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PCIE G3x4 NVMe 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 183% (117th of 1072)

Based on 230 user benchmarks.  Model: M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe
Poor: 118%Average: 183% Great: 237%

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Outstanding average bench

The M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 512GB averaged 83.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 882MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,081MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 512GB is 119%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 538MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 37.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 230 samples)
Rank 117183%
Min Avg Max
616 Read 1,248 1,923
612 Write 1,201 2,002
296 Mixed 800 1,486
245 SusWrite 538 708
212% 947 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25 4K Read 37.4 48.3
71.6 4K Write 117 169
29.8 4K Mixed 52.4 67.4
186% 68.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
723 DQ Read 1,081 1,386
447 DQ Write 880 1,322
380 DQ Mixed 882 1,294
687% 948 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
477GB free
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1584 578 572 572 576 576 MB/s
229% Outstanding
Read 1,676
Write 1,472
Mixed 1262
SusWrite 743
288% 1,288 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 78.8
4K Mixed 47.7
154% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,397
DQ Write 1,694
DQ Mixed 1,300
1,049% 1,464 MB/s
117GB free
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 765 598 598 597 599 535 MB/s
220% Outstanding
Read 1,896
Write 1173
Mixed 1,516
SusWrite 615
290% 1,300 MB/s
4K Read 49.6
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 57.7
218% 79.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,118
DQ Write 658
DQ Mixed 1,011
720% 929 MB/s
429GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 627 587 602 606 603 609 MB/s
219% Outstanding
Read 1,816
Write 1,844
Mixed 1,406
SusWrite 605
318% 1,418 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 59.2
196% 70.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,282
DQ Write 900
DQ Mixed 1,052
796% 1,078 MB/s
336GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 578 574 592 595 468 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,796
Write 1,971
Mixed 1,515
SusWrite 563
328% 1,461 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 57.2
203% 72.9 MB/s
DQ Read 959
DQ Write 641
DQ Mixed 764
580% 788 MB/s
329GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 799 577 591 589 511 464 MB/s
199% Outstanding
Read 1805
Write 1,993
Mixed 1,474
SusWrite 588
329% 1465 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 55.6
187% 66.5 MB/s
DQ Read 874
DQ Write 617
DQ Mixed 736
552% 742 MB/s
477GB free
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 611 611 611 612 615 610 MB/s
168% Outstanding
Read 1,076
Write 618
Mixed 508
SusWrite 611
156% 703 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 173
4K Mixed 39
189% 81 MB/s
DQ Read 824
DQ Write 598
DQ Mixed 614
485% 679 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,661x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,461x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples1,022x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples766x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples556x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples546x
SSD
PCIE G3x4 NVMe 512GBM.2Bench 183%, 230 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples633x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples558x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples439x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $452

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