Intel SSDSC2BB480G4

S3500 Series 480GB

S3500 Series 480GB
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Effective Speed -16%Effective Speed -16%Average Score -18%Read -37%, Write -5%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -36%, SusWrite 24%Peak Score -25%Read -38%, Write -10%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed -34%, 4K Mixed -49%, SusWrite 10%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -58%, Value -42%Nice To Haves -24%DQ Read -23%, DQ Write -38%, DQ Mixed -26%, ADQ Read -20%, ADQ Write -28%, ADQ Mixed -11%, Age -20%, AS-SSD Total -27%

Average Bench: 84.8% (405^th of 1072)

Based on 1,069 user benchmarks. Models: INTEL SSDSC2BB480G4, INTEL SSDSC2BB480G4R, INTEL SSDSC2BB480G4L

Poor: 65%Average: 84.8% Great: 98%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Intel S3500 Series 480GB averaged just 15.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel S3500 Series 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 234MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.1MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel S3500 Series 480GB is 33.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel S3500 Series 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 282MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 334MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,069 samples)

Rank 40584.8%

Min	Avg	Max
288	Read 334	367
296	Write 386	442
213	Mixed 282	317
233	SusWrite 368	426
77.4% 343 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.9	4K Read 27.7	32.5
38.5	4K Write 74.2	101
23.7	4K Mixed 33.1	39.1
124% 45 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
183	DQ Read 272	299
97.4	DQ Write 225	259
82.8	DQ Mixed 234	263
179% 244 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 21 days ago.

326GB free

Firmware: D2010355

SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 440 432 413 391 429 MB/s

98.4% Outstanding

Write 433

Mixed 317

SusWrite 424

86% 381 MB/s

4K Read 32

4K Write 99.2

4K Mixed 39.5

152% 56.9 MB/s

DQ Read 299

DQ Write 241

DQ Mixed 258

196% 266 MB/s

AUT-User, 17 days ago.

316GB free

Firmware: D2012370

SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 440 437 437 397 406 MB/s

93.7% Outstanding

Write 441

Mixed 317

SusWrite 426

88% 388 MB/s

4K Read 30

4K Write 79.1

4K Mixed 35.6

133% 48.2 MB/s

DQ Read 289

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 262

200% 270 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

351GB free (System drive)

Firmware: D2010374

SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 423 387 407 433 434 MB/s

92.3% Outstanding

Write 439

Mixed 311

SusWrite 417

86% 380 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 77.1

4K Mixed 35.5

131% 47.4 MB/s

DQ Read 298

DQ Write 259

DQ Mixed 264

202% 273 MB/s

USA-User, 13 days ago.

331GB free (System drive)

Firmware: D2012370

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 379 372 407 410 411 MB/s

84.3% Excellent

Write 408

Mixed 296

SusWrite 388

80% 351 MB/s

4K Read 26.9

4K Write 63

4K Mixed 32.8

116% 40.9 MB/s

DQ Read 293

DQ Write 256

DQ Mixed 250

194% 266 MB/s

KOR-User, 16 days ago.

410GB free (System drive)

Firmware: D201DL10

SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 374 378 338 360 389 MB/s

81.3% Excellent

Write 386

Mixed 288

SusWrite 367

78% 345 MB/s

4K Read 25

4K Write 66.7

4K Mixed 30.8

113% 40.8 MB/s

DQ Read 249

DQ Write 227

DQ Mixed 239

179% 238 MB/s

PRT-User, 1 day ago.

201GB free

Firmware: D2012370

SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 242 244 243 241 242 MB/s

59% Above average

Write 330

Mixed 254

SusWrite 244

63% 278 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 39.8

4K Mixed 20.8

74% 26 MB/s

DQ Read 228

DQ Write 212

DQ Mixed 228

169% 222 MB/s

NLD-User, 28 days ago.

415GB free (System drive)

Firmware: D2010355

SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 123 121 121 121 MB/s

47.6% Average

Write 122

Mixed 154

SusWrite 122

38% 171 MB/s

4K Read 19.1

4K Write 27.6

4K Mixed 21.4

71% 22.7 MB/s

DQ Read 187

DQ Write 104

DQ Mixed 134

103% 142 MB/s

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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 15%

Surfboard

System: HP Z440 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples	1,239x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples	1,036x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples	860x

GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	739x
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples	376x
Quadro K4200Nvidia $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples	223x

SSD
S3500 Series 480GBIntel $151Bench 85%, 1,069 samples	1x

RAM
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,030 samples	183x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples	177x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 59%, 1,132 samples	157x

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Value: 10% - Terrible

Total price: $591

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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

Intel SSDSC2BB480G4

S3500 Series 480GB

Average Bench: 84.8% (405^th of 1072)

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S3500 Series 480GB

Average Bench: 84.8% (405th of 1072)

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