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C500 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 59.6% (806th of 1072)

Based on 51 user benchmarks.  Model: C500
Poor: 39%Average: 59.6% Great: 79%

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Average average bench

The C500 128GB averaged 40.3% 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 Write Speed 218MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 57.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the C500 128GB is 40.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the C500 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 33.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 208MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 51 samples)
Rank 80659.6%
Min Avg Max
290 Read 401 497
234 Write 325 393
27.9 Mixed 274 386
41.9 SusWrite 208 359
67.6% 302 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.22 4K Read 18.2 28.3
9.72 4K Write 57.8 97.6
0.4 4K Mixed 15 25.1
77.3% 30.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
104 DQ Read 152 187
50 DQ Write 218 326
0.41 DQ Mixed 33.2 113
67.6% 134 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0330A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 60 23 33 24 24 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 494
Write 385
Mixed 379
SusWrite 43.6
72% 325 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 78.3
4K Mixed 23.4
109% 42.1 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 0.6
40% 99.4 MB/s
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0218A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 51 83 51 83 51 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 370
Write 338
Mixed 312
SusWrite 76.2
61% 274 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 55.4
4K Mixed 13
88% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 33
56% 109 MB/s
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0330A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 72 53 51 61 58 MB/s
51.2% Above average
Read 281
Write 338
Mixed 40.3
SusWrite 92.6
42% 188 MB/s
4K Read 11.7
4K Write 69
4K Mixed 17.8
77% 32.8 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 0.6
70% 165 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0330A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 94 23 23 22 21 MB/s
50.6% Above average
Read 397
Write 351
Mixed 34.1
SusWrite 82.3
48% 216 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 81.4
4K Mixed 0.4
74% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 121
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 11.3
70% 153 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,755,957 SSDs tested

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Typical C500 128GB Builds (Compare 14,542 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

System: Default string

CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples1,019x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples958x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples906x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples487x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples458x
SSD
C500 128GBBench 60%, 51 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples1,367x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples488x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples354x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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