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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Effective Speed 
+111%
Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 112% 931GB free
Worst Bench: 55% 427GB free (System drive)
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
SPEED RANK: 27th / 1015
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Best Bench: 51% 175GB free
Worst Bench: 32% 85GB free (System drive)
Poor: 32% Great: 51%
SPEED RANK: 456th / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed 		89.2 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+111% 		42.3 %
Average Score 
+61%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		158 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+112% 		74.5 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		133 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+84% 		72.4 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		0.78 MB/s Much faster random read.
+56% 		0.5 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		1.62 MB/s 1.64 MB/s +1%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		77.5 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+55% 		50.1 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.77 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+20% 		0.64 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		153 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+105% 		74.8 MB/s
Peak Score 
+56%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		201 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+114% 		93.8 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		186 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+100% 		92.8 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		1 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+43% 		0.7 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		2.1 MB/s 2.1 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		89.4 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+15% 		77.8 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		1 MB/s 1 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		201 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+117% 		92.5 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		4.81 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		58 % More popular.
+16% 		50 %
Nice To Haves 
+32%
Age
Newest 		151 Months 102+ Months Much more recent.
+32%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		1TB 200GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 89.2%
Average Bench 42.3%
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Intel Core i5-12600K $170Nvidia RTX 4060 $280Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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