D2CSTK251M21-0480 480GB

D2CSTK251M21-0480 480GB
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Effective Speed -64%Effective Speed -64%Average Score -94%Read -10%, Write -65%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -371%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -115%, SusWrite -29%Peak Score -104%Read 2%, Write -61%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -454%, Mixed -23%, 4K Mixed -127%, SusWrite -25%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -119%DQ Read -59%, DQ Write -241%, DQ Mixed -163%, ADQ Read -55%, ADQ Write -215%, ADQ Mixed -155%, Age 30%, AS-SSD Total -96%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 60.1% (801^st of 1072)

Based on 28 user benchmarks. Model: D2CSTK251M21-0480

Poor: 49%Average: 60.1% Great: 70%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The D2CSTK251M21-0480 480GB averaged 39.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 102MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.6MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the D2CSTK251M21-0480 480GB is 20.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the D2CSTK251M21-0480 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 18.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 91.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 28 samples)

Rank 80160.1%

Min	Avg	Max
290	Read 417	515
142	Write 245	302
182	Mixed 277	345
128	SusWrite 230	310
65.2% 292 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.6	4K Read 24.6	30.7
12.7	4K Write 18.6	22.1
9.44	4K Mixed 20.9	25.7
73.8% 21.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.7	DQ Read 210	231
79.1	DQ Write 91.6	105
9.15	DQ Mixed 102	126
88.7% 135 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 17 months ago.

408GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.25

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 281 296 304 312 301 MB/s

69.7% Good

Write 287

Mixed 344

SusWrite 295

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 17.8

4K Mixed 24.7

82% 23.2 MB/s

DQ Read 225

DQ Write 84.4

DQ Mixed 125

100% 145 MB/s

CAN-User, 14 months ago.

360GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.25

SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 292 306 304 305 299 MB/s

67.3% Good

Write 302

Mixed 345

SusWrite 300

78% 349 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 19.8

4K Mixed 21.4

77% 22.4 MB/s

DQ Read 222

DQ Write 104

DQ Mixed 125

103% 150 MB/s

USA-User, 13 months ago.

164GB free

Firmware: 2.25

SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 233 204 194 197 186 MB/s

64% Good

Write 297

Mixed 326

SusWrite 205

71% 320 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 22.1

4K Mixed 25.7

84% 24.6 MB/s

DQ Read 231

DQ Write 93.5

DQ Mixed 119

100% 148 MB/s

CAN-User, 7 months ago.

349GB free

Firmware: 2.25

SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 261 282 290 282 278 MB/s

60.6% Good

Write 191

Mixed 237

SusWrite 270

57% 256 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 16.8

4K Mixed 21.3

78% 21.9 MB/s

DQ Read 227

DQ Write 95.3

DQ Mixed 115

97% 146 MB/s

USA-User, 6 months ago.

112GB free

Firmware: 2.25

SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 225 218 213 217 217 MB/s

60.5% Good

Write 301

Mixed 322

SusWrite 215

70% 313 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 19.6

4K Mixed 21.6

78% 22.4 MB/s

DQ Read 216

DQ Write 96.9

DQ Mixed 115

96% 143 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

277GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.25

SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 210 230 213 214 216 MB/s

60.5% Good

Write 283

Mixed 303

SusWrite 210

68% 302 MB/s

4K Read 27.9

4K Write 20.9

4K Mixed 20.3

79% 23 MB/s

DQ Read 220

DQ Write 96.8

DQ Mixed 110

94% 142 MB/s

USA-User, 15 months ago.

407GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.25

SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 265 234 157 180 153 MB/s

58.7% Above average

Write 281

Mixed 296

SusWrite 209

66% 293 MB/s

4K Read 24.4

4K Write 19.5

4K Mixed 22.1

76% 22 MB/s

DQ Read 228

DQ Write 88.5

DQ Mixed 118

98% 145 MB/s

USA-User, 15 months ago.

404GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.25

SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 152 143 149 139 140 MB/s

51.2% Above average

Write 274

Mixed 300

SusWrite 154

60% 267 MB/s

4K Read 23.8

4K Write 19

4K Mixed 18

69% 20.3 MB/s

DQ Read 221

DQ Write 100

DQ Mixed 102

91% 141 MB/s

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Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,406x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,166x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,071x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	375x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	302x

SSD
D2CSTK251M21-0480 480GBBench 60%, 28 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $336

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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

D2CSTK251M21-0480 480GB

Average Bench: 60.1% (801^st of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

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D2CSTK251M21-0480 480GB

Average Bench: 60.1% (801st of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

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Average Bench: 60.1% (801^st of 1072)