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Pc601

NVMe SK hynix 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 161% (129th of 1058)

Based on 4,558 user benchmarks.  Model: PC601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
Poor: 103%Average: 161% Great: 218%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB averaged 60.8% 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 610MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 804MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB is 114%. 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 569MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 620MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,558 samples)
Rank 129161%
Min Avg Max
560 Read 1,145 1,635
325 Write 971 1,808
333 Mixed 620 1,334
210 SusWrite 569 776
185% 826 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.1 4K Read 37.2 47.8
47.5 4K Write 103 148
25.3 4K Mixed 45 64.2
169% 61.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
252 DQ Read 804 1,138
110 DQ Write 491 909
142 DQ Mixed 610 905
465% 635 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
137GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 522 526 489 455 387 326 MB/s
214% Outstanding
Read 1,633
Write 1,451
Mixed 690
SusWrite 451
235% 1,056 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 68.1
225% 82.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1302
DQ Write 990
DQ Mixed 1,154
861% 1,149 MB/s
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1071 711 734 723 719 650 MB/s
202% Outstanding
Read 1,595
Write 2,051
Mixed 664
SusWrite 768
284% 1,269 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 48.4
174% 63.3 MB/s
DQ Read 955
DQ Write 730
DQ Mixed 775
598% 820 MB/s
306GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 982 665 646 673 674 668 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,238
Write 1,440
Mixed 1,246
SusWrite 718
262% 1,160 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 96.5
4K Mixed 52.9
180% 63.3 MB/s
DQ Read 755
DQ Write 1,274
DQ Mixed 945
736% 992 MB/s
236GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 827 632 555 639 633 621 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 1,310
Write 674
Mixed 681
SusWrite 651
184% 829 MB/s
4K Read 43.8
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 53.4
191% 67.5 MB/s
DQ Read 959
DQ Write 674
DQ Mixed 797
600% 810 MB/s
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 618 589 612 613 604 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 1,451
Write 967
Mixed 590
SusWrite 647
203% 914 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 99.1
4K Mixed 48.3
167% 60.8 MB/s
DQ Read 768
DQ Write 592
DQ Mixed 684
511% 681 MB/s
320GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 881 703 650 691 711 704 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 1,209
Write 1,215
Mixed 513
SusWrite 723
205% 915 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 48
182% 67.5 MB/s
DQ Read 871
DQ Write 365
DQ Mixed 732
512% 656 MB/s
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 549 533 553 558 572 566 MB/s
99.1% Outstanding
Read 732
Write 578
Mixed 407
SusWrite 555
127% 568 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 41.1
4K Mixed 24.9
87% 29.3 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 128
DQ Mixed 300
197% 236 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 79%, 247,628 samples4,767x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 83%, 5,239 samples1,130x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 74%, 85,187 samples237x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 363,190 samples3,770x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 55,644 samples2,236x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 117%, 480,292 samples16x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc601Bench 161%, 4,558 samples575x
RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 9,637 samples1,133x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 5,243 samples800x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 77%, 30,320 samples514x
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