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MKL500GB-D8 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 174% (129th of 1071)

Based on 39 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe MKNSSDHL500GB-D8
Poor: 124%Average: 174% Great: 215%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme MKL500GB-D8 500GB averaged 73.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme MKL500GB-D8 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 384MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,503MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme MKL500GB-D8 500GB is 90.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme MKL500GB-D8 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 28.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 570MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 39 samples)
Rank 129174%
Min Avg Max
617 Read 1,503 1,798
22.7 Write 1,075 1,552
39.6 Mixed 797 1,147
107 SusWrite 570 1,126
219% 986 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.6 4K Read 43.3 54.8
10.5 4K Write 133 222
7 4K Mixed 28.2 50.4
172% 68.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
362 DQ Read 668 927
15.4 DQ Write 639 1,073
49.5 DQ Mixed 384 555
362% 564 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: R1115F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1534 1543 1545 1535 415 115 MB/s
214% Outstanding
Read 1,438
Write 1,326
Mixed 980
SusWrite 1,115
273% 1,215 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 35.5
176% 72.7 MB/s
DQ Read 580
DQ Write 1,059
DQ Mixed 541
490% 727 MB/s
374GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1297 752 766 344 438 511 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,660
Write 1,496
Mixed 1,047
SusWrite 685
273% 1,222 MB/s
4K Read 51.6
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 27.6
198% 79.3 MB/s
DQ Read 885
DQ Write 533
DQ Mixed 536
446% 651 MB/s
313GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 888 983 353 773 447 704 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,553
Write 1261
Mixed 935
SusWrite 691
248% 1,110 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 37.9
186% 77.4 MB/s
DQ Read 596
DQ Write 1,058
DQ Mixed 540
491% 731 MB/s
268GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 718 414 654 429 220 217 MB/s
172% Outstanding
Read 1,670
Write 1,385
Mixed 1,110
SusWrite 442
257% 1,152 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 43.2
202% 77.8 MB/s
DQ Read 450
DQ Write 378
DQ Mixed 190
204% 340 MB/s
4GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 34 34 506 55 38 MB/s
95.2% Outstanding
Read 1,369
Write 60.2
Mixed 116
SusWrite 116
88% 415 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 45.4
4K Mixed 8.6
88% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 31.1
DQ Mixed 49.5
74% 149 MB/s
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System: Dell Precision 7710

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples745x
Core i7-6920HQIntelBench 70%, 3,282 samples253x
Xeon E3-1535M v5IntelBench 69%, 1,588 samples105x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples600x
Quadro M3000MNvidiaBench 27%, 1,726 samples239x
Quadro M4000MNvidiaBench 34%, 731 samples128x
SSD
MKL500GB-D8 500GBNvmeBench 174%, 39 samples1x
RAM
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 69%, 5,073 samples147x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples106x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G1B1 2x16GBMicronBench 69%, 1,506 samples71x
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