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512GB M.2 NVMe 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 163% (140th of 1071)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: AFTERSHOCK 512GB M.2 NVMe
Poor: 88%Average: 163% Great: 202%

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Outstanding average bench

The Aftershock 512GB M.2 NVMe 512GB averaged 62.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Aftershock 512GB M.2 NVMe 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,394MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 613MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Aftershock 512GB M.2 NVMe 512GB is 114%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Aftershock 512GB M.2 NVMe 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 54.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 28.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 140163%
Min Avg Max
1,204 Read 1,394 1,765
9.2 Write 812 1,474
9.8 Mixed 590 1073
149 SusWrite 590 1114
188% 847 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.2 4K Read 43.3 101
4.7 4K Write 97.2 189
4.9 4K Mixed 28.7 45.8
154% 56.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
295 DQ Read 602 1,016
72.8 DQ Write 613 995
12.1 DQ Mixed 54.3 88
193% 423 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0802A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 68 247 156 596 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 1,389
Write 69.2
Mixed 128
SusWrite 200
95% 447 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 85.5
4K Mixed 43.2
166% 57.3 MB/s
DQ Read 569
DQ Write 681
DQ Mixed 24.3
185% 425 MB/s
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0802A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 695 50 21 268 130 325 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 1,379
Write 153
Mixed 148
SusWrite 248
103% 482 MB/s
4K Read 48.2
4K Write 49.4
4K Mixed 21.2
126% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 581
DQ Write 72.8
DQ Mixed 26.9
96% 227 MB/s
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0802A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 157 143 2.3 284 231 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 1,300
Write 71.9
Mixed 127
SusWrite 166
88% 416 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 17.9
4K Mixed 8.8
51% 15.6 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 49.2
92% 184 MB/s
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Typical 512GB M.2 NVMe 512GB Builds (Compare 177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 26%
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Desktop 86%
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Workstation 22%
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Motherboard: Asrock H310M-ITX/ac

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel  $125Bench 82%, 312,220 samples41x
Core i3-8100Intel  $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples24x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples22x
GPU
GTX 1050Nvidia  $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples18x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples11x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples11x
SSD
512GB M.2 NVMe 512GBAftershockBench 163%, 19 samples1x
RAM
1x16GBUnknownBench 53%, 15,722 samples10x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples8x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $227

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $250Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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