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JMicron 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 39.8% (508th of 1015)

Based on 545 user benchmarks.  Model: JMicron
Poor: 13%Average: 39.8% Great: 67%

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Poor average bench

The JMicron 500GB averaged 60.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.57MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the JMicron 500GB is 53.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the JMicron 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 46MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 65.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 545 samples)
Rank 50839.8%
Min Avg Max
25.8 Read 71.1 119
19.5 Write 66.1 116
17 Mixed 46 97
13.7 SusWrite 65.4 117
45.8% 62.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.31 4K Read 0.63 0.8
0.4 4K Write 1.57 3.92
0.18 4K Mixed 0.66 1
129% 0.95 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
179GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 95 95 94 MB/s
56.5% Above average
Read 102
Write 98.8
Mixed 38.8
SusWrite 94.4
61% 83.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.87 MB/s
271GB free
Firmware: 0102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 89 87 87 88 87 MB/s
50.8% Above average
Read 90.1
Write 86.6
Mixed 37.6
SusWrite 87
55% 75.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
117GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 79 82 81 79 MB/s
47.8% Average
Read 84.3
Write 88.6
Mixed 53.6
SusWrite 82.4
57% 77.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.8
124% 0.7 MB/s
120GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 89 88 89 89 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 77.9
Write 84.3
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 88.3
53% 72.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.73 MB/s
424GB free
Firmware: 0102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 39 38 39 MB/s
25.5% Poor
Read 49.6
Write 37.4
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 39.1
29% 39.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
101% 0.73 MB/s
161GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 35 34 35 36 MB/s
25.3% Poor
Read 52.8
Write 31.6
Mixed 23.8
SusWrite 35.2
26% 35.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
85% 0.53 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 39 41 41 41 MB/s
22% Poor
Read 36.2
Write 43.2
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 40.1
27% 36.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
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Typical JMicron 500GB Builds (Compare 4,804 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 110%
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Desktop
Desktop 99%
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Workstation
Workstation 93%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Pro4 - $190

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples1,184x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples1,114x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples522x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples374x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples333x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples312x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples194x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples137x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples136x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples189x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples129x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 74,390 samples129x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 125% - Outstanding Total price: $690

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