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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 72% (629th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: SB2
Poor: 44%Average: 72% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The SB2 480GB averaged 27.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 166MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.1MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SB2 480GB is 49.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SB2 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 174MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 267MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 62972%
Min Avg Max
58 Read 397 491
52.1 Write 267 435
104 Mixed 302 374
53 SusWrite 174 446
63.6% 285 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 29.1 42.2
7.3 4K Write 61 108
0.5 4K Mixed 29.4 44.1
114% 39.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.7 DQ Read 243 312
13.8 DQ Write 247 336
13.1 DQ Mixed 166 217
147% 219 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMJ1.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 424 438 449 427 448 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 378
Write 368
Mixed 368
SusWrite 434
87% 387 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 56.9
4K Mixed 31.5
109% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 254
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 211
183% 267 MB/s
383GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMKA.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 341 316 315 289 263 MB/s
74.7% Very good
Read 378
Write 343
Mixed 344
SusWrite 308
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 46.7
4K Mixed 26.1
96% 32.6 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 153
144% 220 MB/s
108GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 363 114 102 102 103 MB/s
71.3% Very good
Read 405
Write 303
Mixed 319
SusWrite 174
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 62.6
4K Mixed 32.2
120% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 158
123% 167 MB/s
137GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 125 95 80 93 MB/s
62.7% Good
Read 387
Write 225
Mixed 318
SusWrite 115
58% 261 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 59.1
4K Mixed 29.4
111% 38.7 MB/s
DQ Read 226
DQ Write 51.1
DQ Mixed 13.1
42% 96.9 MB/s
381GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 59 85 69 92 60 MB/s
58.5% Above average
Read 388
Write 263
Mixed 278
SusWrite 97.4
57% 256 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 44.5
4K Mixed 25.1
93% 31.5 MB/s
DQ Read 197
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 157
126% 178 MB/s
394GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMJ1.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 444 442 455 461 461 MB/s
54.4% Above average
Read 216
Write 109
Mixed 92
SusWrite 451
49% 217 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 20.1
4K Mixed 12
52% 16.3 MB/s
DQ Read 14.4
DQ Write 106
DQ Mixed 184
106% 101 MB/s
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Typical SB2 480GB Builds (Compare 14 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 44%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 20DM008UUS

CPU
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples14x
GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples8x
GTX 940MNvidiaBench 9%, 15,731 samples3x
GeForce 940MXNvidiaBench 10%, 3 samples2x
SSD
SB2 480GBBench 72%, 50 samples6x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples12x
CT204864BF160B.M16 1x16GBCrucialBench 29%, 158 samples2x
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