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ESA3SME2HTMBT480GB 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 85.5% (396th of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: ESA3SME2HTMBT480GB
Poor: 34%Average: 85.5% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The ESA3SME2HTMBT480GB 480GB averaged just 14.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ESA3SME2HTMBT480GB 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 102MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 32.2MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ESA3SME2HTMBT480GB 480GB is 74%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the ESA3SME2HTMBT480GB 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 156MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 221MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 39685.5%
Min Avg Max
374 Read 475 523
344 Write 430 473
136 Mixed 406 492
149 SusWrite 156 161
82.2% 367 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.4 4K Read 24.5 31.5
1.5 4K Write 69.6 109
14.3 4K Mixed 32.2 41.9
115% 42.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.8 DQ Read 221 314
90.5 DQ Write 229 311
24.7 DQ Mixed 102 249
110% 184 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
263GB free
Firmware: O1217A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 462
Mixed 469
107% 479 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 98.2
4K Mixed 41.7
151% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 306
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 85.5
122% 227 MB/s
356GB free
Firmware: O1217A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 519
Write 467
Mixed 477
109% 488 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 41.9
159% 60.9 MB/s
DQ Read 30.9
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 24.7
56% 107 MB/s
397GB free
Firmware: O1217A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 450
Mixed 463
105% 471 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 91.5
4K Mixed 40.4
144% 53.7 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 86.5
113% 204 MB/s
169GB free
Firmware: O1217A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
87.6% Excellent
Read 515
Write 469
Mixed 475
108% 486 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 92.2
4K Mixed 22.4
121% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 29.8
DQ Write 90.5
DQ Mixed 76.9
54% 65.7 MB/s
250GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1217A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 221 154 96 97 92 MB/s
77.2% Very good
Read 422
Write 380
Mixed 331
SusWrite 149
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 73
4K Mixed 35.4
120% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 249
204% 291 MB/s
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1217A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 224 112 93 93 MB/s
67% Good
Read 398
Write 370
Mixed 333
SusWrite 158
71% 315 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 59
4K Mixed 34.1
109% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 97.6
DQ Mixed 121
100% 147 MB/s
409GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1217A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 239 87 93 108 90 MB/s
34.2% Below average
Read 374
Write 344
Mixed 136
SusWrite 161
56% 254 MB/s
4K Read 5.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 14.3
27% 7.07 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,724,250 SSDs tested

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Typical ESA3SME2HTMBT480GB 480GB Builds (Compare 1,873 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 20%
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Motherboard: MSI H110M GAMING (MS-7994)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples364x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples178x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples153x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples239x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples236x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples149x
SSD
ESA3SME2HTMBT480GB 480GBBench 86%, 9 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair  $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples60x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples49x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples42x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $172

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