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CT500P 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 130% (179th of 1072)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID CT500P2SSD8
Poor: 95%Average: 130% Great: 175%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid CT500P 500GB averaged 29.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid CT500P 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 400MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 816MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid CT500P 500GB is 79.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid CT500P 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 246MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 442MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 179130%
Min Avg Max
500 Read 684 1,116
492 Write 1,062 1,611
506 Mixed 861 1,284
125 SusWrite 442 1,072
173% 762 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4 4K Read 31.8 39.8
4 4K Write 120 185
9.4 4K Mixed 47.3 63.4
172% 66.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
84.6 DQ Read 246 367
537 DQ Write 816 1,056
136 DQ Mixed 400 601
344% 487 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
369GB free
Firmware: P2CR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1053 1045 52 52 504 100 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 1,064
Write 1,053
Mixed 840
SusWrite 468
192% 856 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 42.5
168% 65.5 MB/s
DQ Read 84.6
DQ Write 816
DQ Mixed 136
198% 346 MB/s
367GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P2CR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1007 345 375 389 387 418 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 588
Write 467
Mixed 936
SusWrite 487
140% 620 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 54.3
185% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 326
DQ Write 878
DQ Mixed 510
416% 572 MB/s
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P2CR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 854 735 172 277 416 401 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 517
Write 910
Mixed 779
SusWrite 476
152% 670 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 48.2
172% 66.1 MB/s
DQ Read 317
DQ Write 686
DQ Mixed 577
418% 527 MB/s
275GB free
Firmware: P2CR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 598 628 240 51 50 MB/s
47.8% Average
Read 500
Write 492
Mixed 506
SusWrite 344
104% 460 MB/s
4K Read 4
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 9.4
20% 5.8 MB/s
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Gaming 88%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 80%
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Motherboard: MSI MAG B460 TORPEDO (MS-7C81)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples463x
Core i5-10400Intel  $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples147x
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples101x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples163x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples97x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples90x
SSD
CT500P 500GBAmd-raidBench 130%, 16 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples68x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples49x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples35x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $377

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