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Burst Elite 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 72.5% (622nd of 1072)

Based on 967 user benchmarks.  Model: Patriot Burst Elite 480GB
Poor: 38%Average: 72.5% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The Patriot Burst Elite 480GB averaged 27.4% 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 Random Read Speed 27.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 82MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Patriot Burst Elite 480GB is 60.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Patriot Burst Elite 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 152MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 253MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 967 samples)
Rank 62272.5%
Min Avg Max
310 Read 430 506
144 Write 363 466
27.6 Mixed 318 420
54 SusWrite 253 435
76.4% 341 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.9 4K Read 27.5 40.2
8.84 4K Write 65.8 110
0.4 4K Mixed 22.2 40.8
105% 38.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
84.6 DQ Read 152 228
11.5 DQ Write 244 337
0.59 DQ Mixed 82 239
94.8% 159 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
247GB free
Firmware: W0714A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 379 401 415 413 413 MB/s
96.6% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 403
Mixed 391
SusWrite 390
94% 419 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 82.3
4K Mixed 29.6
138% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 52.4
100% 196 MB/s
358GB free
Firmware: V1102A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 408 417 443 442 442 MB/s
95.2% Outstanding
Read 491
Write 441
Mixed 431
SusWrite 432
101% 449 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 98.2
4K Mixed 24.6
131% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 34.5
85% 170 MB/s
313GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 454 178 75 73 73 MB/s
93.7% Outstanding
Read 474
Write 286
Mixed 336
SusWrite 212
73% 327 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 42.5
165% 60.5 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 175
155% 229 MB/s
277GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H221215a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 412 402 409 399 421 MB/s
85.8% Excellent
Read 408
Write 445
Mixed 341
SusWrite 412
91% 401 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 49.9
4K Mixed 33.8
112% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 198
155% 209 MB/s
292GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW200918
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 396 396 402 236 58 MB/s
71.3% Very good
Read 482
Write 355
Mixed 338
SusWrite 265
80% 360 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 66.8
4K Mixed 10.8
93% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 251
DQ Mixed 14.2
67% 149 MB/s
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN11002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 157 104 12 91 127 MB/s
47.8% Average
Read 427
Write 47.7
Mixed 26.6
SusWrite 84
31% 146 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 12.4
4K Mixed 15.7
77% 20.4 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 14.2
DQ Mixed 25.7
28% 51.1 MB/s
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0813A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 153 5.2 93 22 53 MB/s
45.2% Average
Read 474
Write 393
Mixed 54.7
SusWrite 97.4
56% 255 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 43.9
4K Mixed 0.6
59% 22.5 MB/s
DQ Read 174
DQ Write 31.1
DQ Mixed 0.2
26% 68.5 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0615A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 153 7.8 118 39 7.8 MB/s
38.2% Below average
Read 391
Write 324
Mixed 307
SusWrite 61.2
60% 271 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 59.3
4K Mixed 0.5
57% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 112
DQ Write 47.8
DQ Mixed 0.7
22% 53.5 MB/s
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Typical Burst Elite 480GB Builds (Compare 5,023 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) - $73

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples895x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples430x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples389x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples368x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples294x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples280x
SSD
Burst Elite 480GBPatriotBench 73%, 967 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples119x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples90x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples63x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $326

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