Intel SSDPEKNW512G8X1

660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (162,275)
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Effective Speed +58% Effective Speed 58%Average Score +74% Read 174%, Write 108%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 37%, Mixed 117%, 4K Mixed 35%, SusWrite 2%Peak Score +91% Read 180%, Write 93%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 60%, Mixed 107%, 4K Mixed 38%, SusWrite 115%Value & Sentiment +127% User Rating -9%, Market Share 124%, Price 137%, Value 258%Nice To Haves +41% DQ Read -9%, DQ Write 137%, DQ Mixed 4%, ADQ Read -0%, ADQ Write 111%, ADQ Mixed -12%, Age 42%, AS-SSD Total 57%

Average Bench: 156% (146^th of 1071)

Based on 162,275 user benchmarks. Models: INTEL SSDPEKNW512G8, NVMe INTEL SSDPEKNW51

Poor: 94%Average: 156% Great: 209%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 55.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 232MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 609MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 116%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 303MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 326MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 162,275 samples)

Rank 146156%

Min	Avg	Max
868	Read 1,253	1419
541	Write 845	935
473	Mixed 780	876
82.6	SusWrite 303	834
177% 795 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.1	4K Read 48.9	60.7
29.1	4K Write 120	196
21.8	4K Mixed 60.6	80.7
215% 76.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
303	DQ Read 326	336
47.2	DQ Write 609	850
70	DQ Mixed 232	343
243% 389 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

201GB free

Firmware: 005C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 856 884 154 61 250 875 MB/s

195% Outstanding

Write 904

Mixed 816

SusWrite 513

201% 903 MB/s

4K Read 58.1

4K Write 167

4K Mixed 76.2

274% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 332

DQ Write 724

DQ Mixed 344

314% 467 MB/s

CAN-User, 58 mins ago.

377GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 863 856 880 401 291 MB/s

192% Outstanding

Write 916

Mixed 853

SusWrite 700

213% 952 MB/s

4K Read 51.9

4K Write 129

4K Mixed 66.3

232% 82.3 MB/s

DQ Read 326

DQ Write 762

DQ Mixed 220

260% 436 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

131GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 116 15 7.6 77 12 MB/s

145% Outstanding

Write 860

Mixed 818

SusWrite 83.4

167% 754 MB/s

4K Read 47

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 60.6

212% 75.9 MB/s

DQ Read 329

DQ Write 734

DQ Mixed 218

255% 427 MB/s

GBR-User, 19 mins ago.

154GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 241 109 90 57 58 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 744

Mixed 655

SusWrite 104

138% 623 MB/s

4K Read 37.4

4K Write 89.8

4K Mixed 50.5

169% 59.2 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 595

DQ Mixed 82.8

171% 337 MB/s

GRC-User, 29 mins ago.

89GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 357 107 15 7.6 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 918

Mixed 867

SusWrite 85.1

179% 810 MB/s

4K Read 44.2

4K Write 79.2

4K Mixed 19.6

134% 47.7 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 16.3

DQ Mixed 27.2

57% 126 MB/s

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Gaming 14%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Asus Zephyrus G GU502DU_GA502DU

CPU
Ryzen 7 3750HAMDBench 54%, 42,271 samples	557x

GPU
Radeon RX Vega 10 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 37,264 samples	315x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 57%, 12,899 samples	241x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples	1x

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660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel $36Bench 156%, 162,275 samples	311x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 Samsung M471A1K43DB1-CTD 16GBMicronBench 74%, 5,735 samples	343x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2J1 4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 16GBMicronBench 71%, 379 samples	40x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 40%, 38,499 samples	40x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $36

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2 years ago.

Drive performs just fine for regular use. It is a bit slow on dealing with larger files (over 10GB)

HKG-User

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Excellent

3 years ago.

Very slow after slc is used up

Gamejang

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162

Excellent

23 months ago.

Works find on both laptop and desktop. Cheap, but have decent performance.1tb x 1tb can give you a top line experience.

mirr123

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Good

2 years ago.

Great budgetary nvme drive ; it has been a massive increase in speed compared to the hdd i was using . Would recommend getting a 1 tb version as with the size of recent games , that is what you'll be needing .

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Intel Core i5-13600K $310	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $28
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Intel SSDPEKNW512G8X1

660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 156% (146^th of 1071)

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Intel SSDPEKNW512G8X1

660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 156% (146th of 1071)

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