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KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB

KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB
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Effective Speed +95% Effective Speed 95%Average Score +115% Read 112%, Write 238%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 192%, 4K Mixed 28%, SusWrite 178%Peak Score +122% Read 140%, Write 221%, 4K Read 21%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 215%, 4K Mixed 22%, SusWrite 189%Value & Sentiment User Rating -13%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +236% DQ Read 275%, DQ Write 264%, DQ Mixed 278%, ADQ Read 214%, ADQ Write 178%, ADQ Mixed 230%, Age 222%, AS-SSD Total 223%

Average Bench: 188% (98^th of 1058)

Based on 71 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe KIOXIA-EXCERIA S

Poor: 124%Average: 188% Great: 233%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB averaged 88.1% 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 818MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,020MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB is 109%. 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 792MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 71 samples)

Rank 98188%

Min	Avg	Max
405	Read 966	1,219
704	Write 1,357	1,558
300	Mixed 1,009	1,303
427	SusWrite 792	1,082
233% 1,031 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.2	4K Read 41.2	51.1
59.7	4K Write 120	176
28.6	4K Mixed 55.9	69.6
197% 72.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
413	DQ Read 1,020	1,380
104	DQ Write 788	1,285
164	DQ Mixed 818	1,203
635% 876 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ROU-User, 1 day ago.

433GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFA15.1 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1432 1520 1298 798 797 803 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 1,535

Mixed 1,241

SusWrite 1,108

284% 1253 MB/s

4K Read 52.1

4K Write 131

4K Mixed 63.4

229% 82.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,172

DQ Write 911

DQ Mixed 1,023

770% 1,035 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 hr ago.

397GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFA12.b Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1439 1161 665 720 631 670 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1,504

Mixed 1,191

SusWrite 881

267% 1,180 MB/s

4K Read 46.8

4K Write 149

4K Mixed 71.5

241% 89 MB/s

DQ Read 1343

DQ Write 915

DQ Mixed 1,144

850% 1134 MB/s

TUR-User, 2 days ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFA12.7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 665 521 406 361 472 439 MB/s

187% Outstanding

Write 1,537

Mixed 366

SusWrite 478

190% 848 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 56.9

199% 76.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,330

DQ Write 1,185

DQ Mixed 667

662% 1,061 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

242GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFA12.7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 237 57 188 494 539 MB/s

151% Outstanding

Write 1,422

Mixed 1,030

SusWrite 333

209% 927 MB/s

4K Read 39.3

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 51.2

186% 68.3 MB/s

DQ Read 800

DQ Write 862

DQ Mixed 254

351% 639 MB/s

ESP-User, 1 month ago.

218GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFA12.7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 603 486 449 457 446 445 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 1,190

Mixed 230

SusWrite 481

130% 572 MB/s

4K Read 33.7

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 49.2

170% 62.7 MB/s

DQ Read 978

DQ Write 762

DQ Mixed 383

419% 708 MB/s

POL-User, 20 days ago.

420GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFA15.3 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 364 367 376 376 375 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 373

Mixed 364

SusWrite 367

81% 357 MB/s

4K Read 39.4

4K Write 86.1

4K Mixed 52.1

172% 59.2 MB/s

DQ Read 420

DQ Write 412

DQ Mixed 668

432% 500 MB/s

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $68

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $290Bench 76%, 754,540 samples	19,590x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $170Bench 82%, 1,121,156 samples	14,414x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $243Bench 79%, 333,425 samples	6,242x

GPU
RX 580AMD $260Bench 55%, 787,457 samples	8,583x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 46%, 398,419 samples	6,448x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 373,446 samples	5,389x

SSD
KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GBNvmeBench 188%, 71 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 598,699 samples	5,057x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $72Bench 83%, 540,354 samples	3,604x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $66Bench 84%, 274,005 samples	2,506x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $686

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Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $334	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Nvme

KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB

Average Bench: 188% (98^th of 1058)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $68

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KIOXIA-EXCERIA S 500GB

Average Bench: 188% (98th of 1058)

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Terrible consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $68

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Average Bench: 188% (98^th of 1058)