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Rocket Q 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 139% (169th of 1072)

Based on 1,201 user benchmarks.  Model: Sabrent Rocket Q
Poor: 50%Average: 139% Great: 214%

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Outstanding average bench

The Sabrent Rocket Q 500GB averaged 39.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sabrent Rocket Q 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 320MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 588MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sabrent Rocket Q 500GB is 163%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Sabrent Rocket Q 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 377MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 287MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,201 samples)
Rank 169139%
Min Avg Max
361 Read 897 1,064
763 Write 935 1,045
142 Mixed 766 941
84.2 SusWrite 377 998
167% 744 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.81 4K Read 36.7 57.6
71.9 4K Write 146 218
0.5 4K Mixed 51.7 81.4
199% 78.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.8 DQ Read 287 384
80.3 DQ Write 588 1,011
61.8 DQ Mixed 320 489
277% 399 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
404GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT30Q.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 879 889 881 881 874 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 1,009
Write 877
Mixed 893
SusWrite 879
206% 914 MB/s
4K Read 56.2
4K Write 178
4K Mixed 76.2
277% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 858
DQ Mixed 474
402% 571 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: RKT30Q.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 937 930 924 921 925 923 MB/s
201% Outstanding
Read 780
Write 836
Mixed 708
SusWrite 927
184% 813 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 224
4K Mixed 69.2
276% 113 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 936
DQ Mixed 487
420% 601 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT30Q.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 165 59 99 52 25 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 1,032
Write 950
Mixed 697
SusWrite 81.8
154% 690 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 55.9
188% 72.3 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 461
DQ Mixed 57.6
144% 299 MB/s
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT30Q.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 127 104 86 77 100 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 905
Write 866
Mixed 800
SusWrite 96.7
149% 667 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 69.9
4K Mixed 48.6
153% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 138
143% 234 MB/s
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Typical Rocket Q 500GB Builds (Compare 24,507 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 128%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 129%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $194

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,433x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $217Bench 98%, 123,561 samples4,060x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $156Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,288x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $425Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,137x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $830Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,985x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $378Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,401x
SSD
Rocket Q 500GBSabrentBench 139%, 1,201 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples740x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $54Bench 85%, 346,786 samples684x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $121Bench 89%, 144,399 samples619x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $861

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