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Effective Speed -170%Effective Speed -170%Average Score -174%Read -227%, Write -180%, 4K Read -77%, 4K Write -32%, Mixed -147%, 4K Mixed -61%, SusWrite -491%Peak Score -259%Read -325%, Write -244%, 4K Read -243%, 4K Write -77%, Mixed -230%, 4K Mixed -169%, SusWrite -522%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -74%DQ Read -75%, DQ Write -55%, DQ Mixed -71%, ADQ Read -57%, ADQ Write -53%, ADQ Mixed -51%, Age -139%, AS-SSD Total -94%

Average Bench: 202% (103^rd of 1080)

Based on 127 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS1030 512GB SSD

Poor: 154%Average: 202% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS1030 512GB SSD averaged 102.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS1030 512GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 983MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,091MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS1030 512GB SSD is 86.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS1030 512GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 534MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 50.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 127 samples)

Rank 103202%

Min	Avg	Max
1,001	Read 1,282	1,396
1140	Write 1,663	1,870
885	Mixed 1,306	1,413
382	SusWrite 534	735
270% 1,196 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.7	4K Read 50.3	56
79.4	4K Write 157	214
47.2	4K Mixed 68.6	81.4
248% 92.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
720	DQ Read 1,091	1,325
391	DQ Write 823	1,228
531	DQ Mixed 983	1,228
728% 966 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IND-User, 1 month ago.

227GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS103B05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1474 316 289 308 318 305 MB/s

182% Outstanding

Write 1,792

Mixed 1,375

SusWrite 501

279% 1,236 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 96.6

4K Mixed 55.4

182% 63.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,155

DQ Write 802

DQ Mixed 1044

762% 1,000 MB/s

NPL-User, 3 months ago.

472GB free

Firmware: CS103B05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1166 1053 333 325 321 321 MB/s

161% Outstanding

Write 1,131

Mixed 843

SusWrite 586

188% 830 MB/s

4K Read 25.2

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 39.4

154% 62.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,132

DQ Write 1,032

DQ Mixed 1111

826% 1,092 MB/s

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,738x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $120Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	442x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $165Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	388x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $225Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	338x
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	281x
RTX 3060Nvidia $241Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	246x

SSD
CS1030 512GB SSDPNYBench 202%, 127 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	335x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	229x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	183x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $354

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