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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 176% (126th of 1072)

Based on 117 user benchmarks.  Model: NE-480
Poor: 112%Average: 176% Great: 230%

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Outstanding average bench

The NE-480 480GB averaged 75.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the NE-480 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,494MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,076MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the NE-480 480GB is 118%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the NE-480 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 551MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 34.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 117 samples)
Rank 126176%
Min Avg Max
712 Read 1,494 1,848
86 Write 1,076 1,542
112 Mixed 825 1,686
144 SusWrite 551 1,114
220% 986 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.9 4K Read 44.6 58
42.9 4K Write 114 188
11.7 4K Mixed 34.9 55.2
172% 64.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
49.8 DQ Read 542 957
53.9 DQ Write 470 1,005
6.34 DQ Mixed 94.7 659
183% 369 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
248GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 660 460 159 196 199 126 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 1,356
Write 1,162
Mixed 1,004
SusWrite 300
213% 956 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 42.1
181% 68.2 MB/s
DQ Read 591
DQ Write 692
DQ Mixed 77.7
215% 454 MB/s
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 144 291 438 523 172 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 1,328
Write 1,156
Mixed 590
SusWrite 414
194% 872 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 57.8
4K Mixed 21.9
120% 40.2 MB/s
DQ Read 597
DQ Write 91.5
DQ Mixed 31
103% 240 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1011 497 427 159 156 135 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 1,232
Write 1,058
Mixed 330
SusWrite 398
167% 754 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 22.7
4K Mixed 12.8
90% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 790
DQ Write 277
DQ Mixed 88.2
182% 385 MB/s
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 69 60 60 51 49 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 1,496
Write 250
Mixed 177
SusWrite 81.1
107% 501 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 43.4
4K Mixed 19.7
97% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 584
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 79.3
156% 323 MB/s
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN02486
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 179 274 345 126 141 MB/s
90.8% Outstanding
Read 681
Write 436
Mixed 204
SusWrite 196
84% 379 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 33.5
154% 67.8 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 50.4
DQ Mixed 116
86% 117 MB/s
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Gaming 99%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-I GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples300x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples146x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples133x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples71x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples69x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples66x
SSD
NE-480 480GBBench 176%, 117 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples96x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples66x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples44x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 130% - Outstanding Total price: $338

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