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TOSHIBA-RD500 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 235% (67th of 1072)

Based on 277 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA-RD500
Poor: 168%Average: 235% Great: 277%

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Outstanding average bench

The TOSHIBA-RD500 1TB averaged 135.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the TOSHIBA-RD500 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,108MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,238MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TOSHIBA-RD500 1TB is 109%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the TOSHIBA-RD500 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 128MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 277 samples)
Rank 67235%
Min Avg Max
543 Read 1,314 1,606
1,335 Write 2,238 2,622
554 Mixed 1,454 1,804
746 SusWrite 1,119 1,334
347% 1,531 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.7 4K Read 41.7 51.7
85 4K Write 128 164
17.3 4K Mixed 57 70.4
204% 75.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
903 DQ Read 1,316 1,677
613 DQ Write 1,011 1,360
570 DQ Mixed 1,108 1,480
844% 1,145 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
217GB free
Firmware: ECFA10.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2081 2001 953 944 952 960 MB/s
290% Outstanding
Read 1,370
Write 1,646
Mixed 1,502
SusWrite 1,315
330% 1,458 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 195
4K Mixed 64.9
246% 99.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,946
DQ Write 1,649
DQ Mixed 1,795
1,346% 1,797 MB/s
653GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFA10.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1878 587 489 810 826 754 MB/s
227% Outstanding
Read 1,452
Write 2362
Mixed 1,417
SusWrite 890
346% 1,530 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 94.2
4K Mixed 54.5
173% 61.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1571
DQ Write 1144
DQ Mixed 1360
1,016% 1,358 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,761,593 SSDs tested

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Typical TOSHIBA-RD500 1TB Builds (Compare 7,903 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 142%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550-PLUS

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $134Bench 96%, 383,420 samples2,625x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,228x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples855x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples823x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples701x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples622x
SSD
TOSHIBA-RD500 1TBBench 235%, 277 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples375x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples223x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples205x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $574

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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