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PNY CS3030 500GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 198% (100th of 1072)

Based on 83 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PNY CS3030 500GB SSD
Poor: 134%Average: 198% Great: 240%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PNY CS3030 500GB SSD averaged 97.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PNY CS3030 500GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 919MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,818MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PNY CS3030 500GB SSD is 107%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PNY CS3030 500GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 636MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 83 samples)
Rank 100198%
Min Avg Max
487 Read 1,286 1,763
555 Write 1,818 2,311
488 Mixed 1,300 1,682
444 SusWrite 636 796
284% 1,260 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.4 4K Read 39.7 51.9
94.6 4K Write 150 242
33.7 4K Mixed 63.8 83.7
222% 84.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
607 DQ Read 891 1,302
401 DQ Write 852 1,288
560 DQ Mixed 919 1,261
677% 887 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
259GB free
Firmware: CS303321 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1018 568 567 568 569 565 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 922
Write 1,095
Mixed 988
SusWrite 642
206% 912 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 64
206% 82.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,473
DQ Write 1,580
DQ Mixed 1,437
1,106% 1,497 MB/s
385GB free
Firmware: CS303225 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2001 878 540 539 539 542 MB/s
205% Outstanding
Read 1,244
Write 544
Mixed 1,344
SusWrite 840
223% 993 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 60
196% 68.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,129
DQ Write 821
DQ Mixed 938
711% 962 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS303321 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 614 478 459 529 442 452 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 842
Write 1,393
Mixed 498
SusWrite 496
182% 807 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 40
160% 64.8 MB/s
DQ Read 859
DQ Write 581
DQ Mixed 619
489% 686 MB/s
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS303321 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 534 493 421 491 522 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 721
Write 1,090
Mixed 664
SusWrite 507
168% 746 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 27.5
134% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 777
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 641
452% 582 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,777,623 SSDs tested

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Typical PNY CS3030 500GB SSD Builds (Compare 3,530 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 143%
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Desktop 99%
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Workstation
Workstation 142%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS - $299

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples1,059x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples508x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples250x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples500x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples386x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples251x
SSD
PNY CS3030 500GB SSDNvmeBench 198%, 83 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples102x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples91x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples90x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $919

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