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Bc501

NVMe SK hynix 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 126% (185th of 1072)

Based on 2,214 user benchmarks.  Model: BC501 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
Poor: 77%Average: 126% Great: 168%

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Outstanding average bench

The Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 512GB averaged 25.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 429MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 562MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 512GB is 91.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 403MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 406MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,214 samples)
Rank 185126%
Min Avg Max
434 Read 854 1,067
154 Write 403 738
215 Mixed 406 678
124 SusWrite 413 660
115% 519 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17 4K Read 35 41.5
36.7 4K Write 87.7 140
19.1 4K Mixed 37.9 51.5
148% 53.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
164 DQ Read 562 777
100 DQ Write 399 736
125 DQ Mixed 429 650
334% 463 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
265GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80003C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 719 692 722 700 707 718 MB/s
185% Outstanding
Read 1,052
Write 266
Mixed 452
SusWrite 710
137% 620 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 160
4K Mixed 53.9
216% 85.1 MB/s
DQ Read 777
DQ Write 721
DQ Mixed 589
486% 696 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 474 460 464 432 367 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 947
Write 490
Mixed 410
SusWrite 446
127% 573 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 82.9
4K Mixed 39.9
146% 52.2 MB/s
DQ Read 722
DQ Write 490
DQ Mixed 440
373% 550 MB/s
277GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 431 445 354 416 453 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 873
Write 225
Mixed 282
SusWrite 427
99% 452 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 39.3
148% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 532
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 399
288% 381 MB/s
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 292 316 291 210 226 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 787
Write 239
Mixed 321
SusWrite 280
89% 407 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 69.7
4K Mixed 33.3
126% 44.6 MB/s
DQ Read 531
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 370
295% 417 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 181 159 143 135 130 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 972
Write 192
Mixed 350
SusWrite 163
91% 419 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 63.2
4K Mixed 33.1
122% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 532
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 352
272% 380 MB/s
230GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 193 18 18 19 19 MB/s
97.6% Outstanding
Read 864
Write 248
Mixed 362
SusWrite 100
86% 394 MB/s
4K Read 34.2
4K Write 77.4
4K Mixed 38.2
142% 49.9 MB/s
DQ Read 432
DQ Write 170
DQ Mixed 298
221% 300 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples286x
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples71x
0000IntelBench 68%, 21 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples247x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples83x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples28x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBBc501Bench 126%, 2,214 samples43x
RAM
SF4641G8CK8IEHLSBG 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 2,437 samples54x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 10,071 samples22x
SF4641G8CK8IEHLSBG 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 5,660 samples22x
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