Bc501

NVMe SK hynix 256GB

NVMe SK hynix 256GB
BENCHMARKS (8,328)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -392%Effective Speed -392%Average Score -582%Read -384%, Write -1,241%, 4K Read -143%, 4K Write -143%, Mixed -779%, 4K Mixed -203%, SusWrite -1,180%Peak Score -576%Read -454%, Write -878%, 4K Read -355%, 4K Write -196%, Mixed -693%, 4K Mixed -345%, SusWrite -1,114%Value & Sentiment -2,674%User Rating -36%, Market Share -5,311%Nice To Haves -299%DQ Read -333%, DQ Write -179%, DQ Mixed -304%, ADQ Read -274%, ADQ Write -302%, ADQ Mixed -357%, Age -340%, AS-SSD Total -304%

Average Bench: 110% (223^rd of 1080)

Based on 8,328 user benchmarks. Model: BC501 NVMe SK hynix 256GB

Poor: 66%Average: 110% Great: 142%

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Outstanding average bench

The Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 256GB averaged 10.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

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

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 857MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 256GB is 76%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 248MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 344MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,328 samples)

Rank 223110%

Min	Avg	Max
492	Read 857	1,065
119	Write 344	648
188	Mixed 362	583
84.5	SusWrite 248	376
99.8% 453 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.1	4K Read 35.4	42
31.2	4K Write 84.2	128
15.8	4K Mixed 35.6	49.2
144% 51.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
207	DQ Read 458	536
99.1	DQ Write 313	679
123	DQ Mixed 326	519
260% 366 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 days ago.

122GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 355 355 357 357 357 MB/s

133% Outstanding

Write 608

Mixed 804

SusWrite 371

158% 708 MB/s

4K Read 37

4K Write 84.9

4K Mixed 38.1

150% 53.3 MB/s

DQ Read 513

DQ Write 497

DQ Mixed 412

335% 474 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

128GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 362 355 343 327 328 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 665

Mixed 436

SusWrite 357

132% 595 MB/s

4K Read 30.6

4K Write 84.1

4K Mixed 34.2

135% 49.6 MB/s

DQ Read 487

DQ Write 505

DQ Mixed 407

331% 467 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 days ago.

36GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 224 189 183 156 171 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 304

Mixed 399

SusWrite 196

103% 470 MB/s

4K Read 32.1

4K Write 78.2

4K Mixed 35.2

135% 48.5 MB/s

DQ Read 494

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 334

263% 369 MB/s

USA-User, 10 hrs ago.

96GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 323 318 333 321 379 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 295

Mixed 316

SusWrite 347

97% 441 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 55.8

4K Mixed 29.3

109% 37.6 MB/s

DQ Read 401

DQ Write 212

DQ Mixed 418

281% 344 MB/s

VNM-User, 1 day ago.

26GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 223 174 129 101 29 MB/s

95.7% Outstanding

Write 392

Mixed 345

SusWrite 151

93% 422 MB/s

4K Read 30.6

4K Write 66.6

4K Mixed 32.5

123% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 491

DQ Write 265

DQ Mixed 363

274% 373 MB/s

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell G5 5590

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	1,693x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples	207x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	202x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	1,042x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	463x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples	365x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBBc501Bench 110%, 8,328 samples	147x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	359x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples	271x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples	253x

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Bc501

NVMe SK hynix 256GB

Average Bench: 110% (223^rd of 1080)

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NVMe SK hynix 256GB

Average Bench: 110% (223rd of 1080)

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Very poor consistency

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