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hynix SC401 SATA 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 93.3% (292nd of 1072)

Based on 271 user benchmarks.  Model: SK hynix SC401 SATA 1TB
Poor: 73%Average: 93.3% Great: 111%

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Excellent average bench

The SK hynix SC401 SATA 1TB averaged just 6.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SK hynix SC401 SATA 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 305MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 299MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix SC401 SATA 1TB is 38.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SK hynix SC401 SATA 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 373MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 401MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 271 samples)
Rank 29293.3%
Min Avg Max
360 Read 451 508
349 Write 418 476
281 Mixed 373 432
306 SusWrite 401 462
92.5% 411 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.5 4K Read 24.3 33.4
39.1 4K Write 70.8 102
21.1 4K Mixed 33.5 46.6
117% 42.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
173 DQ Read 351 388
162 DQ Write 299 337
127 DQ Mixed 305 357
234% 318 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
838GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 90000122
SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 443 458 451 452 444 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 378
Mixed 349
SusWrite 432
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 39.1
126% 44.3 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 319
241% 324 MB/s
769GB free
Firmware: 90000121
SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 452 443 440 441 444 MB/s
98.7% Outstanding
Read 478
Write 444
Mixed 408
SusWrite 438
100% 442 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 65.4
4K Mixed 32.8
120% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 359
270% 361 MB/s
575GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 90000121
SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 428 392 415 430 442 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 474
Write 448
Mixed 418
SusWrite 419
99% 440 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 74.4
4K Mixed 36.1
122% 44.8 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 352
264% 353 MB/s
747GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 90000122
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 449 455 449 453 451 MB/s
94.6% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 438
Mixed 414
SusWrite 434
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 64.7
4K Mixed 32.8
109% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 361
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 319
241% 324 MB/s
896GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 90000121
SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 433 430 423 421 417 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 462
Write 436
Mixed 403
SusWrite 424
97% 431 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 68.7
4K Mixed 27.1
105% 39.5 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 348
262% 351 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: 90000121
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 432 376 272 174 175 MB/s
90.5% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 473
Mixed 421
SusWrite 313
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 65.1
4K Mixed 33.5
112% 40.5 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 355
DQ Mixed 365
276% 370 MB/s
686GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 90000122
SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 314 305 309 327 294 MB/s
79.5% Very good
Read 434
Write 398
Mixed 315
SusWrite 309
82% 364 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 41.1
4K Mixed 29.1
92% 30.6 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 177
174% 277 MB/s
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation 43%
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CPU
Xeon W-2123IntelBench 70%, 2,702 samples332x
Xeon W-2133IntelBench 77%, 1,612 samples309x
Xeon W-2125IntelBench 78%, 1,514 samples304x
GPU
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples320x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples243x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples214x
SSD
hynix SC401 SATA 1TBSKBench 93%, 271 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 56%, 828 samples149x
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 4x8GBHynixBench 84%, 1,278 samples138x
HMA82GR7AFR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 60%, 538 samples124x
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