ST500LM021-1KJ152 512GB

ST500LM021-1KJ152 512GB
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Effective Speed -26%Effective Speed -26%Average Score -28%Read 3%, Write -6%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -46%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed -97%, SusWrite -18%Peak Score -9%Read 4%, Write 1%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -35%, Mixed 19%, 4K Mixed -35%, SusWrite 2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -46%DQ Read -7%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -4%, ADQ Read -50%, ADQ Write -38%, ADQ Mixed -237%, Age -5%, AS-SSD Total -11%

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Average Bench: 77.9% (523^rd of 1072)

Based on 8 user benchmarks. Model: ST500LM021-1KJ152

Poor: 55%Average: 77.9% Great: 103%

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Good average bench

The ST500LM021-1KJ152 512GB averaged 22.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ST500LM021-1KJ152 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 77.1MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ST500LM021-1KJ152 512GB is 47.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ST500LM021-1KJ152 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 252MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 217MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)

Rank 52377.9%

Min	Avg	Max
413	Read 473	525
253	Write 383	488
312	Mixed 392	504
72.5	SusWrite 252	396
84% 375 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.4	4K Read 24.6	36.5
36.8	4K Write 60	90.4
10.8	4K Mixed 22.8	43.2
98.2% 35.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
36.2	DQ Read 217	343
80.3	DQ Write 209	314
11.3	DQ Mixed 77.1	317
95.2% 168 MB/s

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USA-User, 4 months ago.

231GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0121A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 169 59 344 52 10 MB/s

60% Above average

Write 357

Mixed 378

SusWrite 163

76% 342 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 48.1

4K Mixed 17.4

79% 28.8 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 231

DQ Mixed 30.2

63% 123 MB/s

USA-User, 19 months ago.

269GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 2.7 34 6.5 119 116 MB/s

55% Above average

Write 351

Mixed 312

SusWrite 72.5

64% 287 MB/s

4K Read 15.4

4K Write 54.7

4K Mixed 17.5

75% 29.2 MB/s

DQ Read 202

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 43.4

93% 187 MB/s

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo 20EFCTO1WW

CPU
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	22x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $48Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	16x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	10x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	35x
Quadro K1100MNvidiaBench 5%, 5,195 samples	11x
Quadro K2100MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,539 samples	6x

SSD
ST500LM021-1KJ152 512GBBench 78%, 8 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	12x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	6x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 2,172 samples	4x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $400

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ST500LM021-1KJ152 512GB

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