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Liteon

CA3-8D512 512GB

CA3-8D512 512GB
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Effective Speed -225%Effective Speed -225%Average Score -268%Read -196%, Write -315%, 4K Read -85%, 4K Write -132%, Mixed -298%, 4K Mixed -114%, SusWrite -732%Peak Score -287%Read -219%, Write -233%, 4K Read -219%, 4K Write -158%, Mixed -229%, 4K Mixed -177%, SusWrite -775%Value & Sentiment -2,502%User Rating -37%, Market Share -4,967%Nice To Haves -138%DQ Read -72%, DQ Write -88%, DQ Mixed -120%, ADQ Read -83%, ADQ Write -159%, ADQ Mixed -188%, Age -291%, AS-SSD Total -104%

Average Bench: 168% (143^rd of 1080)

Based on 4,424 user benchmarks. Model: LITEON CA3-8D512

Poor: 98%Average: 168% Great: 228%

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Outstanding average bench

The Liteon CA3-8D512 512GB averaged 67.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Liteon CA3-8D512 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 515MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 936MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Liteon CA3-8D512 512GB is 130%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Liteon CA3-8D512 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 379MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 89.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,424 samples)

Rank 143168%

Min	Avg	Max
806	Read 1,415	1,857
106	Write 1,123	1,932
129	Mixed 812	1,421
164	SusWrite 379	523
208% 933 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.9	4K Read 47.9	60.1
17	4K Write 89.2	147
13.4	4K Mixed 51.7	79.1
186% 62.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
382	DQ Read 936	1,346
84.1	DQ Write 486	1,009
102	DQ Mixed 515	952
435% 646 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

144GB free (System drive)

Firmware: C490903

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 298 157 89 266 268 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 1,424

Mixed 1,135

SusWrite 251

240% 1,076 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 75.3

4K Mixed 53.8

167% 55.9 MB/s

DQ Read 771

DQ Write 534

DQ Mixed 614

469% 640 MB/s

BRA-User, 8 days ago.

437GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 24979

SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 476 460 447 456 419 MB/s

154% Outstanding

Write 1,162

Mixed 860

SusWrite 443

202% 903 MB/s

4K Read 45.9

4K Write 81.2

4K Mixed 54.8

183% 60.6 MB/s

DQ Read 652

DQ Write 417

DQ Mixed 312

292% 460 MB/s

GBR-User, 18 days ago.

303GB free (System drive)

Firmware: C490903

SusWrite @10s intervals: 692 405 425 410 388 421 MB/s

153% Outstanding

Write 539

Mixed 902

SusWrite 457

183% 828 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 69.8

4K Mixed 46.9

150% 50.6 MB/s

DQ Read 621

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 482

356% 478 MB/s

NLD-User, 10 days ago.

182GB free (System drive)

Firmware: C496409

SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 478 363 353 340 313 MB/s

144% Outstanding

Write 1,762

Mixed 651

SusWrite 398

247% 1,109 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 53.3

4K Mixed 39.3

124% 40.9 MB/s

DQ Read 444

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 259

220% 326 MB/s

USA-User, 17 days ago.

295GB free (System drive)

Firmware: C490903

SusWrite @10s intervals: 636 362 370 407 432 386 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 1,504

Mixed 473

SusWrite 432

209% 935 MB/s

4K Read 25.5

4K Write 56.1

4K Mixed 41.2

121% 40.9 MB/s

DQ Read 669

DQ Write 124

DQ Mixed 31.5

117% 275 MB/s

BLR-User, 11 days ago.

22GB free (System drive)

Firmware: C490903

SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 114 109 109 101 98 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 158

Mixed 224

SusWrite 108

94% 441 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 60.9

4K Mixed 34.2

119% 41.1 MB/s

DQ Read 670

DQ Write 139

DQ Mixed 158

180% 322 MB/s

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Razer Blade

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	2,150x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	1,109x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	483x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	1,509x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 10,818 samples	618x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 36,643 samples	418x

SSD
CA3-8D512 512GBLiteonBench 168%, 4,424 samples	258x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	1,835x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples	387x
M471A5244BB0-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 2,214 samples	301x

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CA3-8D512 512GB

Average Bench: 168% (143^rd of 1080)

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CA3-8D512 512GB

Average Bench: 168% (143rd of 1080)

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench: 168% (143^rd of 1080)