Average Bench: 178% (124th of 1072)

Based on 70 user benchmarks.  Model: Asura NVME

Outstanding average bench

The Asura NVME 512GB averaged 78.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Asura NVME 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 895MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 930MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asura NVME 512GB is 73.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Asura NVME 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 515MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 674MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 70 samples)
Min Avg Max
812 Read 1,119 1,526
595 Write 991 1,995
251 Mixed 674 1,536
374 SusWrite 515 659
184% 825 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.2 4K Read 38.7 50.6
78.4 4K Write 120 159
26.5 4K Mixed 51.8 65.1
188% 70 MB/s
Min Avg Max
785 DQ Read 1,088 1389
158 DQ Write 930 1,496
286 DQ Mixed 895 1,300
702% 971 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
259GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 533 518 424 446 469 MB/s
Read 974
Write 715
Mixed 448
SusWrite 486
146% 656 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 97.6
4K Mixed 54.5
167% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,238
DQ Write 900
DQ Mixed 1,064
796% 1,067 MB/s
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 184 179 50 182 153 MB/s
Read 910
Write 544
Mixed 427
SusWrite 203
115% 521 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 61.7
4K Mixed 30.2
103% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 726
DQ Write 402
DQ Mixed 358
321% 495 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,715,126 SSDs tested

Typical NVME 512GB Builds (Compare 1,979 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock AB350 Pro4 - $121

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 111% - Outstanding Total price: $391

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