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Neutron 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 88% (359th of 1072)

Based on 32 user benchmarks.  Model: Corsair Neutron
Poor: 68%Average: 88% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Corsair Neutron 480GB averaged just 12.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Neutron 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 81.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.4MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Neutron 480GB is 37%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Neutron 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 317MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 23.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)
Rank 35988%
Min Avg Max
356 Read 477 608
36.7 Write 421 565
116 Mixed 407 516
20.3 SusWrite 317 437
91.1% 405 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 26.4 38.5
4.8 4K Write 81.1 128
5 4K Mixed 23.5 43
113% 43.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.8 DQ Read 273 369
67.1 DQ Write 256 357
12.8 DQ Mixed 81.2 255
111% 203 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
341GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M311
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 360 270 375 356 357 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 490
Write 418
Mixed 342
SusWrite 346
90% 399 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 40.8
162% 63.8 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 255
214% 312 MB/s
387GB free
Firmware: 01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 376 321 340 392 253 MB/s
82.8% Excellent
Read 493
Write 490
Mixed 336
SusWrite 336
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 45.2
4K Mixed 14.8
99% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 204
184% 279 MB/s
894GB free
Firmware: SAFC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 431 415 434 414 416 MB/s
68.1% Good
Read 608
Write 565
Mixed 215
SusWrite 437
102% 457 MB/s
4K Read 12.2
4K Write 17
4K Mixed 10.9
42% 13.4 MB/s
DQ Read 96.5
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 41
47% 80 MB/s
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M311
SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 219 124 169 157 104 MB/s
51.2% Above average
Read 395
Write 274
Mixed 116
SusWrite 176
53% 240 MB/s
4K Read 9.4
4K Write 19.6
4K Mixed 11.6
40% 13.5 MB/s
DQ Read 257
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 222
184% 261 MB/s
139GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 46 16 14 16 15 MB/s
18.9% Very poor
Read 356
Write 222
Mixed 318
SusWrite 20.3
51% 229 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 5
10% 3.47 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,725,947 SSDs tested

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Typical Neutron 480GB Builds (Compare 570 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples136x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples75x
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples74x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples55x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples37x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples35x
SSD
Neutron 480GBCorsairBench 88%, 32 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples22x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples15x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $90

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