Adata ASP550SS3-480GM-C

Premier SP550 480GB

▲ Premier SP550 480GB
BENCHMARKS (8,505)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -16%Effective Speed -16%Average Score -22%Read 4%, Write -13%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite -133%Peak Score -25%Read 4%, Write -7%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite -162%Value & Sentiment -237%User Rating -6%, Market Share -878%, Price -5%, Value -58%Nice To Haves -2%DQ Read -1%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -7%, ADQ Read -6%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed -2%, Age 6%, AS-SSD Total -3%

Average Bench: 81.6% (466^th of 1072)

Based on 8,505 user benchmarks. Models: ADATA SP550, ADATA SP 550, ADAT SP550

Poor: 61%Average: 81.6% Great: 95%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Adata Premier SP550 480GB averaged just 18.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Adata Premier SP550 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 216MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 39.3MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata Premier SP550 480GB is 34.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Adata Premier SP550 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 146MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 331MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,505 samples)

Rank 46681.6%

Min	Avg	Max
363	Read 461	508
78.5	Write 364	446
122	Mixed 331	396
117	SusWrite 146	168
72.7% 326 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.5	4K Read 27.8	33.1
35	4K Write 80.7	114
23.9	4K Mixed 39.3	49.3
135% 49.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
207	DQ Read 284	341
75.3	DQ Write 269	334
99.1	DQ Mixed 216	252
179% 256 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

SWE-User, 5 days ago.

67GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0330AA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 205 112 77 77 77 MB/s

88.3% Excellent

Write 429

Mixed 388

SusWrite 141

81% 363 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 88.9

4K Mixed 44.2

150% 54.5 MB/s

DQ Read 284

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 240

197% 280 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 days ago.

46GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O0803B5a

SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 167 92 90 90 95 MB/s

80.9% Excellent

Write 458

Mixed 383

SusWrite 160

84% 377 MB/s

4K Read 29.2

4K Write 25.5

4K Mixed 43.3

113% 32.7 MB/s

DQ Read 304

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 103

137% 247 MB/s

CAN-User, 6 days ago.

112GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0330AA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 173 74 74 74 72 MB/s

67.6% Good

Write 400

Mixed 356

SusWrite 143

76% 338 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 45.9

4K Mixed 28.2

92% 31.6 MB/s

DQ Read 287

DQ Write 253

DQ Mixed 234

186% 258 MB/s

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

89GB free

Firmware: O0803B5a

SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 254 92 93 87 97 MB/s

67.3% Good

Write 404

Mixed 339

SusWrite 159

78% 349 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 37.9

4K Mixed 33.5

104% 32.9 MB/s

DQ Read 208

DQ Write 18.6

DQ Mixed 172

110% 133 MB/s

CAN-User, 4 days ago.

262GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 207 144 104 86 104 MB/s

64.8% Good

Write 366

Mixed 308

SusWrite 152

67% 300 MB/s

4K Read 23.2

4K Write 63.1

4K Mixed 27

103% 37.8 MB/s

DQ Read 306

DQ Write 94.3

DQ Mixed 203

149% 201 MB/s

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Typical Premier SP550 480GB Builds (Compare 3,069 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	877x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	664x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	498x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	168x

SSD
Premier SP550 480GBAdata $129Bench 82%, 8,505 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	148x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	133x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	44x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $824

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Adata ASP550SS3-480GM-C

Premier SP550 480GB

Average Bench: 81.6% (466^th of 1072)

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Premier SP550 480GB

Average Bench: 81.6% (466th of 1072)

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