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addlink M.2 PCIE 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 186% (112th of 1072)

Based on 105 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe addlink M.2 PCIE
Poor: 136%Average: 186% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme addlink M.2 PCIE 512GB averaged 86.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme addlink M.2 PCIE 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 874MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 861MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme addlink M.2 PCIE 512GB is 105%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme addlink M.2 PCIE 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 609MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 105 samples)
Rank 112186%
Min Avg Max
665 Read 1,158 1,648
596 Write 1,508 2,335
317 Mixed 1,096 1,627
398 SusWrite 609 754
246% 1,093 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.4 4K Read 39 52
79.7 4K Write 133 223
34.9 4K Mixed 59.1 84.4
205% 77 MB/s
Min Avg Max
422 DQ Read 900 1,385
356 DQ Write 861 1,306
380 DQ Mixed 874 1,288
658% 878 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
402GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ELFM00.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1564 1415 1499 1468 1449 1417 MB/s
226% Outstanding
Read 1,713
Write 1803
Mixed 1,519
SusWrite 1,469
366% 1,626 MB/s
4K Read 42.9
4K Write 72.2
4K Mixed 52.5
170% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 319
240% 322 MB/s
347GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN12221 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1223 787 248 250 242 232 MB/s
151% Outstanding
Read 1,493
Write 1,745
Mixed 1,346
SusWrite 497
285% 1,270 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 59.2
4K Mixed 45
150% 48.3 MB/s
DQ Read 393
DQ Write 261
DQ Mixed 297
230% 317 MB/s
285GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN10096 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1291 560 164 197 197 201 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 1,486
Write 1,565
Mixed 1,203
SusWrite 435
263% 1,172 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 72.1
4K Mixed 47.8
154% 51.9 MB/s
DQ Read 272
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 304
220% 282 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 486 518 515 278 417 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 622
Write 679
Mixed 640
SusWrite 450
135% 598 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 53.3
167% 61.5 MB/s
DQ Read 745
DQ Write 692
DQ Mixed 716
538% 718 MB/s
330GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN12221 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1522 728 41 69 96 97 MB/s
98.4% Outstanding
Read 1063
Write 1,281
Mixed 1,033
SusWrite 426
214% 951 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 27.4
4K Mixed 22.8
77% 24.1 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 113
DQ Mixed 129
97% 131 MB/s
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Gaming 65%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation 61%
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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4-F

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples428x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples371x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $142Bench 96%, 383,420 samples98x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples128x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples120x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples118x
SSD
addlink M.2 PCIE 512GBNvmeBench 186%, 105 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples109x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples93x
3200 C16 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 86%, 42,084 samples66x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $363

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