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NVME 512G 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 170% (134th of 1072)

Based on 38 user benchmarks.  Model: PCIE NVME 512G
Poor: 125%Average: 170% Great: 216%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pcie NVME 512G 512GB averaged 70.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pcie NVME 512G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 543MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,542MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pcie NVME 512G 512GB is 91.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pcie NVME 512G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 482MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 110MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 38 samples)
Rank 134170%
Min Avg Max
643 Read 1,394 2,006
747 Write 1,542 1,904
490 Mixed 1,182 1469
169 SusWrite 482 714
258% 1,150 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.5 4K Read 41.9 55.5
24.7 4K Write 110 167
10.6 4K Mixed 54.9 80.3
192% 68.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
112 DQ Read 576 860
262 DQ Write 570 683
252 DQ Mixed 543 629
416% 563 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0.3.0412 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 724 38 92 3.9 81 MB/s
206% Outstanding
Read 2,006
Write 1,870
Mixed 1,340
SusWrite 169
300% 1,346 MB/s
4K Read 53.5
4K Write 166
4K Mixed 78.5
269% 99.2 MB/s
DQ Read 765
DQ Write 675
DQ Mixed 621
492% 687 MB/s
246GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0.3.0412 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 445 457 436 480 489 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,774
Write 1849
Mixed 1,287
SusWrite 536
305% 1,362 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 96.2
4K Mixed 54.2
182% 63.7 MB/s
DQ Read 855
DQ Write 674
DQ Mixed 622
504% 717 MB/s
387GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0.3.0412 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 845 639 621 589 593 580 MB/s
191% Outstanding
Read 1584
Write 1,861
Mixed 1,329
SusWrite 645
304% 1,355 MB/s
4K Read 44.5
4K Write 96.1
4K Mixed 59.1
194% 66.6 MB/s
DQ Read 635
DQ Write 623
DQ Mixed 625
471% 628 MB/s
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0.3.0412 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 736 322 172 188 272 287 MB/s
134% Outstanding
Read 1,244
Write 1,651
Mixed 1,252
SusWrite 330
252% 1,119 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 67.3
4K Mixed 47.7
155% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 415
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 361
264% 349 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,753,300 SSDs tested

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Gaming 79%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS PRO-CF

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples885x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples631x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples462x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples285x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples254x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples241x
SSD
NVME 512G 512GBPcieBench 170%, 38 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples222x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples218x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $407

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