PNY

CS2030 240GB SSD

CS2030 240GB SSD
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Effective Speed +43% Effective Speed 43%Average Score +35% Read 119%, Write 45%, 4K Read 0%, 4K Write 12%, Mixed 36%, 4K Mixed -4%, SusWrite 36%Peak Score +82% Read 146%, Write 169%, 4K Read 0%, 4K Write 11%, Mixed 102%, 4K Mixed -0%, SusWrite 146%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +97% DQ Read 169%, DQ Write 110%, DQ Mixed 135%, ADQ Read 146%, ADQ Write 41%, ADQ Mixed 46%, Age 5%, AS-SSD Total 124%

Average Bench: 140% (167^th of 1072)

Based on 590 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS2030 240GB SSD

Poor: 96%Average: 140% Great: 197%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS2030 240GB SSD averaged 40.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS2030 240GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 381MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 804MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS2030 240GB SSD is 101%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS2030 240GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 402MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 489MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 590 samples)

Rank 167140%

Min	Avg	Max
618	Read 1,003	1,247
122	Write 588	1,302
210	Mixed 489	857
126	SusWrite 402	951
138% 621 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.6	4K Read 34.4	43
47.9	4K Write 98.4	136
29.5	4K Mixed 43.1	58.1
159% 58.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
446	DQ Read 804	989
111	DQ Write 407	751
149	DQ Mixed 381	780
343% 531 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 1 month ago.

223GB free

Firmware: CS203020

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1102 1105 1104 1115 1108 1102 MB/s

201% Outstanding

Write 1,298

Mixed 846

SusWrite 1,106

250% 1,110 MB/s

4K Read 37

4K Write 88.3

4K Mixed 47.4

164% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 866

DQ Write 739

DQ Mixed 779

590% 795 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

223GB free

Firmware: CS203020

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1131 1144 1096 1110 968 901 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,249

Mixed 816

SusWrite 1,058

238% 1,054 MB/s

4K Read 41.7

4K Write 76.6

4K Mixed 50.4

168% 56.2 MB/s

DQ Read 865

DQ Write 739

DQ Mixed 759

581% 788 MB/s

FRA-User, 22 days ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS203021

SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 302 212 222 330 336 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 188

Mixed 322

SusWrite 265

98% 450 MB/s

4K Read 31.6

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 42.2

157% 59.2 MB/s

DQ Read 889

DQ Write 208

DQ Mixed 270

270% 456 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

116GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS203020

SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 134 142 151 126 150 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 127

Mixed 216

SusWrite 138

81% 377 MB/s

4K Read 36.8

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 45.8

177% 67.1 MB/s

DQ Read 868

DQ Write 123

DQ Mixed 161

203% 384 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

23GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS203020

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 121 128 128 148 127 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 209

Mixed 216

SusWrite 130

84% 391 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 82.1

4K Mixed 36.7

139% 50.2 MB/s

DQ Read 859

DQ Write 116

DQ Mixed 163

202% 379 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

129GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS203020

SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 331 340 350 355 351 MB/s

90.5% Outstanding

Write 378

Mixed 409

SusWrite 342

107% 484 MB/s

4K Read 16.4

4K Write 37

4K Mixed 19

69% 24.1 MB/s

DQ Read 416

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 292

238% 341 MB/s

USA-User, 23 days ago.

123GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS203020

SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 126 134 126 175 132 MB/s

87.8% Excellent

Write 126

Mixed 207

SusWrite 135

56% 256 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 71

4K Mixed 33.8

121% 43.8 MB/s

DQ Read 775

DQ Write 124

DQ Mixed 160

191% 353 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS203020

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 126 124 125 126 MB/s

83.7% Excellent

Write 108

Mixed 212

SusWrite 125

63% 289 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 59.2

4K Mixed 27.1

101% 36.4 MB/s

DQ Read 627

DQ Write 125

DQ Mixed 167

177% 307 MB/s

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B85) - $166

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	872x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	522x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	502x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	321x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	280x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	271x

SSD
CS2030 240GB SSDPNYBench 140%, 590 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	253x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	230x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	187x

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Value: 123% - Outstanding

Total price: $522

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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

PNY

CS2030 240GB SSD

Average Bench: 140% (167^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B85) - $166

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CS2030 240GB SSD

Average Bench: 140% (167th of 1072)

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