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CS1031 512GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 186% (112th of 1072)

Based on 157 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS1031 512GB SSD
Poor: 124%Average: 186% Great: 228%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS1031 512GB SSD averaged 86.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS1031 512GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 894MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,020MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS1031 512GB SSD is 104%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS1031 512GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 510MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,035MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 157 samples)
Rank 112186%
Min Avg Max
673 Read 1,035 1,343
542 Write 1,339 1,806
489 Mixed 1,088 1,393
342 SusWrite 510 653
224% 993 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.5 4K Read 47.5 55.7
77.1 4K Write 155 231
32.9 4K Mixed 67.4 81.8
240% 90.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
495 DQ Read 1,020 1,204
320 DQ Write 794 1,151
352 DQ Mixed 894 1,209
672% 902 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
290GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1216 1387 1561 1545 1126 488 MB/s
254% Outstanding
Read 1,219
Write 1,537
Mixed 1,346
SusWrite 1,220
301% 1,331 MB/s
4K Read 54.7
4K Write 176
4K Mixed 80
279% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 1,204
DQ Write 780
DQ Mixed 985
736% 989 MB/s
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103200
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1284 371 179 293 378 366 MB/s
175% Outstanding
Read 1,035
Write 1,325
Mixed 1,110
SusWrite 478
223% 987 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 63.1
213% 76.1 MB/s
DQ Read 983
DQ Write 740
DQ Mixed 854
640% 859 MB/s
224GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1642 740 188 72 60 68 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 1,222
Write 1,622
Mixed 1,336
SusWrite 462
262% 1,160 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 31.9
167% 63.2 MB/s
DQ Read 749
DQ Write 600
DQ Mixed 800
565% 716 MB/s
208GB free
Firmware: CS103E00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1184 956 286 286 281 292 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1,016
Write 1,424
Mixed 1,120
SusWrite 548
232% 1,027 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 82.5
4K Mixed 51.4
171% 58.1 MB/s
DQ Read 796
DQ Write 410
DQ Mixed 832
557% 679 MB/s
190GB free
Firmware: CS103200
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1160 541 375 380 364 358 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 851
Write 1,016
Mixed 902
SusWrite 530
186% 825 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 34
4K Mixed 21
85% 27.1 MB/s
DQ Read 646
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 430
322% 439 MB/s
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103E00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 217 3.5 3.4 2.8 181 MB/s
27.9% Poor
Read 357
Write 113
Mixed 12.2
SusWrite 69.3
30% 138 MB/s
4K Read 8.4
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 10.4
30% 8.4 MB/s
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Gaming 79%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples840x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples628x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples291x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples298x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples237x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples226x
SSD
CS1031 512GB SSDPNYBench 186%, 157 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples180x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples134x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples128x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $447

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