CT500X8SSD8 500GB

CT500X8SSD8 500GB
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Effective Speed +81% Effective Speed 81%Average Score +86% Read 143%, Write 83%, 4K Read 56%, 4K Write 44%, Mixed 97%, 4K Mixed 49%, SusWrite 127%Peak Score +92% Read 182%, Write 94%, 4K Read 45%, 4K Write 41%, Mixed 114%, 4K Mixed 35%, SusWrite 135%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +46% DQ Read -5%, DQ Write 141%, DQ Mixed -48%, ADQ Read 6%, ADQ Write 94%, ADQ Mixed -23%, Age 142%, AS-SSD Total 59%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 178% (124^th of 1072)

Based on 13 user benchmarks. Model: CT500X8SSD8

Poor: 146%Average: 178% Great: 217%

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Outstanding average bench

The CT500X8SSD8 500GB averaged 78.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the CT500X8SSD8 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 212MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 66.9MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the CT500X8SSD8 500GB is 71.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the CT500X8SSD8 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 346MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 673MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)

Rank 124178%

Min	Avg	Max
695	Read 1,111	1,430
70.4	Write 740	940
125	Mixed 708	904
46.1	SusWrite 673	911
181% 808 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.9	4K Read 53.7	62.3
47.6	4K Write 126	172
47.7	4K Mixed 66.9	78.9
234% 82.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
341	DQ Read 346	350
71.9	DQ Write 561	865
90.1	DQ Mixed 212	224
229% 373 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 61%

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System: Asus Z9PA-U8 Series

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	6x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	4x
Xeon E5-2620 v2IntelBench 60%, 2,742 samples	4x

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RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	5x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	5x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	3x

SSD
CT500X8SSD8 500GBBench 178%, 13 samples	1x

RAM
M393B1K70CHD-CH 4x8GBSamsungBench 69%, 10 samples	4x
F3-12800CL9-2GB F3-12800CL9-2GB F3-12800CL9-2GB F3-12800CL9-2GB Corsair CMX16GX3M4A1333 Corsair CMX16GX3M4A1333 Corsair CMX16GX3M4A1333 Corsair CMX16GX3M4A1333 24GBUnknownBench 78%, 3 samples	3x
HMT41GV7CMR4A-H HMT41GV7BMR4C-H HMT41GV7CMR4A-H HMT41GV7BMR4A-H HMT41GV7CMR4A-H HMT41GV7CMR4A-H HMT41... 64GBHynixBench 84%, 2 samples	2x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $628

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

CT500X8SSD8 500GB

Average Bench: 178% (124^th of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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System: Asus Z9PA-U8 Series

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CT500X8SSD8 500GB

Average Bench: 178% (124th of 1072)

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Outstanding average bench

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Very poor consistency

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System: Asus Z9PA-U8 Series

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Average Bench: 178% (124^th of 1072)