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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 82.6% (444th of 1072)

Based on 151 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD 512G
Poor: 35%Average: 82.6% Great: 220%

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Very good average bench

The SSD 512G 512GB averaged just 17.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD 512G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 111MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 312MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 512G 512GB is 185%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SSD 512G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 16.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 347MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 151 samples)
Rank 44482.6%
Min Avg Max
300 Read 540 1,394
263 Write 481 1,346
15.9 Mixed 369 1,004
59.2 SusWrite 347 1,267
97.3% 434 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.7 4K Read 24.5 49.7
6.62 4K Write 73.3 206
0.4 4K Mixed 16.7 33.1
97.2% 38.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
75.5 DQ Read 232 770
19.7 DQ Write 312 981
0.4 DQ Mixed 111 516
129% 218 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
359GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0521A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 713 201 380 176 182 203 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,128
Write 1,353
Mixed 1,006
SusWrite 309
213% 949 MB/s
4K Read 51.5
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 30.8
208% 84.1 MB/s
DQ Read 761
DQ Write 1,037
DQ Mixed 526
501% 774 MB/s
189GB free
Firmware: U0803A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 489 489 483 490 491 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 485
Mixed 493
SusWrite 489
111% 493 MB/s
4K Read 54.6
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 70.3
238% 82.6 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 370
DQ Mixed 143
151% 242 MB/s
459GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R3G5A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 421 417 428 429 427 MB/s
93.1% Outstanding
Read 390
Write 417
Mixed 363
SusWrite 414
89% 396 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 88.3
4K Mixed 38.1
138% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 197
156% 212 MB/s
454GB free
Firmware: HP2818D2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 354 349 265 344 361 MB/s
74.4% Very good
Read 486
Write 360
Mixed 239
SusWrite 336
79% 355 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 79.9
4K Mixed 7.7
89% 37.3 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 10.5
66% 147 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW200326
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 9.4 16 16 32 11 MB/s
41.7% Average
Read 370
Write 314
Mixed 284
SusWrite 52.3
57% 255 MB/s
4K Read 9
4K Write 51.4
4K Mixed 7.7
51% 22.7 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 233
DQ Mixed 16.1
64% 141 MB/s
217GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0423B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 5.9 89 5.9 73 6.6 MB/s
29.3% Poor
Read 507
Write 427
Mixed 6
SusWrite 84.9
56% 256 MB/s
4K Read 8.1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.2
14% 3.87 MB/s
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Workstation 5%
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System: AZW U55

CPU
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 38%, 50,603 samples43x
GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples43x
SSD
512G 512GBSSDBench 83%, 151 samples1x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples31x
1x8GBSamsungBench 32%, 1,334 samples6x
NB 8G 1600 1x8GBDDR3Bench 31%, 90 samples5x
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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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