2.5"

SATA SSD 3MG2-P 496GB

SATA SSD 3MG2-P 496GB
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Effective Speed -1%Effective Speed -1%Average Score -1%Read 5%, Write 1%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite 30%Peak Score -1%Read 3%, Write -10%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed -7%, SusWrite 13%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -29%DQ Read -24%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -59%, ADQ Read -38%, ADQ Write -14%, ADQ Mixed -63%, Age 1%, AS-SSD Total -17%

Average Bench: 97.3% (266^th of 1072)

Based on 52 user benchmarks. Model: 2.5" SATA SSD 3MG2-P

Poor: 70%Average: 97.3% Great: 115%

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Excellent average bench

The 2.5" SATA SSD 3MG2-P 496GB averaged just 2.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 2.5" SATA SSD 3MG2-P 496GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 160MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 41MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 2.5" SATA SSD 3MG2-P 496GB is 45.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the 2.5" SATA SSD 3MG2-P 496GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 333MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 236MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 52 samples)

Rank 26697.3%

Min	Avg	Max
374	Read 480	522
337	Write 408	442
193	Mixed 333	470
208	SusWrite 384	438
90.1% 401 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.9	4K Read 29.7	37
36.8	4K Write 81.5	118
20.7	4K Mixed 41	54.4
141% 50.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.2	DQ Read 236	295
59.1	DQ Write 253	304
22.8	DQ Mixed 160	208
144% 216 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

431GB free

Firmware: M150821

SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 442 442 442 443 441 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 430

Mixed 336

SusWrite 442

95% 423 MB/s

4K Read 30.6

4K Write 85.6

4K Mixed 43.9

148% 53.4 MB/s

DQ Read 270

DQ Write 283

DQ Mixed 202

173% 252 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

462GB free

Firmware: M150821

SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 326 377 375 368 375 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 430

Mixed 344

SusWrite 342

90% 403 MB/s

4K Read 32

4K Write 85.4

4K Mixed 45.2

152% 54.2 MB/s

DQ Read 278

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 199

173% 256 MB/s

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Pro4 - $180

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	239x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	134x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	64x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	39x

SSD
SATA SSD 3MG2-P 496GB2.5"Bench 97%, 52 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	17x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $516

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

2.5"

SATA SSD 3MG2-P 496GB

Average Bench: 97.3% (266^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 97.3% (266th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 97.3% (266^th of 1072)