PNY

CS900 250GB

CS900 250GB
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Effective Speed -61%Effective Speed -61%Average Score -65%Read -12%, Write -52%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -78%, Mixed -37%, 4K Mixed -78%, SusWrite -145%Peak Score -38%Read -3%, Write -14%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -50%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -45%, SusWrite -122%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -32%DQ Read -32%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -66%, ADQ Read -63%, ADQ Write -42%, ADQ Mixed -120%, Age 100%, AS-SSD Total -23%

Average Bench: 61.3% (788^th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS900 250GB

Poor: 45%Average: 61.3% Great: 78%

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Above average average bench

The PNY CS900 250GB averaged 38.6% 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 118MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS900 250GB is 32.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the PNY CS900 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 121MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 262MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)

Rank 78861.3%

Min	Avg	Max
298	Read 409	490
102	Write 267	427
34.1	Mixed 262	368
49.4	SusWrite 121	174
58.8% 265 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.8	4K Read 22.7	36
19.7	4K Write 49.2	81.7
18.1	4K Mixed 25.3	40.1
93% 32.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.3	DQ Read 200	278
19.6	DQ Write 204	325
14.2	DQ Mixed 118	200
112% 174 MB/s

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

CAN-User, 7 months ago.

26GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0613

SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 137 136 25 56 54 MB/s

63.7% Good

Write 380

Mixed 324

SusWrite 104

69% 309 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 64.7

4K Mixed 26

103% 38.1 MB/s

DQ Read 275

DQ Write 123

DQ Mixed 14.2

60% 137 MB/s

MYS-User, 5 months ago.

117GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS90

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 161 82 100 62 69 MB/s

62.3% Good

Write 241

Mixed 266

SusWrite 112

55% 247 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 46.5

4K Mixed 25.4

95% 32.2 MB/s

DQ Read 249

DQ Write 272

DQ Mixed 192

164% 238 MB/s

MYS-User, 6 months ago.

121GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS90

SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 134 112 69 91 48 MB/s

51.3% Above average

Write 122

Mixed 223

SusWrite 103

42% 187 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 35.6

4K Mixed 20.1

71% 24.4 MB/s

DQ Read 234

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 186

158% 229 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	236x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	107x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	38x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x

SSD
CS900 250GBPNYBench 61%, 19 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	28x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	20x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	11x

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Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $252

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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CS900 250GB

Average Bench: 61.3% (788^th of 1072)

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