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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 85% (345th of 1012)

Based on 2,123 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD PLUS 480GB
Poor: 58%Average: 85% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The SSD PLUS 480GB averaged just 14.9% 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 201MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.5MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD PLUS 480GB is 49.9%. 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 252MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 270MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,123 samples)
Rank 34585%
Min Avg Max
336 Read 446 501
289 Write 403 481
189 Mixed 270 348
109 SusWrite 252 351
76.8% 343 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.9 4K Read 27.9 38.6
30.4 4K Write 72.1 117
17.8 4K Mixed 35.5 50.2
126% 45.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
46.5 DQ Read 327 389
93.2 DQ Write 253 302
42.6 DQ Mixed 201 246
174% 260 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
444GB free
Firmware: Z31000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 432 416 296 276 276 MB/s
81.8% Excellent
Read 485
Write 431
Mixed 358
SusWrite 355
92% 407 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 43.9
4K Mixed 30.7
102% 33.5 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 153
128% 186 MB/s
444GB free
Firmware: Z31000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 438 423 294 273 276 MB/s
79.7% Very good
Read 476
Write 419
Mixed 340
SusWrite 357
89% 398 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 38.1
4K Mixed 30.1
95% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 191
146% 198 MB/s
65GB free
Firmware: Z31000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 268 271 127 109 101 MB/s
78.8% Very good
Read 447
Write 361
Mixed 279
SusWrite 199
72% 321 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 66
4K Mixed 30.3
110% 40.2 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 197
184% 288 MB/s
86GB free
Firmware: Z31000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 218 62 95 102 76 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 397
Write 368
Mixed 301
SusWrite 140
67% 301 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 66.9
4K Mixed 32.8
117% 41.9 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 243
208% 307 MB/s
124GB free
Firmware: Z31000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 258 285 266 247 229 MB/s
67.6% Good
Read 386
Write 338
Mixed 193
SusWrite 242
65% 289 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 71
4K Mixed 28.4
114% 41.8 MB/s
DQ Read 31.8
DQ Write 93.1
DQ Mixed 42.6
38% 55.8 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,094,986 SSDs tested.

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Typical PLUS 480GB Builds (Compare 2,183 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 38%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard

System: Lenovo 80UD

CPU
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 35%, 15,274 samples823x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 40%, 78,917 samples525x
Core i3-6006UIntelBench 30%, 21,021 samples438x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 170,341 samples1,802x
HD Graphics 510IntelBench 2%, 3,509 samples276x
Radeon R5 M430AMDBench 5%, 322 samples97x
SSD
PLUS 480GBSSDBench 85%, 2,123 samples1x
RAM
4ATF51264HZ-2G2AZ 1x4GBMicronBench 34%, 709 samples492x
M471A5244BB0-CPB 1x4GBSamsungBench 34%, 1,612 samples346x
4ATF51264HZ-2G2AZ Hynix HMA425S6AFR6N-TF 6GBMicronBench 50%, 237 samples212x
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