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ASM236X NVME 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 102% (246th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: ASMT ASM236X NVME
Poor: 60%Average: 102% Great: 136%

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Outstanding average bench

The Asmt ASM236X NVME 500GB averaged 2.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Asmt ASM236X NVME 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 224MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.8MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asmt ASM236X NVME 500GB is 75.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Asmt ASM236X NVME 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 44.8MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 250MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 246102%
Min Avg Max
235 Read 592 834
281 Write 588 964
95.8 Mixed 532 867
220 SusWrite 518 874
126% 557 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.8 4K Read 31.8 46.7
20.7 4K Write 44.8 75
15.4 4K Mixed 34.8 55
116% 37.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
88 DQ Read 250 436
56.5 DQ Write 225 364
39.6 DQ Mixed 224 393
172% 233 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
376GB free
Firmware: 0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 782 780 781 779 780 780 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 821
Write 786
Mixed 739
SusWrite 780
176% 781 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 72.1
4K Mixed 48.5
158% 52.9 MB/s
DQ Read 411
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 370
281% 379 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: 0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 755 754 754 621 617 625 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 748
Write 748
Mixed 692
SusWrite 688
162% 719 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 55.8
4K Mixed 45.2
144% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 211
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 242
176% 228 MB/s
178GB free
Firmware: 0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 75 74 71 94 749 MB/s
92.2% Outstanding
Read 681
Write 745
Mixed 671
SusWrite 238
131% 584 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 50.2
4K Mixed 39.1
131% 41.7 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 227
168% 220 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,661,601 SSDs tested

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Typical ASM236X NVME 500GB Builds (Compare 1,560 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 37%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME - $589

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples527x
Core i7-4930KIntel  $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples272x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples180x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples122x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples115x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples112x
SSD
ASM236X NVME 500GBAsmtBench 102%, 50 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples22x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 3,160 samples21x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $1,069

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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