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Pc601

NVMe SK hynix 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 172% (105th of 1037)

Based on 3,282 user benchmarks.  Model: PC601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
Poor: 114%Average: 172% Great: 226%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB averaged 72.4% 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 693MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 851MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB is 112%. 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 658MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 660MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,282 samples)
Rank 105172%
Min Avg Max
581 Read 1,177 1,662
375 Write 1,160 1,905
367 Mixed 660 1,475
313 SusWrite 658 782
205% 914 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.1 4K Read 37.9 49.6
61.1 4K Write 107 148
29.8 4K Mixed 47.8 71.8
175% 64.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
371 DQ Read 851 1,235
173 DQ Write 558 1,018
218 DQ Mixed 693 1,070
520% 701 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
313GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1083 716 719 717 718 720 MB/s
229% Outstanding
Read 1,668
Write 1,654
Mixed 682
SusWrite 779
267% 1196 MB/s
4K Read 43.1
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 57.7
228% 89.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,120
DQ Write 900
DQ Mixed 798
655% 939 MB/s
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 831 596 634 571 584 646 MB/s
225% Outstanding
Read 1,636
Write 1,766
Mixed 652
SusWrite 644
262% 1,174 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 74.8
239% 88.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,217
DQ Write 824
DQ Mixed 988
746% 1,009 MB/s
413GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1022 701 701 702 699 702 MB/s
216% Outstanding
Read 1,580
Write 1,713
Mixed 584
SusWrite 755
259% 1158 MB/s
4K Read 41.8
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 60.2
222% 85.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,057
DQ Write 674
DQ Mixed 1012
715% 914 MB/s
354GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 802 608 702 693 717 718 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 1,635
Write 1,515
Mixed 672
SusWrite 707
252% 1,132 MB/s
4K Read 41.1
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 54.5
204% 77 MB/s
DQ Read 946
DQ Write 741
DQ Mixed 772
597% 820 MB/s
402GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 902 684 682 682 683 685 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 834
Write 1,160
Mixed 517
SusWrite 720
182% 807 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 98.5
4K Mixed 42.8
166% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 798
DQ Write 366
DQ Mixed 807
539% 657 MB/s
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 921 690 698 697 699 700 MB/s
153% Outstanding
Read 875
Write 1,221
Mixed 489
SusWrite 734
187% 830 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 97
4K Mixed 42.8
159% 58.2 MB/s
DQ Read 824
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 767
511% 626 MB/s
283GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 847 645 603 618 659 799 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 704
Write 597
Mixed 929
SusWrite 695
165% 731 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 88.4
4K Mixed 37.3
151% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 686
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 694
462% 562 MB/s
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 429 422 416 413 404 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 871
Write 448
Mixed 387
SusWrite 410
117% 529 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 73.5
4K Mixed 35.8
130% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 517
DQ Write 223
DQ Mixed 501
336% 414 MB/s
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Desktop 77%
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CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 81%, 163,408 samples2,600x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 84%, 4,039 samples708x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 75%, 49,759 samples135x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 242,399 samples2,190x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 38%, 33,716 samples1,186x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $450Bench 107%, 275,654 samples8x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc601Bench 172%, 3,282 samples381x
RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 8,204 samples606x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,600 samples473x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 77%, 19,728 samples327x
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