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PNY CS3030 250GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 155% (148th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PNY CS3030 250GB SSD
Poor: 98%Average: 155% Great: 215%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PNY CS3030 250GB SSD averaged 54.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PNY CS3030 250GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 526MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 571MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PNY CS3030 250GB SSD is 116%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PNY CS3030 250GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 324MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 36.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 148155%
Min Avg Max
442 Read 1,179 1,704
559 Write 1,002 1,241
95.5 Mixed 808 1,244
161 SusWrite 324 601
185% 828 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.3 4K Read 36.5 51.9
31.5 4K Write 144 269
17.5 4K Mixed 53.7 82.3
200% 78 MB/s
Min Avg Max
339 DQ Read 619 832
89 DQ Write 571 1,229
163 DQ Mixed 526 864
414% 572 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS303320 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1124 962 283 283 284 283 MB/s
206% Outstanding
Read 1493
Write 1,172
Mixed 1,251
SusWrite 537
249% 1,113 MB/s
4K Read 50.7
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 73.7
252% 92.4 MB/s
DQ Read 760
DQ Write 833
DQ Mixed 788
596% 794 MB/s
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS303320 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 981 288 290 289 291 291 MB/s
198% Outstanding
Read 1,481
Write 1,136
Mixed 1,068
SusWrite 405
228% 1,022 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 193
4K Mixed 67.4
252% 101 MB/s
DQ Read 750
DQ Write 924
DQ Mixed 784
606% 819 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS303226 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 165 165 169 170 172 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 1,264
Write 1,146
Mixed 408
SusWrite 215
168% 758 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 36.7
142% 57 MB/s
DQ Read 442
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 307
244% 344 MB/s
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS303320 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 268 271 255 271 268 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 788
Write 762
Mixed 348
SusWrite 280
121% 544 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 33.8
147% 56.6 MB/s
DQ Read 434
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 418
297% 381 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,736,121 SSDs tested

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Typical PNY CS3030 250GB SSD Builds (Compare 1,286 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 38%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H410M S2H V2

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples455x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples250x
Core i5-10400Intel  $125Bench 84%, 71,804 samples158x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples133x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples117x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples94x
SSD
PNY CS3030 250GB SSDNvmeBench 155%, 50 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples26x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $253

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