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CS2130 1TB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 181% (120th of 1072)

Based on 3,107 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS2130 1TB SSD
Poor: 55%Average: 181% Great: 298%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS2130 1TB SSD averaged 80.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS2130 1TB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 705MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,693MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS2130 1TB SSD is 243%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS2130 1TB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 36MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 720MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,107 samples)
Rank 120181%
Min Avg Max
135 Read 1,157 1,448
679 Write 1,693 1,958
83.7 Mixed 1,048 1,354
135 SusWrite 720 1,897
261% 1,155 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.03 4K Read 36 52.6
60.9 4K Write 136 235
0.43 4K Mixed 52.3 81.6
194% 74.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
60.4 DQ Read 604 751
108 DQ Write 803 1,637
99.3 DQ Mixed 705 938
532% 704 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: CS213530
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1338 1421 1820 1893 1892 1845 MB/s
288% Outstanding
Read 1,424
Write 1,915
Mixed 1,339
SusWrite 1,702
361% 1,595 MB/s
4K Read 50.8
4K Write 192
4K Mixed 72.5
271% 105 MB/s
DQ Read 685
DQ Write 1,311
DQ Mixed 870
697% 955 MB/s
262GB free
Firmware: CS213530
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1773 1561 105 135 110 101 MB/s
241% Outstanding
Read 1,272
Write 1,895
Mixed 1,363
SusWrite 631
291% 1,290 MB/s
4K Read 54.1
4K Write 260
4K Mixed 83.6
327% 133 MB/s
DQ Read 686
DQ Write 1,662
DQ Mixed 337
496% 895 MB/s
604GB free
Firmware: CS213530
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1203 1247 1275 1315 1316 1317 MB/s
223% Outstanding
Read 1,009
Write 1,293
Mixed 1,051
SusWrite 1,279
262% 1,158 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 60.5
201% 70.6 MB/s
DQ Read 688
DQ Write 1,218
DQ Mixed 870
683% 925 MB/s
472GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS213530
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 139 198 181 131 214 MB/s
63.6% Good
Read 434
Write 1,817
Mixed 29.6
SusWrite 185
140% 616 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 89.4
4K Mixed 0.4
48% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 614
DQ Write 385
DQ Mixed 748
490% 582 MB/s
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Gaming 142%
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Desktop 98%
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Workstation 142%
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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples4,702x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples2,282x
Core i7-10700KFIntel  $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples1,462x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,557x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,700x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,628x
SSD
CS2130 1TB SSDPNYBench 181%, 3,107 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples946x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples564x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $876

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