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hynix SC401 S 512GB

hynix SC401 S 512GB
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Effective Speed -24%Effective Speed -24%Average Score -20%Read 1%, Write 6%, 4K Read -61%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed 8%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite -8%Peak Score -27%Read -2%, Write -2%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write -50%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -57%, SusWrite -20%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +2% DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -0%, DQ Mixed 6%, ADQ Read -37%, ADQ Write -4%, ADQ Mixed -17%, Age 69%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Average Bench: 79.2% (495^th of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model: SK hynix SC401 S

Poor: 72%Average: 79.2% Great: 83%

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Good average bench

The SK hynix SC401 S 512GB averaged 20.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SK hynix SC401 S 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 223MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 279MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix SC401 S 512GB is just 11.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SK hynix SC401 S 512GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 274MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 238MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 49579.2%

Min	Avg	Max
430	Read 462	499
389	Write 431	475
355	Mixed 389	413
208	SusWrite 274	322
87.4% 389 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.9	4K Read 21.3	27.6
34.7	4K Write 62.6	81.7
24	4K Mixed 30.5	37.1
104% 38.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
114	DQ Read 238	382
221	DQ Write 279	357
120	DQ Mixed 223	352
178% 247 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 13 months ago.

284GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0121

SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 315 283 331 285 286 MB/s

83.4% Excellent

Write 437

Mixed 400

SusWrite 322

90% 397 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 50.9

4K Mixed 35.2

112% 37.5 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 232

DQ Mixed 251

189% 254 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

32GB free

Firmware: 9000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 353 272 253 177 144 MB/s

80.3% Excellent

Write 473

Mixed 401

SusWrite 269

92% 411 MB/s

4K Read 19.2

4K Write 81.7

4K Mixed 28.6

109% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 356

DQ Mixed 120

125% 198 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

34GB free

Firmware: 9000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 252 167 186 176 132 MB/s

76.2% Very good

Write 475

Mixed 413

SusWrite 222

89% 398 MB/s

4K Read 19.3

4K Write 78.5

4K Mixed 28.4

107% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 357

DQ Mixed 121

126% 197 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

49GB free

Firmware: 9000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 348 243 108 91 72 MB/s

71.9% Very good

Write 464

Mixed 395

SusWrite 208

87% 387 MB/s

4K Read 17.9

4K Write 66.2

4K Mixed 26.3

96% 36.8 MB/s

DQ Read 115

DQ Write 354

DQ Mixed 121

125% 197 MB/s

DEU-User, 8 months ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0121

SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 407 185 76 65 83 MB/s

67.8% Good

Write 445

Mixed 407

SusWrite 208

86% 386 MB/s

4K Read 19.5

4K Write 34.7

4K Mixed 24

79% 26.1 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 223

DQ Mixed 243

184% 249 MB/s

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 19%

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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	145x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	114x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples	87x

GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
hynix SC401 S 512GBSKBench 79%, 11 samples	1x

RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples	25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples	19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples	18x

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hynix SC401 S 512GB

Average Bench: 79.2% (495^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 79.2% (495th of 1072)

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Very good consistency

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