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SSDPEKNW512G8L 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 147% (160th of 1072)

Based on 8,016 user benchmarks.  Model: INTEL SSDPEKNW512G8L
Poor: 94%Average: 147% Great: 189%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel SSDPEKNW512G8L 512GB averaged 47.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel SSDPEKNW512G8L 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 254MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 576MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDPEKNW512G8L 512GB is 94.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel SSDPEKNW512G8L 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 243MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 322MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,016 samples)
Rank 160147%
Min Avg Max
789 Read 1,245 1,425
538 Write 835 930
479 Mixed 768 871
81.3 SusWrite 243 640
172% 773 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.1 4K Read 47 57.1
41.7 4K Write 111 160
27.5 4K Mixed 57.6 72.6
204% 71.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
255 DQ Read 322 336
82.2 DQ Write 576 832
80.3 DQ Mixed 254 343
248% 384 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: L02C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 35 37 35 35 36 MB/s
273% Outstanding
Read 3,314
Write 34.8
Mixed 57.9
SusWrite 34.3
179% 860 MB/s
4K Read 340
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 4.8
522% 116 MB/s
315GB free (System drive)
Firmware: L02C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 778 51 123 70 50 MB/s
139% Outstanding
Read 1190
Write 862
Mixed 779
SusWrite 299
174% 783 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 79.2
4K Mixed 50.8
168% 56.9 MB/s
DQ Read 327
DQ Write 580
DQ Mixed 220
233% 376 MB/s
401GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C04C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 632 53 29 168 66 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 1,195
Write 848
Mixed 763
SusWrite 282
172% 772 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 70.6
4K Mixed 44.6
150% 50.7 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 235
179% 245 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: L02C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 12 7.1 7.5 86 12 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 1,173
Write 742
Mixed 719
SusWrite 60.7
149% 674 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 64
4K Mixed 38.7
133% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 259
DQ Mixed 221
185% 268 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: L02C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 135 15 7.5 117 56 MB/s
83.5% Excellent
Read 968
Write 831
Mixed 712
SusWrite 97.4
145% 652 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 34.2
4K Mixed 28
92% 29.1 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 165
DQ Mixed 221
167% 227 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: L02C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 52 72 57 45 15 MB/s
70.3% Very good
Read 876
Write 510
Mixed 562
SusWrite 110
114% 514 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 26.5
4K Mixed 20
64% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 304
DQ Write 85.9
DQ Mixed 119
108% 170 MB/s
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Typical SSDPEKNW512G8L 512GB Builds (Compare 2,654 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 14%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 13%
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System: Lenovo 82EY

CPU
Ryzen 5 4600HAMDBench 70%, 27,218 samples1,782x
Ryzen 7 4800HAMDBench 74%, 20,504 samples872x
GPU
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples1,615x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples549x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples490x
SSD
SSDPEKNW512G8L 512GBIntelBench 147%, 8,016 samples502x
RAM
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 48%, 8,552 samples597x
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 91%, 10,928 samples547x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 45%, 34,565 samples245x
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