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Zotac ZTSSD-PG3-480G-GE

Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 184% (115th of 1072)

Based on 250 user benchmarks.  Models: NVMe ZTSSDPG3-480G-GE, ZTSSDPG3-480G-GE
Poor: 112%Average: 184% Great: 244%

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Outstanding average bench

The Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB averaged 84.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 275MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,413MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB is 131%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 250 samples)
Rank 115184%
Min Avg Max
772 Read 1,413 2,346
255 Write 1,061 1,363
326 Mixed 874 1,428
225 SusWrite 774 1,204
230% 1,030 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.9 4K Read 30.9 42.5
42.5 4K Write 114 173
18.2 4K Mixed 37.8 63.7
156% 61 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.6 DQ Read 585 1,158
95.1 DQ Write 458 772
20.4 DQ Mixed 275 592
273% 439 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
170GB free
Firmware: E7FM01.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1216 1075 1093 1286 1247 1190 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 954
Write 1336
Mixed 711
SusWrite 1,185
237% 1,046 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 83
4K Mixed 40.4
142% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,074
DQ Write 751
DQ Mixed 546
507% 790 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 934 248 294 291 374 347 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 974
Write 1,106
Mixed 662
SusWrite 415
177% 789 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 92.5
4K Mixed 41.9
151% 55.5 MB/s
DQ Read 972
DQ Write 784
DQ Mixed 511
483% 756 MB/s
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 211 220 232 283 247 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 982
Write 246
Mixed 290
SusWrite 233
95% 438 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 78.1
4K Mixed 35.8
130% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 676
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 261
245% 394 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 107%
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Desktop
Desktop 92%
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Workstation
Workstation 91%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples200x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples53x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples27x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples54x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples34x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples27x
SSD
Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GBZotac  $797Bench 184%, 250 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples15x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples10x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $1,625

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