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NVMe SK hynix 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 147% (160th of 1072)

Based on 11,857 user benchmarks.  Model: BC511 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
Poor: 95%Average: 147% Great: 194%

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Outstanding average bench

The Bc511 NVMe SK hynix 512GB averaged 46.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Bc511 NVMe SK hynix 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 531MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 667MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Bc511 NVMe SK hynix 512GB is 98.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Bc511 NVMe SK hynix 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 499MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 92.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,857 samples)
Rank 160147%
Min Avg Max
587 Read 845 1,035
451 Write 839 1,021
433 Mixed 819 1,038
196 SusWrite 499 773
169% 750 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21 4K Read 43.2 56.5
43.5 4K Write 92.9 142
25.5 4K Mixed 54.3 74.8
184% 63.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
346 DQ Read 667 824
145 DQ Write 468 772
193 DQ Mixed 531 687
406% 555 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
317GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 690 676 662 674 668 660 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 1,023
Write 955
Mixed 1,047
SusWrite 672
208% 924 MB/s
4K Read 51.5
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 69.1
229% 79.5 MB/s
DQ Read 818
DQ Write 696
DQ Mixed 640
511% 718 MB/s
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 314 298 324 336 248 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 1041
Write 1,048
Mixed 1,091
SusWrite 347
198% 882 MB/s
4K Read 49.8
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 66.1
220% 76.1 MB/s
DQ Read 836
DQ Write 777
DQ Mixed 658
534% 757 MB/s
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 556 685 689 694 695 454 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 907
Write 996
Mixed 945
SusWrite 629
196% 869 MB/s
4K Read 43.5
4K Write 90.6
4K Mixed 54.7
184% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 783
DQ Write 760
DQ Mixed 673
532% 738 MB/s
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 690 592 441 579 540 448 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 961
Write 793
Mixed 913
SusWrite 548
180% 804 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 92.2
4K Mixed 56.6
184% 63.4 MB/s
DQ Read 778
DQ Write 764
DQ Mixed 643
518% 728 MB/s
279GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 582 577 576 605 607 612 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 797
Write 896
Mixed 824
SusWrite 593
176% 778 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 74.7
4K Mixed 47.9
160% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 728
DQ Write 258
DQ Mixed 610
420% 532 MB/s
387GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11001101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 576 563 593 574 594 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 692
Write 731
Mixed 557
SusWrite 566
143% 636 MB/s
4K Read 11.9
4K Write 80.3
4K Mixed 29.6
98% 40.6 MB/s
DQ Read 651
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 19.9
145% 345 MB/s
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 600 371 378 291 336 333 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 785
Write 827
Mixed 796
SusWrite 385
157% 698 MB/s
4K Read 36.3
4K Write 55
4K Mixed 42.6
139% 44.6 MB/s
DQ Read 500
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 359
263% 352 MB/s
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 440 384 303 225 197 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 941
Write 855
Mixed 664
SusWrite 332
156% 698 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 62.8
4K Mixed 37.6
130% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 394
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 268
210% 293 MB/s
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Gaming 124%
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Desktop 99%
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Workstation 123%
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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel  $230Bench 98%, 11,207 samples4,227x
Core i7-10700Intel  $230Bench 93%, 71,010 samples1,697x
Core i5-11400Intel  $157Bench 94%, 24,459 samples1,097x
GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples2,296x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples1,040x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $300Bench 100%, 447,556 samples925x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBBc511Bench 147%, 11,857 samples1x
RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples627x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples518x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples376x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $570

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Excellent

16 months ago.

Very good SSD. Though it can get very hot, however other than that, it's very good and also fast enough.

KcTec90
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Excellent

2 years ago.

Very good SSD for space-limited PCs. I've had no problems with it!

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