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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 86.3% (386th of 1072)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Model: PH3-CE480
Poor: 71%Average: 86.3% Great: 101%

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Very good average bench

The PH3-CE480 480GB averaged just 13.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PH3-CE480 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 152MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.3MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PH3-CE480 480GB is 29.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the PH3-CE480 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 220MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 405MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Rank 38686.3%
Min Avg Max
446 Read 496 530
426 Write 464 496
327 Mixed 405 508
168 SusWrite 220 250
89% 397 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.6 4K Read 28.3 34.9
30.9 4K Write 75.5 110
9.83 4K Mixed 30.2 44.5
122% 44.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
148 DQ Read 269 326
55.2 DQ Write 253 350
46.6 DQ Mixed 152 207
144% 225 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
190GB free
Firmware: F/W:1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 403 154 173 175 142 MB/s
96.7% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 487
Mixed 378
SusWrite 244
91% 405 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 94.9
4K Mixed 40.6
151% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 205
191% 293 MB/s
378GB free (System drive)
Firmware: F/W:1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 308 188 173 175 176 MB/s
93.4% Outstanding
Read 516
Write 486
Mixed 327
SusWrite 228
87% 389 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 86.3
4K Mixed 38.5
144% 52.3 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 204
188% 289 MB/s
190GB free
Firmware: F/W:1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 361 177 174 174 173 MB/s
88% Excellent
Read 501
Write 452
Mixed 359
SusWrite 250
87% 390 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 79.9
4K Mixed 38.9
139% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 160
136% 198 MB/s
204GB free
Firmware: F/W:1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 343 218 176 175 176 MB/s
86.6% Excellent
Read 480
Write 440
Mixed 374
SusWrite 245
86% 385 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 80.6
4K Mixed 39.2
140% 50.4 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 152
128% 187 MB/s
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Typical PH3-CE480 480GB Builds (Compare 1,777 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples434x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples383x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples297x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples104x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples100x
SSD
PH3-CE480 480GBBench 86%, 22 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $732

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