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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 61.1% (792nd of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: Z3-64
Poor: 39%Average: 61.1% Great: 83%

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Above average average bench

The Z3-64 64GB averaged 38.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 102MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.3MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 74.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 103MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 79261.1%
Min Avg Max
307 Read 363 454
20.1 Write 169 294
57.9 Mixed 203 307
28.8 SusWrite 74.2 98.8
44.6% 202 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.6 4K Read 29.3 33.2
26.1 4K Write 66.7 113
18 4K Mixed 28.7 40.9
116% 41.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.3 DQ Read 103 148
29.7 DQ Write 198 308
21.7 DQ Mixed 102 149
91.2% 134 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
36GB free
Firmware: 1.86.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 71 72 71 71 71 MB/s
83.3% Excellent
Read 454
Write 278
Mixed 307
SusWrite 91.9
63% 283 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 40.6
162% 62.4 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 149
135% 199 MB/s
59GB free
Firmware: 1.86.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 71 70 70 71 70 MB/s
80.2% Excellent
Read 422
Write 294
Mixed 300
SusWrite 98.8
62% 279 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 40.9
154% 57.7 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 148
134% 198 MB/s
15GB free
Firmware: 1.86.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 69 82 71 70 72 MB/s
59.6% Above average
Read 309
Write 182
Mixed 206
SusWrite 87.5
44% 196 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 52.3
4K Mixed 25.1
105% 35.8 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 148
135% 201 MB/s
25GB free
Firmware: 1.86.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 69 70 45 59 MB/s
43.6% Average
Read 321
Write 71
Mixed 143
SusWrite 64.1
33% 150 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 41.4
4K Mixed 18
82% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 45.5
DQ Write 51.3
DQ Mixed 42.5
34% 46.4 MB/s
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T180731
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s
38.9% Below average
Read 307
Write 20.1
Mixed 57.9
SusWrite 28.8
22% 103 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 26.1
4K Mixed 18.7
78% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 27.3
DQ Write 29.7
DQ Mixed 21.7
18% 26.2 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,715,463 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples1,111x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples717x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples420x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples433x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples366x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples267x
SSD
Z3-64 64GBBench 61%, 5 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples75x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $707

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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