Nvme

BC501 SK hy 256GB

BC501 SK hy 256GB
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Effective Speed +21% Effective Speed 21%Average Score +16% Read 95%, Write 12%, 4K Read -1%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed 16%, 4K Mixed -20%, SusWrite 7%Peak Score +29% Read 110%, Write 44%, 4K Read -4%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed 65%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite -2%Value & Sentiment -835%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,656%Nice To Haves +57% DQ Read 51%, DQ Write 92%, DQ Mixed 84%, ADQ Read 47%, ADQ Write 42%, ADQ Mixed 48%, Age 40%, AS-SSD Total 56%

Average Bench: 120% (191^st of 1072)

Based on 815 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe BC501 NVMe SK hy

Poor: 86%Average: 120% Great: 145%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Nvme BC501 SK hy 256GB averaged 19.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme BC501 SK hy 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 385MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 409MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme BC501 SK hy 256GB is 58.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Nvme BC501 SK hy 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 317MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 416MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 815 samples)

Rank 191120%

Min	Avg	Max
553	Read 891	1,065
185	Write 452	699
263	Mixed 416	698
149	SusWrite 317	381
115% 519 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.2	4K Read 34	41.5
51.4	4K Write 89.9	121
22.7	4K Mixed 37.6	52.6
147% 53.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
306	DQ Read 479	556
139	DQ Write 409	687
188	DQ Mixed 385	609
305% 424 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TTO-User, 1 day ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 352 340 351 354 344 MB/s

140% Outstanding

Write 357

Mixed 630

SusWrite 359

131% 592 MB/s

4K Read 36.8

4K Write 81

4K Mixed 45.3

157% 54.4 MB/s

DQ Read 563

DQ Write 709

DQ Mixed 418

376% 563 MB/s

NZL-User, 1 month ago.

207GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 358 368 366 369 365 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 633

Mixed 765

SusWrite 378

153% 684 MB/s

4K Read 35.7

4K Write 81.9

4K Mixed 47.5

158% 55 MB/s

DQ Read 547

DQ Write 698

DQ Mixed 619

468% 621 MB/s

VNM-User, 24 days ago.

102GB free

Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 364 341 228 209 187 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 736

Mixed 481

SusWrite 298

139% 625 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 76.9

4K Mixed 34.5

138% 48.9 MB/s

DQ Read 509

DQ Write 446

DQ Mixed 417

329% 457 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

194GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 348 357 360 363 362 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 475

Mixed 379

SusWrite 365

115% 519 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 74

4K Mixed 33.1

126% 45.5 MB/s

DQ Read 476

DQ Write 558

DQ Mixed 399

334% 478 MB/s

ZAF-User, 1 month ago.

115GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 252 249 249 246 228 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 207

Mixed 298

SusWrite 248

94% 432 MB/s

4K Read 32.7

4K Write 79.6

4K Mixed 34.4

136% 48.9 MB/s

DQ Read 199

DQ Write 258

DQ Mixed 121

121% 193 MB/s

USA-User, 22 days ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 242 231 218 219 199 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 249

Mixed 458

SusWrite 249

103% 468 MB/s

4K Read 31.3

4K Write 59.5

4K Mixed 34.5

123% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 490

DQ Write 227

DQ Mixed 426

298% 381 MB/s

SVK-User, 1 month ago.

60GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 231 224 216 212 209 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 224

Mixed 283

SusWrite 219

87% 399 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 75.9

4K Mixed 28.7

126% 45.7 MB/s

DQ Read 490

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 284

231% 334 MB/s

NLD-User, 9 days ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 154 153 149 139 147 MB/s

70.6% Very good

Write 389

Mixed 447

SusWrite 179

103% 465 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 27.2

4K Mixed 12.4

62% 20.1 MB/s

DQ Read 196

DQ Write 144

DQ Mixed 168

126% 169 MB/s

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell G5 5590

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	1,642x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples	201x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	196x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	1,016x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	441x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples	360x

SSD
BC501 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 120%, 815 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	348x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples	264x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples	250x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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