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Bc501a

NVMe SK hynix 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 94.9% (278th of 1071)

Based on 1,682 user benchmarks.  Model: BC501A NVMe SK hynix 128GB
Poor: 57%Average: 94.9% Great: 123%

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Excellent average bench

The Bc501a NVMe SK hynix 128GB averaged just 5.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Bc501a NVMe SK hynix 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 200MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.3MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Bc501a NVMe SK hynix 128GB is 66.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Bc501a NVMe SK hynix 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 142MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 237MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,682 samples)
Rank 27894.9%
Min Avg Max
409 Read 832 1,064
71.5 Write 237 407
123 Mixed 307 490
56.8 SusWrite 142 192
82.8% 379 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.3 4K Read 39.3 44.3
33.3 4K Write 83.4 139
13.7 4K Mixed 31 45.9
143% 51.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
203 DQ Read 258 278
80.3 DQ Write 203 360
108 DQ Mixed 200 269
158% 220 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 175 166 148 144 144 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 967
Write 258
Mixed 402
SusWrite 164
98% 448 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 99.9
4K Mixed 35.2
151% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 297
199% 242 MB/s
104GB free
Firmware: 80001101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 184 183 184 185 185 MB/s
97.9% Outstanding
Read 954
Write 394
Mixed 372
SusWrite 193
105% 478 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 56
4K Mixed 32.2
124% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 271
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 232
172% 229 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 157 161 163 168 170 MB/s
62% Good
Read 500
Write 179
Mixed 269
SusWrite 166
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 34.6
4K Mixed 17.8
74% 24.6 MB/s
DQ Read 253
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 220
163% 217 MB/s
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80001101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 101 113 109 108 105 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 349
Write 123
Mixed 116
SusWrite 107
38% 174 MB/s
4K Read 3.7
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 5.8
16% 4.97 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 66%
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Workstation 8%
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System: Dell G3 3579

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples1,634x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples1,561x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples1,653x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples872x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples516x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 128GBBc501aBench 95%, 1,682 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 10,071 samples469x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 44%, 3,713 samples143x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 5,658 samples141x
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