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CA3-8D512 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 168% (134th of 1071)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,424 samples)
Rank 134168%
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 Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
344GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C490903
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 423 413 413 379 385 MB/s
153% Outstanding
Read 1,372
Write 1,455
Mixed 1,072
SusWrite 395
240% 1,073 MB/s
4K Read 38.1
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 46.4
152% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 693
DQ Write 490
DQ Mixed 544
419% 576 MB/s
293GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C490903
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 317 439 333 304 286 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 1,259
Write 794
Mixed 464
SusWrite 351
158% 717 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 75.2
4K Mixed 48.7
147% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 819
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 378
335% 517 MB/s
308GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C49640A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 501 488 446 482 492 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 1,269
Write 388
Mixed 542
SusWrite 484
148% 671 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 79.5
4K Mixed 42
146% 51.6 MB/s
DQ Read 479
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 361
277% 380 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C490903
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 338 403 210 164 167 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 1414
Write 79.2
Mixed 30.4
SusWrite 230
93% 438 MB/s
4K Read 36.4
4K Write 55.8
4K Mixed 36.2
131% 42.8 MB/s
DQ Read 544
DQ Write 120
DQ Mixed 218
189% 294 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C490903
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 118 149 188 166 145 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 1,267
Write 213
Mixed 247
SusWrite 151
101% 469 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 70.8
4K Mixed 39.3
138% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 726
DQ Write 169
DQ Mixed 163
193% 353 MB/s
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Gaming 12%
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Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
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System: Razer Blade

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples1,838x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples970x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples434x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples1,287x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 10,818 samples538x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 36,643 samples361x
SSD
CA3-8D512 512GBLiteonBench 168%, 4,424 samples232x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples1,588x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples342x
M471A5244BB0-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 2,214 samples267x
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