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CS90 0 500GB SSD

CS90 0 500GB SSD
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Effective Speed -56%Effective Speed -56%Average Score -53%Read -32%, Write -65%, 4K Read -37%, 4K Write -81%, Mixed -34%, 4K Mixed -71%, SusWrite -49%Peak Score -22%Read -9%, Write -16%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -47%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -55%, SusWrite 12%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -47%DQ Read -49%, DQ Write -31%, DQ Mixed -79%, ADQ Read -95%, ADQ Write -78%, ADQ Mixed -103%, Age 100%, AS-SSD Total -37%

Average Bench: 63.2% (766^th of 1072)

Based on 102 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS90 0 500GB SSD

Poor: 43%Average: 63.2% Great: 89%

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Above average average bench

The PNY CS90 0 500GB SSD averaged 36.8% 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 128MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.1MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS90 0 500GB SSD is 45.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY CS90 0 500GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 199MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 246MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 102 samples)

Rank 76663.2%

Min	Avg	Max
212	Read 346	464
95.7	Write 246	418
133	Mixed 267	370
84.9	SusWrite 199	433
59.3% 265 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.8	4K Read 25.1	35.2
14	4K Write 48.4	83
9.66	4K Mixed 26.4	37.5
97.5% 33.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.7	DQ Read 167	247
18	DQ Write 162	274
16.9	DQ Mixed 128	185
106% 152 MB/s

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Firmware: CS90

SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 384 240 106 103 106 MB/s

61.4% Good

Write 387

Mixed 336

SusWrite 220

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 37.3

4K Mixed 24.3

83% 27.7 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 141

DQ Mixed 122

98% 137 MB/s

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

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Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	542x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	385x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

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GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x

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CS90 0 500GB SSDPNYBench 63%, 102 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	19x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $787

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CS90 0 500GB SSD

Average Bench: 63.2% (766^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 63.2% (766th of 1072)

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