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Effective Speed -203%Effective Speed -203%Average Score -199%Read -289%, Write -206%, 4K Read -124%, 4K Write -50%, Mixed -204%, 4K Mixed -89%, SusWrite -434%Peak Score -217%Read -283%, Write -181%, 4K Read -253%, 4K Write -81%, Mixed -207%, 4K Mixed -166%, SusWrite -347%Value & Sentiment -2,502%User Rating -37%, Market Share -4,967%Nice To Haves -99%DQ Read -71%, DQ Write -44%, DQ Mixed -64%, ADQ Read -102%, ADQ Write -55%, ADQ Mixed -81%, Age -296%, AS-SSD Total -84%

Average Bench: 180% (127^th of 1080)

Based on 568 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PCIe SSD

Poor: 110%Average: 180% Great: 242%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PCIe SSD 512GB averaged 80.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PCIe SSD 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 820MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 811MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PCIe SSD 512GB is 132%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PCIe SSD 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 590MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 568 samples)

Rank 127180%

Min	Avg	Max
448	Read 1,079	1550
447	Write 1,524	2,292
359	Mixed 1,063	1,521
292	SusWrite 590	1,023
240% 1,064 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.1	4K Read 39.6	54.3
57.5	4K Write 138	209
27.8	4K Mixed 58.6	82.4
208% 78.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
365	DQ Read 848	1,358
157	DQ Write 811	1,324
243	DQ Mixed 820	1,283
618% 826 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BRA-User, 11 days ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFMB0E5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1250 405 418 431 404 391 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,792

Mixed 1,388

SusWrite 550

279% 1,234 MB/s

4K Read 41.7

4K Write 216

4K Mixed 75.8

274% 111 MB/s

DQ Read 1,207

DQ Write 964

DQ Mixed 1,086

813% 1,086 MB/s

USA-User, 12 days ago.

112GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 956 461 491 480 426 323 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 1,243

Mixed 608

SusWrite 523

196% 877 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 68.5

4K Mixed 44.3

142% 48.3 MB/s

DQ Read 996

DQ Write 584

DQ Mixed 736

563% 772 MB/s

IDN-User, 23 days ago.

426GB free

Firmware: EDFMF0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1340 1448 1425 1287 915 69 MB/s

133% Outstanding

Write 1,403

Mixed 843

SusWrite 1,081

227% 996 MB/s

4K Read 19.9

4K Write 45.6

4K Mixed 32

95% 32.5 MB/s

DQ Read 277

DQ Write 195

DQ Mixed 236

176% 236 MB/s

USA-User, 19 days ago.

328GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FM11.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 450 451 458 459 459 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 798

Mixed 618

SusWrite 487

146% 647 MB/s

4K Read 34.6

4K Write 65.3

4K Mixed 38.7

137% 46.2 MB/s

DQ Read 858

DQ Write 534

DQ Mixed 811

574% 734 MB/s

USA-User, 21 days ago.

118GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 375 484 496 505 501 MB/s

89.2% Excellent

Write 1,708

Mixed 303

SusWrite 453

158% 690 MB/s

4K Read 8.4

4K Write 166

4K Mixed 9.1

112% 61.1 MB/s

DQ Read 311

DQ Write 518

DQ Mixed 322

270% 384 MB/s

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-P

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Core i7-11700KIntel $236Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,006x
Core i5-11600KIntel $136Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	1,604x
Core i9-11900KIntel $220Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	781x

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RTX 3060Nvidia $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,140x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $397Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	903x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	884x

SSD
PCIe SSD 512GBNvmeBench 180%, 568 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	335x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	301x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $50Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	267x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $558

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Nvme

PCIe SSD 512GB

Average Bench: 180% (127^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 180% (127th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 180% (127^th of 1080)