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Pc601

NVMe SK hynix 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 163% (124th of 1058)

Based on 5,752 user benchmarks.  Model: PC601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
Poor: 97%Average: 163% Great: 223%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB averaged 63.0% 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 644MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 833MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB is 125%. 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 579MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 642MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,752 samples)
Rank 124163%
Min Avg Max
544 Read 1,130 1,633
314 Write 1,023 1,844
322 Mixed 642 1,438
235 SusWrite 579 776
189% 843 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.4 4K Read 38.1 49.6
48.3 4K Write 105 155
24.3 4K Mixed 46.1 68
172% 63.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
299 DQ Read 833 1,153
158 DQ Write 509 907
223 DQ Mixed 644 994
487% 662 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
351GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 730 615 591 834 595 607 MB/s
209% Outstanding
Read 1,520
Write 1,800
Mixed 1,412
SusWrite 662
303% 1,348 MB/s
4K Read 51.7
4K Write 131
4K Mixed 71.3
239% 84.7 MB/s
DQ Read 846
DQ Write 653
DQ Mixed 764
567% 754 MB/s
346GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1007 687 692 703 711 602 MB/s
203% Outstanding
Read 1,404
Write 1,195
Mixed 568
SusWrite 734
218% 975 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 180
4K Mixed 42.4
200% 85.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,077
DQ Write 815
DQ Mixed 765
621% 886 MB/s
332GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 931 708 711 718 651 526 MB/s
181% Outstanding
Read 1,221
Write 1,300
Mixed 506
SusWrite 708
209% 934 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 131
4K Mixed 48.9
193% 73.4 MB/s
DQ Read 958
DQ Write 382
DQ Mixed 735
527% 692 MB/s
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 390 391 377 373 373 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,392
Write 1,850
Mixed 1,203
SusWrite 392
272% 1,209 MB/s
4K Read 39.4
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 43.5
171% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 991
DQ Write 461
DQ Mixed 604
481% 686 MB/s
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 524 501 504 502 500 483 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 1,329
Write 563
Mixed 456
SusWrite 502
157% 713 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 58.8
4K Mixed 37.9
141% 45.6 MB/s
DQ Read 993
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 265
270% 465 MB/s
261GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 348 514 339 177 74 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 786
Write 323
Mixed 514
SusWrite 313
107% 484 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 42.3
162% 59.7 MB/s
DQ Read 37.2
DQ Write 105
DQ Mixed 51.1
45% 64.4 MB/s
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Gaming 12%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 12%
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CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 78%, 288,036 samples5,843x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 83%, 7,543 samples1,388x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 73%, 101,941 samples295x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 438,082 samples4,580x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 67,143 samples2,789x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 535,413 samples17x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc601Bench 163%, 5,752 samples693x
RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 13,913 samples1,386x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,131 samples996x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 42,125 samples618x
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