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CS1030 250GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 168% (135th of 1072)

Based on 630 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS1030 250GB SSD
Poor: 98%Average: 168% Great: 226%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS1030 250GB SSD averaged 67.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS1030 250GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 566MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 721MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS1030 250GB SSD is 128%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS1030 250GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 604MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 505MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 630 samples)
Rank 135168%
Min Avg Max
550 Read 983 1,173
300 Write 1,058 1,287
263 Mixed 919 1,105
276 SusWrite 604 1,109
201% 891 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.1 4K Read 43.1 55.2
38.7 4K Write 128 242
26.3 4K Mixed 58.6 80.7
208% 76.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
243 DQ Read 505 644
177 DQ Write 721 1,186
205 DQ Mixed 566 653
441% 597 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1057 281 283 984 53 52 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 1,108
Write 1,136
Mixed 1,030
SusWrite 452
209% 932 MB/s
4K Read 51.1
4K Write 169
4K Mixed 72.6
260% 97.7 MB/s
DQ Read 551
DQ Write 886
DQ Mixed 641
507% 693 MB/s
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1159 1059 134 151 88 90 MB/s
149% Outstanding
Read 1,006
Write 1,178
Mixed 1,022
SusWrite 447
206% 913 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 54.9
184% 65.1 MB/s
DQ Read 551
DQ Write 532
DQ Mixed 622
445% 568 MB/s
161GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 615 400 7.9 326 124 349 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 1,000
Write 1,180
Mixed 992
SusWrite 304
195% 869 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 59.4
198% 69.8 MB/s
DQ Read 548
DQ Write 508
DQ Mixed 632
446% 563 MB/s
92GB free
Firmware: CS103801
SusWrite @10s intervals: 610 915 1005 1034 1015 1029 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 642
Write 131
Mixed 197
SusWrite 935
106% 476 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 87.4
4K Mixed 30.2
130% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 235
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 167
132% 186 MB/s
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Typical CS1030 250GB SSD Builds (Compare 457 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 29%
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Desktop
Desktop 84%
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Workstation
Workstation 26%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Gaming B8-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples106x
Core i5-7500Intel  $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples91x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples50x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples44x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples41x
SSD
CS1030 250GB SSDPNYBench 168%, 630 samples1x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair  $25Bench 42%, 47,473 samples14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples10x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $226

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