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XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 186% (112th of 1072)

Based on 141 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe XPG GAMMIX S5
Poor: 98%Average: 186% Great: 235%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB averaged 86.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 460MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,663MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB is 137%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 358MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 34.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 141 samples)
Rank 112186%
Min Avg Max
532 Read 1,663 1982
482 Write 881 1,148
449 Mixed 801 964
194 SusWrite 760 1,155
228% 1,026 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.9 4K Read 34.4 42.8
36.4 4K Write 113 166
21 4K Mixed 45.8 58.3
170% 64.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
201 DQ Read 358 514
187 DQ Write 597 832
134 DQ Mixed 460 633
354% 472 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
398GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S032V Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1614 1595 1620 1187 337 223 MB/s
261% Outstanding
Read 2,057
Write 1,568
Mixed 1,283
SusWrite 1,096
335% 1501 MB/s
4K Read 50.1
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 69.3
244% 89.5 MB/s
DQ Read 730
DQ Write 901
DQ Mixed 898
654% 843 MB/s
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S036H Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1234 497 246 165 77 118 MB/s
212% Outstanding
Read 1,918
Write 1,501
Mixed 1,259
SusWrite 390
282% 1,267 MB/s
4K Read 48
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 64
238% 89.8 MB/s
DQ Read 666
DQ Write 1,055
DQ Mixed 779
613% 833 MB/s
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2s16 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 868 282 101 20 36 153 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,861
Write 957
Mixed 885
SusWrite 243
217% 986 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 48.5
176% 64.6 MB/s
DQ Read 235
DQ Write 706
DQ Mixed 393
323% 445 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1c27 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 279 280 278 258 245 MB/s
55.8% Above average
Read 411
Write 238
Mixed 219
SusWrite 270
63% 285 MB/s
4K Read 7.1
4K Write 20.4
4K Mixed 9.7
34% 12.4 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 324
232% 295 MB/s
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Gaming 35%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation 30%
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System: Lenovo 80VR

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples1,262x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples212x
Bench 68%, 26,417 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples780x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples690x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2x
SSD
XPG GAMMIX S5 512GBNvmeBench 186%, 141 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples321x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 2x8GBRamaxelBench 71%, 6,014 samples146x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples105x
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