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#2431
The Anandtech article Hoppy linked:
AnandTech - The Intel SSD 320 Review: 25nm G3 is Finally Here
states, in reference to a 320 GB Intel SSD:
"That works out to be 320GB of NAND for a drive whose rated capacity is 300GB. In Windows you'll see ~279GB of free space, which leaves 12.8% of the total NAND capacity as spare area.'
Well, 279 is about 87.2% of 320, so they were obviously using 320 as a starting point, not the rated capacity of 300.
However---279 is also about 93% of 300--very close to the 93.13225746154785 percent differential to be expected between binary and decimal.
Hmmm.........
I don't see anything explicit at the Anandtech link clarifying this.