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CS1030 500GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 170% (134th of 1072)

Based on 980 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS1030 500GB SSD
Poor: 101%Average: 170% Great: 243%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS1030 500GB SSD averaged 70.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS1030 500GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 519MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 735MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS1030 500GB SSD is 142%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS1030 500GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 578MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 443MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 980 samples)
Rank 134170%
Min Avg Max
692 Read 1,000 1,157
564 Write 1,157 1,532
446 Mixed 972 1,218
139 SusWrite 578 1,473
209% 927 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.4 4K Read 46.3 59.8
46.5 4K Write 137 238
26.2 4K Mixed 63 84.8
223% 82 MB/s
Min Avg Max
320 DQ Read 443 812
141 DQ Write 735 1,151
168 DQ Mixed 519 583
413% 566 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
292GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103F00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1488 1095 35 36 305 183 MB/s
228% Outstanding
Read 1,188
Write 1,498
Mixed 1,207
SusWrite 524
249% 1,104 MB/s
4K Read 59.7
4K Write 293
4K Mixed 91.7
363% 148 MB/s
DQ Read 359
DQ Write 1,332
DQ Mixed 504
486% 732 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: CS103F00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1334 1473 1475 1486 1490 1501 MB/s
221% Outstanding
Read 1,118
Write 1457
Mixed 1,166
SusWrite 1460
295% 1,300 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 57.4
195% 68 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 808
DQ Mixed 524
418% 568 MB/s
427GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103F00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 772 1355 1519 1535 1539 1424 MB/s
212% Outstanding
Read 1,004
Write 1,535
Mixed 1,156
SusWrite 1,357
287% 1263 MB/s
4K Read 46.4
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 65.8
220% 78.5 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 559
DQ Mixed 526
381% 485 MB/s
166GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103C00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1089 781 100 103 98 29 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,064
Write 1,113
Mixed 999
SusWrite 367
199% 885 MB/s
4K Read 51.8
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 68.9
234% 82.4 MB/s
DQ Read 462
DQ Write 752
DQ Mixed 573
444% 596 MB/s
119GB free
Firmware: CS103C00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1020 1040 50 54 58 55 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 1,015
Write 1,192
Mixed 988
SusWrite 380
201% 894 MB/s
4K Read 48.2
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 64.5
214% 74.2 MB/s
DQ Read 460
DQ Write 997
DQ Mixed 556
472% 671 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,650,072 SSDs tested

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Typical CS1030 500GB SSD Builds (Compare 1,267 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 101%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 95%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B660 DS3H DDR4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel  $134Bench 98%, 48,886 samples477x
Core i5-12400Intel  $152Bench 98%, 17,352 samples94x
Core i3-12100FIntel  $93Bench 94%, 11,860 samples91x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples222x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples166x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples143x
SSD
CS1030 500GB SSDPNYBench 170%, 980 samples1x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples105x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples59x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples39x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $404

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