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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 179% (121st of 1072)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk
Poor: 125%Average: 179% Great: 227%

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Outstanding average bench

The Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 2TB averaged 79.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 314MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,028MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 2TB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 27.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 20.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 121179%
Min Avg Max
848 Read 2,028 4,250
854 Write 1,201 2,471
476 Mixed 869 2307
397 SusWrite 1,001 1,412
283% 1,275 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.1 4K Read 19.1 47.5
16.9 4K Write 27.1 45.7
7.6 4K Mixed 20.5 45.7
69.5% 22.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.6 DQ Read 389 582
43.6 DQ Write 319 554
64.4 DQ Mixed 314 515
246% 341 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
298GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1185 1101 1114 1167 1015 944 MB/s
191% Outstanding
Read 2,118
Write 1,205
Mixed 626
SusWrite 1,088
279% 1,259 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 28
4K Mixed 20.3
66% 21.6 MB/s
DQ Read 517
DQ Write 374
DQ Mixed 373
298% 421 MB/s
211GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1090 1166 1155 1144 1170 1145 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 1,996
Write 1152
Mixed 665
SusWrite 1,145
275% 1,240 MB/s
4K Read 15
4K Write 27.7
4K Mixed 17.5
60% 20.1 MB/s
DQ Read 480
DQ Write 373
DQ Mixed 379
296% 410 MB/s
427GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 822 736 829 826 812 811 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 1,991
Write 854
Mixed 599
SusWrite 806
234% 1,063 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 32.8
4K Mixed 22.2
82% 26.3 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 391
DQ Mixed 354
275% 375 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1117 1063 1051 1050 1038 1059 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,670
Write 1043
Mixed 585
SusWrite 1,063
242% 1,090 MB/s
4K Read 11.9
4K Write 23.6
4K Mixed 15.3
50% 16.9 MB/s
DQ Read 451
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 363
281% 387 MB/s
250GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 741 895 909 776 948 1011 MB/s
153% Outstanding
Read 1,847
Write 939
Mixed 730
SusWrite 880
243% 1,099 MB/s
4K Read 11.7
4K Write 18.9
4K Mixed 15.5
48% 15.4 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 258
187% 243 MB/s
58GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 939 1042 997 1052 1048 1115 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 1443
Write 860
Mixed 476
SusWrite 1,032
212% 953 MB/s
4K Read 11.9
4K Write 19.1
4K Mixed 13.4
45% 14.8 MB/s
DQ Read 453
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 97.6
138% 262 MB/s
113GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 887 1054 1096 1065 950 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 1,689
Write 1,082
Mixed 577
SusWrite 854
233% 1,050 MB/s
4K Read 13.1
4K Write 19.3
4K Mixed 14
48% 15.5 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 117
89% 120 MB/s
418GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 783 430 311 233 338 290 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 1787
Write 1,188
Mixed 700
SusWrite 397
225% 1,018 MB/s
4K Read 13.7
4K Write 21.9
4K Mixed 15.5
52% 17 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 300
224% 299 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 886 1022 1028 1035 1030 1011 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 848
Write 991
Mixed 539
SusWrite 1002
191% 845 MB/s
4K Read 5.1
4K Write 16.9
4K Mixed 7.6
26% 9.87 MB/s
DQ Read 10.6
DQ Write 43.6
DQ Mixed 64.4
39% 39.5 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,027x
Core i7-2600Intel  $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,573x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples936x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,044x
SSD
Virtual NVMe Disk 2TBParallelsBench 179%, 13 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples517x
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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