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500GB-PRO-X-SS 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 130% (178th of 1072)

Based on 282 user benchmarks.  Model: 500GB-PRO-X-SS
Poor: 78%Average: 130% Great: 188%

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Outstanding average bench

The 500GB-PRO-X-SS 500GB averaged 30.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 500GB-PRO-X-SS 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 369MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 711MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 500GB-PRO-X-SS 500GB is 110%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the 500GB-PRO-X-SS 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 20.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 424MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 282 samples)
Rank 178130%
Min Avg Max
715 Read 1,242 1,667
59.4 Write 716 1,380
82.4 Mixed 566 996
132 SusWrite 424 898
163% 737 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.5 4K Read 23.5 49.9
20.1 4K Write 61.9 158
7.9 4K Mixed 20.9 48
95.2% 35.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
356 DQ Read 711 928
49.6 DQ Write 483 954
67.7 DQ Mixed 369 630
337% 521 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1292 1350 1329 1359 542 125 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 1,549
Write 1,331
Mixed 1,018
SusWrite 999
274% 1,224 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 45.9
4K Mixed 23.6
85% 29.8 MB/s
DQ Read 620
DQ Write 748
DQ Mixed 540
447% 636 MB/s
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 3.9 6.7 1.6 2.1 6.4 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 3,204
Write 12.2
Mixed 9.7
SusWrite 5.4
167% 808 MB/s
4K Read 75.5
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
114% 25.2 MB/s
89GB free
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 24 8.3 312 248 279 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 1678
Write 320
Mixed 181
SusWrite 188
127% 592 MB/s
4K Read 45.1
4K Write 71.3
4K Mixed 26.7
140% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 926
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 159
236% 461 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 490 386 344 308 390 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 1,243
Write 62.7
Mixed 21.6
SusWrite 389
92% 429 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 18.1
4K Mixed 22.1
60% 18.3 MB/s
DQ Read 822
DQ Write 575
DQ Mixed 545
448% 647 MB/s
213GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 213 69 359 62 167 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 1,144
Write 1,018
Mixed 755
SusWrite 161
171% 770 MB/s
4K Read 14
4K Write 38.1
4K Mixed 17.1
63% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 625
DQ Write 584
DQ Mixed 488
398% 566 MB/s
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 32 213 322 33 240 MB/s
93.4% Outstanding
Read 1,262
Write 1,071
Mixed 760
SusWrite 217
184% 827 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 20.1
4K Mixed 10.7
49% 15.7 MB/s
DQ Read 618
DQ Write 61.6
DQ Mixed 106
136% 262 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 153 212 20 151 39 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 1,145
Write 136
Mixed 15.2
SusWrite 120
75% 354 MB/s
4K Read 13
4K Write 20.5
4K Mixed 0.2
31% 11.2 MB/s
DQ Read 510
DQ Write 13.5
DQ Mixed 0.1
66% 175 MB/s
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Gaming 12%
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Desktop 70%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Eluktronics Mech-17 G1Rx

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples94x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples3x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples35x
RTX 2070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 88%, 23,316 samples29x
RTX 2080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 90%, 7,789 samples11x
SSD
500GB-PRO-X-SS 500GBBench 130%, 282 samples13x
RAM
CT8G4SFS8266.C8FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 76%, 882 samples31x
J641GU42J9266ND 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 487 samples22x
MSI26D4S9S8ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 4,193 samples6x
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