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hynix SC401 SATA 512GB

hynix SC401 SATA 512GB
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Effective Speed -21%Effective Speed -21%Average Score -21%Read -5%, Write -3%, 4K Read -55%, 4K Write -35%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -43%, SusWrite -9%Peak Score -17%Read -0%, Write -3%, 4K Read -35%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -39%, SusWrite -17%Value & Sentiment -404%User Rating -14%, Market Share -794%Nice To Haves +8% DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed 7%, ADQ Read 3%, ADQ Write 0%, ADQ Mixed 13%, Age 44%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Average Bench: 81.6% (466^th of 1072)

Based on 1,351 user benchmarks. Model: SK hynix SC401 SATA 512GB

Poor: 61%Average: 81.6% Great: 99%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The SK hynix SC401 SATA 512GB averaged just 18.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SK hynix SC401 SATA 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 293MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 290MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix SC401 SATA 512GB is 38.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SK hynix SC401 SATA 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 273MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 361MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,351 samples)

Rank 46681.6%

Min	Avg	Max
319	Read 435	505
288	Write 393	469
267	Mixed 361	420
176	SusWrite 273	332
82.1% 365 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.3	4K Read 22.1	31.9
32.8	4K Write 64.9	97.8
17	4K Mixed 31.5	42
108% 39.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
166	DQ Read 337	382
134	DQ Write 290	335
90.7	DQ Mixed 293	355
225% 307 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 4 days ago.

475GB free

Firmware: 90000121

SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 402 284 285 285 284 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 461

Mixed 424

SusWrite 331

97% 431 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 47.3

164% 60.3 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 138

158% 273 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

453GB free

Firmware: 90000122

SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 409 289 287 286 288 MB/s

86.6% Excellent

Write 435

Mixed 401

SusWrite 332

92% 409 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 50.6

4K Mixed 32.2

106% 36 MB/s

DQ Read 355

DQ Write 293

DQ Mixed 293

228% 313 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 days ago.

437GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 90000122

SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 320 290 294 328 286 MB/s

83.9% Excellent

Write 437

Mixed 389

SusWrite 328

90% 402 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 55.5

4K Mixed 26.7

98% 35 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 350

263% 352 MB/s

MAR-User, 7 days ago.

434GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 90000122

SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 299 276 306 262 251 MB/s

80.3% Excellent

Write 410

Mixed 384

SusWrite 300

86% 385 MB/s

4K Read 17.2

4K Write 56.2

4K Mixed 29.6

94% 34.3 MB/s

DQ Read 369

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 342

253% 335 MB/s

CAN-User, 21 hrs ago.

356GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0122

SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 246 250 226 231 226 MB/s

76.7% Very good

Write 454

Mixed 407

SusWrite 245

89% 399 MB/s

4K Read 20.6

4K Write 55.3

4K Mixed 29.4

98% 35.1 MB/s

DQ Read 283

DQ Write 238

DQ Mixed 254

192% 258 MB/s

USA-User, 9 days ago.

416GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 90000121

SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 315 286 302 293 289 MB/s

68.7% Good

Write 360

Mixed 336

SusWrite 312

79% 349 MB/s

4K Read 9.7

4K Write 58.5

4K Mixed 12.8

62% 27 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 349

262% 351 MB/s

PAK-User, 4 days ago.

417GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 90000121

SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 299 286 285 280 278 MB/s

51.8% Above average

Write 294

Mixed 292

SusWrite 289

67% 299 MB/s

4K Read 10.7

4K Write 24.5

4K Mixed 13

46% 16.1 MB/s

DQ Read 158

DQ Write 160

DQ Mixed 159

119% 159 MB/s

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Latitude 7490

CPU
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 52%, 42,414 samples	2,173x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples	1,535x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	293x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	3,979x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	164x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	4x

SSD
hynix SC401 SATA 512GBSKBench 82%, 1,351 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	614x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	609x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 10,726 samples	219x

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hynix SC401 SATA 512GB

Average Bench: 81.6% (466^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 81.6% (466th of 1072)

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