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Virtual NVMe Disk 275GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 180% (120th of 1072)

Based on 1,371 user benchmarks.  Model: Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk
Poor: 65%Average: 180% Great: 308%

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Outstanding average bench

The Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 275GB averaged 80.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 275GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,701MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 1,786MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 275GB is 243%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 275GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 39.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 299MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,371 samples)
Rank 120180%
Min Avg Max
820 Read 2,701 4,659
544 Write 1,749 2,871
599 Mixed 1,786 2,840
62.9 SusWrite 299 757
362% 1,634 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.3 4K Read 42.4 78.3
13.6 4K Write 39.1 70.2
13.9 4K Mixed 39.3 71.8
135% 40.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
82.3 DQ Read 302 588
63.7 DQ Write 242 515
65.7 DQ Mixed 261 547
198% 268 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
206GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 285 317 328 338 337 MB/s
235% Outstanding
Read 3,984
Write 1,900
Mixed 2,430
SusWrite 310
475% 2,156 MB/s
4K Read 39.3
4K Write 37.1
4K Mixed 37.9
128% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 524
DQ Write 226
DQ Mixed 342
262% 364 MB/s
178GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 371 183 186 276 164 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 2,370
Write 1,716
Mixed 1,922
SusWrite 254
348% 1,565 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 19.2
4K Mixed 18.3
60% 18.3 MB/s
DQ Read 448
DQ Write 249
DQ Mixed 274
224% 324 MB/s
203GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 137 74 74 71 65 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 2,250
Write 738
Mixed 610
SusWrite 108
201% 926 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 21.9
4K Mixed 24.4
93% 26.4 MB/s
DQ Read 171
DQ Write 53.4
DQ Mixed 129
91% 118 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 34 116 40 44 132 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 1,651
Write 1,154
Mixed 1,161
SusWrite 87.7
225% 1,014 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 25.9
4K Mixed 28.7
90% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 229
178% 247 MB/s
227GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 237 228 232 236 219 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 1,412
Write 996
Mixed 943
SusWrite 241
200% 898 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 29.1
4K Mixed 17.5
88% 26.5 MB/s
DQ Read 212
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 195
142% 186 MB/s
245GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 0 0 0 0 50 MB/s
83.8% Excellent
Read 1288
Write 575
Mixed 1,188
SusWrite 41.1
171% 773 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 16.7
4K Mixed 16.7
54% 16.4 MB/s
DQ Read 321
DQ Write 260
DQ Mixed 272
209% 284 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,023x
Core i7-2600Intel  $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,568x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples932x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,141x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,040x
SSD
Virtual NVMe Disk 275GBParallelsBench 180%, 1,371 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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