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Effective Speed -736%Effective Speed -736%Average Score -794%Read -1,034%, Write -1,329%, 4K Read -311%, 4K Write -261%, Mixed -970%, 4K Mixed -385%, SusWrite -1,270%Peak Score -777%Read -1,088%, Write -1,369%, 4K Read -368%, 4K Write -232%, Mixed -1,006%, 4K Mixed -351%, SusWrite -1,022%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -703%DQ Read -769%, DQ Write -507%, DQ Mixed -698%, ADQ Read -912%, ADQ Write -525%, ADQ Mixed -1,420%, Age -145%, AS-SSD Total -651%

Average Bench: 65.2% (746^th of 1080)

Based on 37 user benchmarks. Model: C500

Poor: 33%Average: 65.2% Great: 99%

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Above average average bench

The C500 256GB averaged 34.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 97.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.6MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the C500 256GB is 65.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the C500 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 230MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 169MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 37 samples)

Rank 74665.2%

Min	Avg	Max
16.5	Read 370	499
63.4	Write 326	438
139	Mixed 302	422
67.2	SusWrite 230	408
68.9% 307 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 21.6	41
12.3	4K Write 57.5	114
0.4	4K Mixed 22.8	48.5
92.5% 34 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
79.8	DQ Read 169	267
11.3	DQ Write 201	313
0.4	DQ Mixed 97.7	263
97.8% 156 MB/s

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

USA-User, 3 months ago.

204GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H230821a

SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 345 341 332 331 341 MB/s

78.9% Very good

Write 342

Mixed 345

SusWrite 337

77% 341 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 51.7

4K Mixed 34.5

119% 39.1 MB/s

DQ Read 190

DQ Write 163

DQ Mixed 182

135% 178 MB/s

FRA-User, 10 months ago.

181GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0330A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 337 336 322 379 396 MB/s

75.8% Very good

Write 328

Mixed 324

SusWrite 350

78% 349 MB/s

4K Read 21.8

4K Write 66.2

4K Mixed 21.7

96% 36.6 MB/s

DQ Read 180

DQ Write 264

DQ Mixed 36.7

80% 160 MB/s

ESP-User, 1 month ago.

134GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0330A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 87 71 13 147 37 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 369

Mixed 348

SusWrite 72.5

69% 310 MB/s

4K Read 25.6

4K Write 61.4

4K Mixed 22

100% 36.3 MB/s

DQ Read 175

DQ Write 283

DQ Mixed 38.7

83% 165 MB/s

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 22%

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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	1,057x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	1,001x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples	955x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	511x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	510x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $234Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	494x

SSD
C500 256GBBench 65%, 37 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1,416x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples	507x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	371x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $298	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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C500 256GB

Average Bench: 65.2% (746^th of 1080)

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