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CS3040 500GB SSD

CS3040 500GB SSD
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Effective Speed +208% Effective Speed 208%Average Score +254% Read 344%, Write 437%, 4K Read 49%, 4K Write 120%, Mixed 397%, 4K Mixed 72%, SusWrite 360%Peak Score +276% Read 381%, Write 402%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 149%, Mixed 381%, 4K Mixed 66%, SusWrite 516%Value & Sentiment -851%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,689%Nice To Haves +310% DQ Read 348%, DQ Write 379%, DQ Mixed 385%, ADQ Read 319%, ADQ Write 258%, ADQ Mixed 335%, Age 135%, AS-SSD Total 321%

Average Bench: 303% (29^th of 1072)

Based on 436 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS3040 500GB SSD

Poor: 185%Average: 303% Great: 392%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS3040 500GB SSD averaged 203.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS3040 500GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,133MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,368MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS3040 500GB SSD is 208%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS3040 500GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 51MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 77.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 436 samples)

Rank 29303%

Min	Avg	Max
1,276	Read 2,032	2,435
1,116	Write 2,176	2,433
1,137	Mixed 1,783	2,037
453	SusWrite 1,364	2,383
414% 1,839 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35.1	4K Read 51	60.5
63	4K Write 193	305
44.4	4K Mixed 77.3	96.5
279% 107 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
936	DQ Read 1,368	1,645
220	DQ Write 1,035	1,717
412	DQ Mixed 1,133	1,606
866% 1,179 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

NLD-User, 1 month ago.

400GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS304130

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2257 2366 2377 2330 803 505 MB/s

343% Outstanding

Write 2,390

Mixed 1,959

SusWrite 1,773

474% 2,107 MB/s

4K Read 54.8

4K Write 180

4K Mixed 80

281% 105 MB/s

DQ Read 1,393

DQ Write 1138

DQ Mixed 1,299

964% 1,277 MB/s

IDN-User, 20 days ago.

367GB free

Firmware: CS304130

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2347 2382 2360 2350 2322 2333 MB/s

336% Outstanding

Write 1,998

Mixed 1,818

SusWrite 2,349

453% 2,003 MB/s

4K Read 47.5

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 65.7

223% 79.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,244

DQ Write 981

DQ Mixed 1,184

866% 1,136 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

161GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS304130

SusWrite @10s intervals: 724 610 513 465 469 474 MB/s

282% Outstanding

Write 2,392

Mixed 1,946

SusWrite 542

393% 1,750 MB/s

4K Read 46.8

4K Write 296

4K Mixed 88.3

340% 144 MB/s

DQ Read 1,633

DQ Write 1,050

DQ Mixed 740

714% 1141 MB/s

SWE-User, 22 days ago.

172GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS304130

SusWrite @10s intervals: 712 468 456 389 440 438 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 1,902

Mixed 1,689

SusWrite 484

326% 1,450 MB/s

4K Read 46.8

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 71

264% 103 MB/s

DQ Read 1,486

DQ Write 1,034

DQ Mixed 1,434

1,024% 1318 MB/s

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: MSI B560M PRO-VDH (MS-7D18)

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Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	467x
Core i5-10400FIntel $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	347x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	273x

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RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	293x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	207x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	104x

SSD
CS3040 500GB SSDPNYBench 303%, 436 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 84%, 32,187 samples	77x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $440

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This is Gen 4 on x570 Motherboard. Zen2 processor to 'unlock' the PCIe 4.0 to full potential. Well why do ALL OTHERS & myself get less than 2.5K read & 2.4K writes, when they advertise it as '5600 read & 3000+ writes' ?? I MEAN THIS CRAP IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THAT!!! YOU LIE !!!

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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CS3040 500GB SSD

Average Bench: 303% (29th of 1072)

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Motherboard: MSI B560M PRO-VDH (MS-7D18)

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Average Bench: 303% (29^th of 1072)