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Virtual NVMe Disk 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 115% (199th of 1072)

Based on 24 user benchmarks.  Model: Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk
Poor: 48%Average: 115% Great: 195%

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Outstanding average bench

The Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 500GB averaged 14.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 212MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,296MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 500GB is 147%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Parallels Virtual NVMe Disk 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 22MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 19MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)
Rank 199115%
Min Avg Max
394 Read 1,296 2,368
247 Write 634 1,184
145 Mixed 515 1212
164 SusWrite 556 1,123
166% 750 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.3 4K Read 16.6 38.6
10.1 4K Write 22 37.8
8.4 4K Mixed 19 38.3
61.1% 19.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
44.1 DQ Read 244 571
44.9 DQ Write 210 505
32.5 DQ Mixed 212 454
163% 222 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
58GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 225 225 220 320 835 MB/s
97.8% Outstanding
Read 1,377
Write 811
Mixed 506
SusWrite 336
167% 758 MB/s
4K Read 10.9
4K Write 18
4K Mixed 14.2
44% 14.4 MB/s
DQ Read 197
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 189
141% 187 MB/s
243GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 616 618 691 619 581 MB/s
96.3% Outstanding
Read 835
Write 562
Mixed 366
SusWrite 611
133% 594 MB/s
4K Read 11.2
4K Write 15.4
4K Mixed 15
44% 13.9 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 239
183% 253 MB/s
143GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 348 352 348 340 350 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 436
Write 348
Mixed 340
SusWrite 347
83% 368 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 22.6
4K Mixed 18
58% 18.6 MB/s
DQ Read 205
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 192
143% 190 MB/s
185GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 339 336 346 345 322 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 430
Write 346
Mixed 330
SusWrite 336
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 21
4K Mixed 16.7
55% 17.5 MB/s
DQ Read 194
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 184
141% 191 MB/s
138GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 262 194 105 100 80 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 909
Write 271
Mixed 334
SusWrite 168
92% 420 MB/s
4K Read 13
4K Write 14.8
4K Mixed 8.4
38% 12.1 MB/s
DQ Read 57.5
DQ Write 49
DQ Mixed 32.5
30% 46.3 MB/s
144GB free (System drive)
Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 312 316 322 332 317 MB/s
59.1% Above average
Read 431
Write 316
Mixed 334
SusWrite 313
78% 348 MB/s
4K Read 16.1
4K Write 22.9
4K Mixed 15.9
57% 18.3 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 95.4
DQ Mixed 165
110% 133 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,033x
Core i7-2600Intel  $188Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,577x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples938x
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 samples1,049x
SSD
Virtual NVMe Disk 500GBParallelsBench 115%, 24 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples518x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples377x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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