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Effective Speed 
+62%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 7,577 user samples
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Best Bench: 72% 458GB free
Worst Bench: 32% 64GB free
Poor: 32% Great: 72%
SPEED RANK: 251st / 1010
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed 		56.1 % 91 % Much faster effective speed.
+62%
Average User Bench 
+66%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		100 MB/s 160 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+60%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		98.1 MB/s 150 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+53%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		0.51 MB/s 1.2 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+134%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		1.27 MB/s 2.08 MB/s Much faster random write.
+64%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		67.2 MB/s 88.5 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+32%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.54 MB/s 0.79 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+47%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		86.6 MB/s 152 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+76%
Peak Lab Bench 
+47%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		130 MB/s 200 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+54%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		128 MB/s 192 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+50%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		0.7 MB/s 1.75 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+150%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		2.51 MB/s 2.51 MB/s +0%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		114 MB/s +1% 113 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.84 MB/s 1.02 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+22%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		129 MB/s 196 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+52%
Value & Sentiment 
+353%
Market Share
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User Rating
UBM User Rating 		50 % 78.2 % Much more popular.
+56%
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.18 % 2.8 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,457%
Price
Price (score) 		$23 Hugely cheaper.
+390% 		112 USD
Value
Value For Money 		17.6 % 67.9 % Hugely better value.
+286%
Nice To Haves 
+24%
Age
Newest 		54 Months 43.6 Months More recent.
+24%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		250GB   —
User Builds 
7,577
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