PNY

CS900 M.2 500GB SSD

CS900 M.2 500GB SSD
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Effective Speed -20%Effective Speed -20%Average Score -24%Read -24%, Write -52%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -34%, SusWrite -4%Peak Score -9%Read -4%, Write -9%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed -12%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite 21%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -8%DQ Read -18%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -45%, ADQ Read -43%, ADQ Write -7%, ADQ Mixed -45%, Age 103%, AS-SSD Total -11%

Average Bench: 82% (454^th of 1071)

Based on 173 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS900 M.2 500GB SSD

Poor: 51%Average: 82% Great: 103%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The PNY CS900 M.2 500GB SSD averaged just 17.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS900 M.2 500GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 180MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.5MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS900 M.2 500GB SSD is 51.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY CS900 M.2 500GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 267MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 286MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 173 samples)

Rank 45482%

Min	Avg	Max
180	Read 368	488
101	Write 267	446
87.1	Mixed 303	378
131	SusWrite 286	469
68.7% 306 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16	4K Read 30.5	39.2
19.8	4K Write 70.4	101
11.3	4K Mixed 33.5	44.7
126% 44.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.7	DQ Read 229	311
15.7	DQ Write 271	354
15.9	DQ Mixed 180	229
155% 227 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

FRA-User, 23 days ago.

83GB free

Firmware: CS900P13

SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 454 246 189 196 192 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 330

Mixed 373

SusWrite 289

82% 368 MB/s

4K Read 38.7

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 44.8

170% 62 MB/s

DQ Read 208

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 206

171% 243 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

342GB free

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 446 137 77 82 81 MB/s

91.4% Outstanding

Write 330

Mixed 340

SusWrite 207

76% 341 MB/s

4K Read 39

4K Write 88.3

4K Mixed 37.5

154% 54.9 MB/s

DQ Read 256

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 189

168% 251 MB/s

ESP-User, 13 days ago.

408GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900P13

SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 421 189 187 186 250 MB/s

90.8% Outstanding

Write 106

Mixed 160

SusWrite 277

49% 221 MB/s

4K Read 35.1

4K Write 85.3

4K Mixed 40.2

150% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 309

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 226

196% 289 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

352GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 321 69 77 79 78 MB/s

84.6% Excellent

Write 385

Mixed 345

SusWrite 171

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 38.1

4K Write 74.8

4K Mixed 35.5

143% 49.5 MB/s

DQ Read 256

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 178

162% 246 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

115GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 161 196 56 128 75 MB/s

71.4% Very good

Write 255

Mixed 158

SusWrite 134

56% 254 MB/s

4K Read 14.9

4K Write 69

4K Mixed 33.9

102% 39.3 MB/s

DQ Read 242

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 181

160% 238 MB/s

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Workstation 149%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 GAMING X

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Core i7-11700KIntel $249Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	810x
Core i5-11600KIntel $182Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	601x
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	345x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	506x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	457x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	433x

SSD
CS900 M.2 500GB SSDPNYBench 82%, 173 samples	1x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	161x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	120x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	111x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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PNY

CS900 M.2 500GB SSD

Average Bench: 82% (454^th of 1071)

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CS900 M.2 500GB SSD

Average Bench: 82% (454th of 1071)

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