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500GB 500GB

500GB 500GB
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Effective Speed -49%Effective Speed -49%Average Score -57%Read -3%, Write -27%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write -35%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -263%, SusWrite -24%Peak Score -21%Read -1%, Write -15%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -100%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -179%DQ Read -60%, DQ Write -30%, DQ Mixed -196%, ADQ Read -104%, ADQ Write -52%, ADQ Mixed -1,021%, Age 67%, AS-SSD Total -34%

Average Bench: 66% (731^st of 1072)

Based on 799 user benchmarks. Model: SSD 500GB

Poor: 42%Average: 66% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The SSD 500GB 500GB averaged 34.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.8MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 64.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 500GB 500GB is 44.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 500GB 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 23.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 12.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 799 samples)

Rank 73166%

Min	Avg	Max
326	Read 444	501
158	Write 319	421
63.1	Mixed 296	371
59.7	SusWrite 239	384
72.5% 324 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.6	4K Read 26.8	38.4
14.3	4K Write 64.9	117
5.89	4K Mixed 12.4	29.1
90.9% 34.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
85	DQ Read 160	229
82.4	DQ Write 190	276
9.58	DQ Mixed 23.2	112
59.5% 124 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ESP-User, 10 days ago.

353GB free

Firmware: FW201219

SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 246 330 346 350 361 MB/s

83% Excellent

Write 378

Mixed 356

SusWrite 317

87% 387 MB/s

4K Read 39

4K Write 72.4

4K Mixed 15.9

118% 42.4 MB/s

DQ Read 207

DQ Write 246

DQ Mixed 20

72% 158 MB/s

THA-User, 9 days ago.

463GB free

Firmware: HPS2227O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 363 363 365 361 365 MB/s

80.9% Excellent

Write 374

Mixed 290

SusWrite 364

83% 371 MB/s

4K Read 29.2

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 10.1

112% 47.3 MB/s

DQ Read 160

DQ Write 249

DQ Mixed 13.3

64% 141 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 day ago.

254GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 339 357 310 269 14 MB/s

64.2% Good

Write 368

Mixed 353

SusWrite 273

82% 366 MB/s

4K Read 24.9

4K Write 47.4

4K Mixed 9.3

75% 27.2 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 190

DQ Mixed 13

53% 115 MB/s

BRA-User, 13 days ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 162 19 92 9 56 MB/s

64% Good

Write 361

Mixed 344

SusWrite 76.6

71% 317 MB/s

4K Read 32.7

4K Write 96.8

4K Mixed 10

114% 46.5 MB/s

DQ Read 151

DQ Write 211

DQ Mixed 11.8

56% 125 MB/s

BRA-User, 6 days ago.

220GB free

Firmware: HP3105A3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 357 257 91 31 29 MB/s

61.9% Good

Write 338

Mixed 293

SusWrite 186

72% 326 MB/s

4K Read 14.7

4K Write 77.4

4K Mixed 12.8

80% 35 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 210

DQ Mixed 15.1

57% 124 MB/s

PAN-User, 8 days ago.

177GB free

Firmware: HPS2227O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 112 85 160 245 194 MB/s

53.6% Above average

Write 290

Mixed 250

SusWrite 167

61% 272 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 56

4K Mixed 9.9

74% 28.9 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 161

DQ Mixed 13.8

50% 110 MB/s

BRA-User, 5 days ago.

263GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227F

SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 2.8 22 1.5 114 2.4 MB/s

20% Poor

Write 259

Mixed 188

SusWrite 25.5

51% 234 MB/s

4K Read 0.1

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 0

0% 0.03 MB/s

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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	1,018x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	954x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples	904x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	484x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	456x

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500GB 500GBSSDBench 66%, 799 samples	1x

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2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1,361x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples	486x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	354x

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Total price: $59

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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