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500GB 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 121% (188th of 1072)

Based on 61 user benchmarks.  Model: AXIOM 500GB
Poor: 79%Average: 121% Great: 295%

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Outstanding average bench

The Axiom 500GB 500GB averaged 20.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Axiom 500GB 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 288MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 43.5MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Axiom 500GB 500GB is 216%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Axiom 500GB 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 457MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 479MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 61 samples)
Rank 188121%
Min Avg Max
375 Read 680 2,209
350 Write 504 1,314
339 Mixed 457 999
282 SusWrite 479 1,389
119% 530 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.8 4K Read 31.3 60.3
28.8 4K Write 95.3 231
22 4K Mixed 43.5 86
154% 56.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41.8 DQ Read 392 1,301
112 DQ Write 367 1,050
28.9 DQ Mixed 288 973
241% 349 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
365GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0427ANR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 451 446 472 472 467 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 476
Mixed 450
SusWrite 434
105% 468 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 55.3
189% 68.1 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 295
241% 344 MB/s
378GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0427ANR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 377 406 419 428 421 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 476
Write 442
Mixed 417
SusWrite 384
97% 430 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 95.6
4K Mixed 52.2
165% 59.8 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 294
239% 340 MB/s
419GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1016ANR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 413 418 370 383 379 MB/s
90.9% Outstanding
Read 448
Write 369
Mixed 330
SusWrite 397
87% 386 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 76.3
4K Mixed 32.6
118% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 236
191% 266 MB/s
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0427ANR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 331 333 347 253 264 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 419
Write 370
Mixed 331
SusWrite 308
80% 357 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 41
4K Mixed 26.7
88% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 191
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 128
101% 143 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 73 127 12 80 120 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 360
Write 313
Mixed 300
SusWrite 117
61% 273 MB/s
4K Read 10.5
4K Write 61.7
4K Mixed 11.7
64% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 217
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 45.9
92% 183 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel  $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples19x
Core i7-2630QMIntel  $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples15x
Core i5-2410MIntel  $160Bench 48%, 46,742 samples2x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples27x
GeForce GT 555MNvidiaBench 4%, 4,170 samples12x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples1x
SSD
500GB 500GBAxiomBench 121%, 61 samples1x
RAM
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples8x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 Micron 16JSF51264HZ-1G4D1 8GBSamsungBench 42%, 173 samples5x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples4x
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