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Pc601

NVMe SK hynix 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 165% (119th of 1053)

Based on 4,189 user benchmarks.  Model: PC601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
Poor: 107%Average: 165% Great: 224%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB averaged 65.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 664MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 828MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB is 117%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 592MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 661MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,189 samples)
Rank 119165%
Min Avg Max
485 Read 1,140 1,630
325 Write 1,009 1,819
328 Mixed 661 1,418
225 SusWrite 592 775
190% 851 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.1 4K Read 39.8 49.6
53.3 4K Write 104 151
27.1 4K Mixed 46.9 68.5
176% 63.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
315 DQ Read 828 1,192
126 DQ Write 515 1,004
190 DQ Mixed 664 1,086
497% 669 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
230GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 645 627 619 598 602 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,426
Write 1,048
Mixed 596
SusWrite 667
208% 934 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 53.3
194% 71.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,018
DQ Write 680
DQ Mixed 760
591% 819 MB/s
363GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1054 711 713 590 564 582 MB/s
141% Outstanding
Read 906
Write 906
Mixed 358
SusWrite 702
161% 718 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 56.9
4K Mixed 25.4
90% 33.4 MB/s
DQ Read 663
DQ Write 900
DQ Mixed 726
564% 763 MB/s
362GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 962 589 508 559 699 712 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 861
Write 440
Mixed 465
SusWrite 672
136% 609 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 63.7
4K Mixed 30.4
102% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 639
DQ Write 843
DQ Mixed 731
555% 738 MB/s
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Gaming 12%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Dell XPS 15 7590

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 80%, 211,308 samples4,069x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 83%, 4,661 samples970x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 74%, 71,486 samples208x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 330,557 samples3,262x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 52,848 samples1,868x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 119%, 367,602 samples15x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc601Bench 165%, 4,189 samples511x
RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 9,714 samples965x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 4,887 samples676x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 28,515 samples458x
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