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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 72.7% (621st of 1072)

Based on 24 user benchmarks.  Model: Virtual HD
Poor: 57%Average: 72.7% Great: 85%

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Good average bench

The Virtual HD 1.5TB averaged 27.2% 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 180MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 479MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Virtual HD 1.5TB is 27.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Virtual HD 1.5TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 28.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 180MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)
Rank 62172.7%
Min Avg Max
391 Read 508 524
58.2 Write 458 524
298 Mixed 479 523
154 SusWrite 342 510
100% 447 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.6 4K Read 20.5 31.7
11.5 4K Write 28.3 45.7
7.7 4K Mixed 23.4 33.7
76% 24.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
83.5 DQ Read 180 196
80.2 DQ Write 170 195
128 DQ Mixed 180 197
134% 176 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 453 447 444 455 457 MB/s
75.1% Very good
Read 508
Write 522
Mixed 520
SusWrite 451
113% 500 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 23.6
4K Mixed 18.2
60% 19.2 MB/s
DQ Read 191
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 193
145% 192 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 368 348 386 355 384 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 522
Write 519
Mixed 510
SusWrite 367
108% 480 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 24.5
4K Mixed 20.4
66% 21 MB/s
DQ Read 127
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 135
108% 149 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 340 324 342 351 347 MB/s
61.5% Good
Read 490
Write 389
Mixed 508
SusWrite 341
97% 432 MB/s
4K Read 13.4
4K Write 20.1
4K Mixed 17.5
53% 17 MB/s
DQ Read 83.5
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 135
91% 109 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 226 246 265 233 232 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 511
Write 422
Mixed 512
SusWrite 239
94% 421 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 26
4K Mixed 18.4
60% 19.7 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 128
103% 145 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 128 110 109 130 111 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 510
Write 510
Mixed 523
SusWrite 154
95% 424 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 26.3
4K Mixed 23
76% 23.5 MB/s
DQ Read 122
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 135
109% 151 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 286 271 299 327 312 MB/s
57.5% Above average
Read 492
Write 510
Mixed 509
SusWrite 299
102% 452 MB/s
4K Read 9.3
4K Write 11.5
4K Mixed 11.7
35% 10.8 MB/s
DQ Read 192
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 190
143% 191 MB/s
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Workstation 2%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,023x
Core i7-2600Intel  $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,568x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples932x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,040x
SSD
HD 1.5TBVirtualBench 73%, 24 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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