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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

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Average Bench: 85.8% (313th of 1003)

Based on 2,015 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD PLUS 480GB
Poor: 59%Average: 85.8% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The SSD PLUS 480GB averaged just 14.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD PLUS 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 203MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.4MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD PLUS 480GB is 45.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD PLUS 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 239MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 270MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,015 samples)
Rank 31385.8%
Min Avg Max
350 Read 451 500
294 Write 409 477
188 Mixed 270 344
108 SusWrite 239 330
76.6% 342 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.4 4K Read 28.8 38.2
35.4 4K Write 74.2 116
21 4K Mixed 36.4 49.5
130% 46.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32 DQ Read 337 389
89.5 DQ Write 254 301
40.9 DQ Mixed 203 245
177% 265 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z31000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 254 277 278 276 269 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 456
Write 424
Mixed 302
SusWrite 283
82% 366 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 99.7
4K Mixed 49.2
162% 59.8 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 240
204% 300 MB/s
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z31000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 272 273 269 234 145 MB/s
99.3% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 478
Mixed 331
SusWrite 256
88% 391 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 86.1
4K Mixed 43.9
159% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 230
200% 299 MB/s
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z31000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 264 215 168 130 184 MB/s
94.2% Outstanding
Read 435
Write 378
Mixed 287
SusWrite 213
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 38.2
165% 62.4 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 238
199% 289 MB/s
88GB free
Firmware: Z31000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 292 228 271 263 174 MB/s
79.4% Very good
Read 440
Write 430
Mixed 337
SusWrite 278
84% 371 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 42.9
4K Mixed 28.6
95% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 391
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 240
207% 309 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z31000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 83 35 26 24 35 MB/s
67.6% Good
Read 452
Write 235
Mixed 158
SusWrite 75.5
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 57.5
4K Mixed 33.5
108% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 347
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 163
144% 221 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,191,241 SSDs tested.

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Typical PLUS 480GB Builds (Compare 1,786 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 39%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 17%
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System: Lenovo 80UD

CPU
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 36%, 11,625 samples680x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 42%, 66,211 samples431x
Core i3-6006UIntelBench 31%, 15,842 samples353x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 6%, 154,238 samples1,473x
HD Graphics 510IntelBench 3%, 2,939 samples227x
Radeon R5 M430AMDBench 6%, 289 samples79x
SSD
PLUS 480GBSSDBench 86%, 2,015 samples1x
RAM
4ATF51264HZ-2G2AZ 1x4GBMicronBench 34%, 603 samples411x
M471A5244BB0-CPB 1x4GBSamsungBench 34%, 1,335 samples283x
4ATF51264HZ-2G2AZ Hynix HMA425S6AFR6N-TF 6GBMicronBench 50%, 204 samples183x
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