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Starlink 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 113% (202nd of 1072)

Based on 80 user benchmarks.  Model: Ransor Starlink 500GB
Poor: 27%Average: 113% Great: 316%

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Outstanding average bench

The Ransor Starlink 500GB averaged 12.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Ransor Starlink 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 204MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 877MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ransor Starlink 500GB is 289%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Ransor Starlink 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 373MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 454MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 80 samples)
Rank 202113%
Min Avg Max
312 Read 877 2,613
89.6 Write 612 1,835
13.4 Mixed 454 1,447
47.9 SusWrite 373 1,394
129% 579 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.33 4K Read 31.5 65.6
5.79 4K Write 82.6 197
0.2 4K Mixed 29.1 92.4
129% 47.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
89.4 DQ Read 401 1,281
12.5 DQ Write 372 1,083
0.28 DQ Mixed 204 978
203% 326 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
342GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0311A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 411 416 425 424 429 MB/s
97.8% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 408
Mixed 382
SusWrite 421
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 26.1
140% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 38.4
90% 181 MB/s
423GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1120A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 431 445 114 19 159 MB/s
89.3% Excellent
Read 514
Write 432
Mixed 394
SusWrite 259
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 31.2
144% 58.3 MB/s
DQ Read 124
DQ Write 319
DQ Mixed 0.4
64% 148 MB/s
214GB free
Firmware: T0311A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 353 373 352 328 335 MB/s
72.1% Very good
Read 420
Write 349
Mixed 319
SusWrite 349
81% 359 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 51.1
4K Mixed 16.7
76% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 37.9
89% 181 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1120A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 156 34 7 14 8.1 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 382
Write 294
Mixed 292
SusWrite 37.3
56% 251 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 39.5
4K Mixed 16.5
70% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 0.3
59% 137 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0807A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 131 56 55 7.5 37 MB/s
46.3% Average
Read 341
Write 251
Mixed 298
SusWrite 48.6
52% 235 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 48
4K Mixed 22.6
82% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 31.1
DQ Mixed 0.7
25% 63.9 MB/s
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Typical Starlink 500GB Builds (Compare 326 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 90%
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Motherboard: Biostar B550MH

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples84x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples45x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD  $119Bench 86%, 14,368 samples33x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples43x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples29x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples24x
SSD
Starlink 500GBRansorBench 113%, 80 samples1x
RAM
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples18x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples16x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $431

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