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SM2246AA-5 507GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 109% (220th of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: SM2246AA-5
Poor: 104%Average: 109% Great: 114%

Outstanding average bench

The SM2246AA-5 507GB averaged 9.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SM2246AA-5 507GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 203MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 48.2MB/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. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 340MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 410MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 220109%
Min Avg Max
467 Read 483 500
412 Write 425 439
332 Mixed 340 348
388 SusWrite 410 433
93.2% 415 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.3 4K Read 33.2 35.1
101 4K Write 105 109
45.6 4K Mixed 48.2 50.9
168% 62.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
274 DQ Read 275 276
284 DQ Write 286 288
202 DQ Mixed 203 203
174% 255 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
186GB free
Firmware: O1225L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 434 430 438 434 437 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 439
Mixed 348
SusWrite 433
97% 430 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 50.9
176% 65.1 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 203
174% 256 MB/s
161GB free
Firmware: O1225L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 363 389 400 402 404 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 412
Mixed 332
SusWrite 388
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 45.6
159% 59.3 MB/s
DQ Read 274
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 202
173% 253 MB/s

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