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1TB S300 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 98.3% (262nd of 1072)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Model: LS 1TB S300
Poor: 43%Average: 98.3% Great: 124%

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Excellent average bench

The LS 1TB S300 1TB averaged just 1.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the LS 1TB S300 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 101MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LS 1TB S300 1TB is 81%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the LS 1TB S300 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 356MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 368MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 26298.3%
Min Avg Max
314 Read 465 517
211 Write 416 479
17 Mixed 356 426
34.2 SusWrite 368 456
90.2% 401 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.8 4K Read 30.7 40.8
9.2 4K Write 78.4 111
0.8 4K Mixed 40.7 58.8
140% 49.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
116 DQ Read 308 380
10.3 DQ Write 310 362
30.1 DQ Mixed 101 126
133% 240 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
357GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 483 447 442 442 443 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 517
Write 479
Mixed 420
SusWrite 456
105% 468 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 58.8
196% 70.3 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 126
162% 288 MB/s
357GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 478 450 439 440 441 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 516
Write 474
Mixed 385
SusWrite 452
103% 456 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 57.2
190% 67.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 357
DQ Mixed 126
161% 288 MB/s
886GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0807A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 308 395 383 355 378 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 447
Write 394
Mixed 345
SusWrite 360
87% 387 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 90.2
4K Mixed 51.7
170% 59.6 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 122
152% 269 MB/s
419GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 476 449 441 440 441 MB/s
98.4% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 459
Mixed 401
SusWrite 450
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 50.2
4K Mixed 35.7
115% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 126
161% 286 MB/s
831GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1024A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 366 393 407 403 406 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 487
Write 392
Mixed 358
SusWrite 382
91% 405 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 85.5
4K Mixed 24
114% 44.9 MB/s
DQ Read 165
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 36.5
85% 172 MB/s
319GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1113C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 395 378 391 389 390 MB/s
75.5% Very good
Read 416
Write 386
Mixed 346
SusWrite 386
86% 383 MB/s
4K Read 15.1
4K Write 71.5
4K Mixed 17.2
83% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 149
DQ Write 330
DQ Mixed 39.8
87% 173 MB/s
589GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0510A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 73 1.7 1.5 2.7 3.9 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 377
Write 305
Mixed 297
SusWrite 53
58% 258 MB/s
4K Read 13.8
4K Write 38.9
4K Mixed 14.2
60% 22.3 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 30.1
57% 111 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Apple iMac13,1

CPU
Core i5-3330SIntelBench 64%, 4,454 samples74x
Core i5-3335SIntelBench 67%, 101 samples25x
Core i5-3470SIntelBench 65%, 14,631 samples16x
GPU
GeForce GT 640MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,728 samples100x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples29x
GeForce GTX 780MNvidiaBench 5%, 1 sample1x
SSD
1TB S300 1TBLSBench 98%, 15 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples97x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples30x
0x484D54333531533643465238432D50422020 2x4GBUnknownBench 59%, 2 samples2x
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