ZTC-SM201-512G 512GB

ZTC-SM201-512G 512GB
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Effective Speed -35%Effective Speed -35%Average Score -38%Read -12%, Write -74%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write -37%, Mixed -36%, 4K Mixed -63%, SusWrite -2%Peak Score -15%Read -1%, Write -11%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite 12%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -35%DQ Read -43%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -10%, ADQ Read -55%, ADQ Write -50%, ADQ Mixed -85%, Age -5%, AS-SSD Total -25%

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Average Bench: 72.7% (622^nd of 1072)

Based on 61 user benchmarks. Model: ZTC-SM201-512G

Poor: 54%Average: 72.7% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The ZTC-SM201-512G 512GB averaged 27.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 141MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ZTC-SM201-512G 512GB is 41.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ZTC-SM201-512G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 233MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 264MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 61 samples)

Rank 62272.7%

Min	Avg	Max
228	Read 409	501
100	Write 233	436
94.7	Mixed 264	403
129	SusWrite 292	435
66.9% 299 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13	4K Read 23.8	34.8
36.1	4K Write 64	92
13.4	4K Mixed 27.7	40.9
105% 38.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.9	DQ Read 211	256
19	DQ Write 192	331
16.7	DQ Mixed 141	300
122% 181 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ROU-User, 2 years ago.

150GB free

Firmware: H181031

SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 405 400 399 426 414 MB/s

93.5% Outstanding

Write 412

Mixed 387

SusWrite 397

91% 403 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 60.4

4K Mixed 39.4

130% 43.6 MB/s

DQ Read 251

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 261

200% 269 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 years ago.

187GB free

Firmware: H181031

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 441 420 403 408 406 MB/s

91.3% Outstanding

Write 344

Mixed 395

SusWrite 405

87% 386 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 58.8

4K Mixed 35.8

126% 42.3 MB/s

DQ Read 241

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 297

214% 274 MB/s

USA-User, 15 months ago.

295GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O0918B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 132 139 141 140 MB/s

74.8% Very good

Write 141

Mixed 198

SusWrite 136

53% 242 MB/s

4K Read 25.5

4K Write 80.6

4K Mixed 35

126% 47 MB/s

DQ Read 235

DQ Write 114

DQ Mixed 86

87% 145 MB/s

USA-User, 21 months ago.

409GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H181031

SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 256 328 312 332 354 MB/s

71% Very good

Write 365

Mixed 344

SusWrite 320

79% 349 MB/s

4K Read 15.2

4K Write 72.3

4K Mixed 20.6

88% 36 MB/s

DQ Read 224

DQ Write 234

DQ Mixed 270

192% 243 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

103GB free

Firmware: O0918B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 141 141 141 140 MB/s

63.3% Good

Write 133

Mixed 190

SusWrite 140

49% 224 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 56.5

4K Mixed 28.8

99% 35.6 MB/s

DQ Read 231

DQ Write 64.6

DQ Mixed 142

106% 146 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo 20AWA0YU00

CPU
Core i5-4300MIntel $264Bench 51%, 13,678 samples	7x
Core i7-4702MQIntelBench 61%, 21,618 samples	2x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	9x

SSD
ZTC-SM201-512G 512GBBench 73%, 61 samples	4x

RAM
CT102464BF160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 51%, 9,208 samples	2x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	1x
M471B5173EB0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 46%, 19,666 samples	1x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $264

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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ZTC-SM201-512G 512GB

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