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BC501 SK hy 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 95.2% (277th of 1072)

Based on 277 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe BC501 NVMe SK hy
Poor: 61%Average: 95.2% Great: 117%

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Excellent average bench

The Nvme BC501 SK hy 128GB averaged just 4.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme BC501 SK hy 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 204MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 818MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme BC501 SK hy 128GB is 56.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Nvme BC501 SK hy 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 152MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 272MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 277 samples)
Rank 27795.2%
Min Avg Max
393 Read 818 1,051
90.1 Write 272 408
152 Mixed 323 505
65.9 SusWrite 152 194
85.7% 391 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.2 4K Read 33.2 42.3
42.2 4K Write 88.1 122
18.5 4K Mixed 33.9 48.4
140% 51.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
163 DQ Read 253 276
85.8 DQ Write 227 394
104 DQ Mixed 204 271
163% 228 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80003C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 207 152 148 140 131 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 892
Write 367
Mixed 399
SusWrite 163
100% 455 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 84.3
4K Mixed 40.1
148% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 272
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 231
188% 264 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80001C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 188 188 188 184 189 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 878
Write 287
Mixed 400
SusWrite 195
97% 440 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 79.1
4K Mixed 32.7
136% 48.8 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 235
188% 263 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 190 185 189 186 167 MB/s
94.7% Outstanding
Read 868
Write 409
Mixed 405
SusWrite 190
103% 468 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 66.7
4K Mixed 32.4
125% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 235
174% 231 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 192 184 185 185 160 MB/s
93.1% Outstanding
Read 888
Write 319
Mixed 397
SusWrite 188
98% 448 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 56.5
4K Mixed 30.7
119% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 238
174% 228 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 183 184 182 185 188 MB/s
86.7% Excellent
Read 814
Write 338
Mixed 551
SusWrite 185
104% 472 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 57.1
4K Mixed 25.1
106% 37 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 223
DQ Mixed 255
188% 248 MB/s
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Typical BC501 SK hy 128GB Builds (Compare 2,124 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
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Desktop
Desktop 70%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
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System: Dell G5 5590

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples1,644x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples201x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples198x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples1,018x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples443x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples360x
SSD
BC501 SK hy 128GBNvmeBench 95%, 277 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples348x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples264x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples250x
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