 34.8

79% 157 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

236GB free

Firmware: Q0616B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 365 375 367 377 394 MB/s

72.1% Very good

Write 314

Mixed 282

SusWrite 375

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 18.1

4K Write 68.2

4K Mixed 16.5

85% 34.3 MB/s

DQ Read 210

DQ Write 177

DQ Mixed 24.6

65% 137 MB/s

BRA-User, 29 days ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 2.2 93 230 101 3.8 MB/s

42.8% Average

Write 200

Mixed 245

SusWrite 72.9

47% 211 MB/s

4K Read 16.9

4K Write 31.6

4K Mixed 16.9

64% 21.8 MB/s

DQ Read 129

DQ Write 129

DQ Mixed 1.1

36% 86.3 MB/s

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

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System: Dell Latitude 3540

CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	98x
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	72x
Core i5-1335UIntelBench 76%, 1,345 samples	40x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	286x
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 15%, 6,283 samples	50x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 10%, 2,559 samples	32x

SSD
Electra 6G SSD 500GBMercuryBench 57%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	21x
SH564128FJ8NWRNSQG 2x4GBSmartBench 48%, 2,408 samples	16x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	15x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Mercury

Electra 6G SSD 500GB

Average Bench: 57.5% (827^th of 1072)

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Electra 6G SSD 500GB

Average Bench: 57.5% (827th of 1072)

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