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KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB

KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB
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Effective Speed +85% Effective Speed 85%Average Score +105% Read 101%, Write 240%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 169%, 4K Mixed 21%, SusWrite 158%Peak Score +117% Read 140%, Write 221%, 4K Read 17%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 208%, 4K Mixed 19%, SusWrite 172%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +212% DQ Read 277%, DQ Write 242%, DQ Mixed 264%, ADQ Read 210%, ADQ Write 170%, ADQ Mixed 212%, Age 108%, AS-SSD Total 217%

Average Bench: 182% (118^th of 1072)

Based on 109 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe KIOXIA-EXCERIA S

Poor: 122%Average: 182% Great: 234%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB averaged 82.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 811MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,012MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB is 112%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 764MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 109 samples)

Rank 118182%

Min	Avg	Max
333	Read 921	1,218
794	Write 1,378	1,558
253	Mixed 966	1,303
431	SusWrite 764	1,053
228% 1,007 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.7	4K Read 39.1	50.1
59.5	4K Write 116	170
30.7	4K Mixed 54.6	69.6
190% 69.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
450	DQ Read 1,012	1,383
209	DQ Write 781	1,226
234	DQ Mixed 811	1,204
630% 868 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

TUR-User, 13 days ago.

147GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 16 17 16 18 MB/s

331% Outstanding

Write 31.2

Mixed 63

SusWrite 16.5

216% 1,043 MB/s

4K Read 413

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 4.2

632% 140 MB/s

TUR-User, 3 months ago.

421GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1536 1546 994 864 862 793 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,437

Mixed 1,296

SusWrite 1099

278% 1,227 MB/s

4K Read 40.6

4K Write 93.9

4K Mixed 56.7

184% 63.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,213

DQ Write 917

DQ Mixed 1,036

782% 1,055 MB/s

TUR-User, 15 days ago.

219GB free

Firmware: 15.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1549 1076 1125 816 562 847 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 1,407

Mixed 1,297

SusWrite 996

275% 1,215 MB/s

4K Read 37

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 60.7

192% 69.3 MB/s

DQ Read 916

DQ Write 857

DQ Mixed 944

693% 906 MB/s

ESP-User, 2 months ago.

187GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFA15.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 773 697 622 633 640 695 MB/s

170% Outstanding

Write 1,367

Mixed 1,245

SusWrite 677

213% 930 MB/s

4K Read 43.1

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 63.2

202% 70.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,320

DQ Write 829

DQ Mixed 529

541% 893 MB/s

ESP-User, 2 months ago.

170GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFA12.b Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 678 450 452 411 375 381 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 1,211

Mixed 224

SusWrite 458

127% 555 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 62.4

201% 76.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,250

DQ Write 1,092

DQ Mixed 417

519% 920 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 months ago.

304GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFA12.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1552 1235 737 738 739 726 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 1,505

Mixed 338

SusWrite 954

208% 922 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 56.9

4K Mixed 40.3

130% 43 MB/s

DQ Read 485

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 422

308% 405 MB/s

ESP-User, 2 months ago.

225GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFA12.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 507 524 466 453 418 426 MB/s

128% Outstanding

Write 1,481

Mixed 249

SusWrite 466

144% 628 MB/s

4K Read 28

4K Write 98.7

4K Mixed 50.6

160% 59.1 MB/s

DQ Read 956

DQ Write 696

DQ Mixed 881

643% 844 MB/s

TUR-User, 11 days ago.

80GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFA12.b Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 270 299 263 239 217 MB/s

64.9% Good

Write 1,003

Mixed 122

SusWrite 310

91% 398 MB/s

4K Read 4.8

4K Write 26.7

4K Mixed 25.5

54% 19 MB/s

DQ Read 848

DQ Write 121

DQ Mixed 277

256% 415 MB/s

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) - $197

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,736x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	732x
Core i5-10400Intel $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	509x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	381x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	326x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	314x

SSD
KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GBNvmeBench 182%, 109 samples	1x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	209x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	102x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $603

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB

Average Bench: 182% (118^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) - $197

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Average Bench: 182% (118th of 1072)

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Motherboard: MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) - $197

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Average Bench: 182% (118^th of 1072)