Western Digital Black SN850X fared better at only 7% drop in sequential write throughput:

SK Hynix Platinum P41 also saw a 48% drop in sequential write throughput:

Samsung 990 Pro saw a 48% drop in sequential write throughput:

Seagate FireCuda 530 saw a 53% drop in sequential write throughput:

While benchmarking SSDs we’ve seen some sequential write slowdowns after multiple runs. Samsung 970 Evo Plus saw a 64% drop for instance:

A few more examples:

Following up, phase 2 of our storage benchmarks is now live. Detailed performance graphs, including comparison views across different drives:

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