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NVME&SATA 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 74% (602nd of 1080)

Based on 34 user benchmarks.  Model: USB3.1 NVME&SATA
Poor: 58%Average: 74% Great: 123%

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Good average bench

The Usb3.1 NVME&SATA 500GB averaged 25.9% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 169MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 30.3MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Usb3.1 NVME&SATA 500GB is 65.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Usb3.1 NVME&SATA 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 159MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 306MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)
Rank 60274%
Min Avg Max
107 Read 306 767
158 Write 349 729
155 Mixed 283 543
227 SusWrite 391 696
75.1% 332 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.5 4K Read 25.4 39.2
27.8 4K Write 41 77.8
20.3 4K Mixed 30.3 51.3
99% 32.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
36.5 DQ Read 159 285
89.8 DQ Write 155 278
0.1 DQ Mixed 169 338
124% 161 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
202GB free
Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 649 709 717 610 575 581 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 328
Write 620
Mixed 398
SusWrite 640
113% 497 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 64.9
4K Mixed 45.3
145% 48.4 MB/s
DQ Read 284
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 320
230% 294 MB/s
152GB free
Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 604 282 323 331 328 332 MB/s
86.4% Excellent
Read 499
Write 576
Mixed 543
SusWrite 367
112% 496 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 44.1
4K Mixed 34.5
111% 35.8 MB/s
DQ Read 206
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 206
155% 206 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,244,131 SSDs tested

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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 65%
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Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme4 - $224

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples279x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples246x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples115x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples67x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples62x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples59x
SSD
NVME&SATA 500GBUsb3.1Bench 74%, 34 samples1x
RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples29x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples24x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $301

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