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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 63% (767th of 1072)

Based on 755 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD 720GB
Poor: 34%Average: 63% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The SSD 720GB 720GB averaged 36.9% 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 Random Read Speed 28.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 461MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 720GB 720GB is 57.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 720GB 720GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 16.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 199MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 755 samples)
Rank 76763%
Min Avg Max
339 Read 461 511
12.2 Write 327 441
5.2 Mixed 266 411
20.3 SusWrite 199 408
69.8% 313 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.5 4K Read 28.9 43.5
1.99 4K Write 56.3 114
0.39 4K Mixed 12.1 29.7
89% 32.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
90.5 DQ Read 164 229
12.7 DQ Write 201 342
0.3 DQ Mixed 16.4 44.9
58.4% 127 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
299GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW210415
SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 373 73 3.7 83 5.6 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 483
Write 407
Mixed 373
SusWrite 151
79% 354 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 60.9
4K Mixed 14.7
106% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 225
DQ Write 248
DQ Mixed 19.8
75% 164 MB/s
512GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW210415
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 289 9.9 11 86 16 MB/s
62.7% Good
Read 439
Write 370
Mixed 337
SusWrite 125
71% 318 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 61.7
4K Mixed 13.2
98% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 19.7
67% 148 MB/s
72GB free
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 29 41 194 244 30 MB/s
59.3% Above average
Read 470
Write 409
Mixed 374
SusWrite 101
76% 338 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 53.9
4K Mixed 19.7
95% 33.5 MB/s
DQ Read 172
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 26.2
49% 100 MB/s
218GB free
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 71 17 113 17 17 MB/s
40.4% Average
Read 488
Write 417
Mixed 19.1
SusWrite 105
57% 257 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 14.3
4K Mixed 0.4
42% 12.3 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 16.2
DQ Mixed 0.5
20% 50.7 MB/s
257GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 77 11 11 83 28 MB/s
38.8% Below average
Read 603
Write 15.2
Mixed 10
SusWrite 75.7
37% 176 MB/s
4K Read 10.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 12
31% 7.4 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW210415
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 50 4.9 6 11 49 MB/s
25.4% Poor
Read 343
Write 290
Mixed 176
SusWrite 22.3
46% 208 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 6.2
35% 8.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,712,831 SSDs tested

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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 22%
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CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples1,018x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples956x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples906x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples486x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples458x
SSD
720GB 720GBSSDBench 63%, 755 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples1,365x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples488x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples354x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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