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PNY CS1030 2TB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 210% (90th of 1072)

Based on 24 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PNY CS1030 2TB SSD
Poor: 141%Average: 210% Great: 289%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PNY CS1030 2TB SSD averaged 109.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PNY CS1030 2TB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 926MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 845MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PNY CS1030 2TB SSD is 148%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PNY CS1030 2TB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 873MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,004MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)
Rank 90210%
Min Avg Max
661 Read 1,004 1,174
152 Write 1,492 1,863
62.5 Mixed 1,081 1,404
194 SusWrite 873 1,935
252% 1,113 MB/s
Min Avg Max
36.6 4K Read 47.2 56
46.9 4K Write 172 299
5.2 4K Mixed 65.7 90.5
247% 94.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
392 DQ Read 981 1,113
43.6 DQ Write 845 1,794
62.3 DQ Mixed 926 1,469
690% 917 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: CS103F00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1818 1892 1903 1868 1878 1920 MB/s
314% Outstanding
Read 1,174
Write 1,816
Mixed 1351
SusWrite 1,880
354% 1,555 MB/s
4K Read 56
4K Write 249
4K Mixed 89.1
331% 131 MB/s
DQ Read 1,113
DQ Write 1,179
DQ Mixed 1,385
976% 1,226 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CS103F00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1793 1832 750 40 35 40 MB/s
240% Outstanding
Read 1,146
Write 1,838
Mixed 1,396
SusWrite 748
290% 1,282 MB/s
4K Read 54.8
4K Write 213
4K Mixed 86
306% 118 MB/s
DQ Read 1,113
DQ Write 1,328
DQ Mixed 1,468
1,038% 1,303 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: CS103500 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1686 596 72 71 75 313 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 1,105
Write 1,722
Mixed 1,130
SusWrite 469
250% 1,106 MB/s
4K Read 49.4
4K Write 208
4K Mixed 77.6
284% 112 MB/s
DQ Read 1,102
DQ Write 1,355
DQ Mixed 1,072
852% 1,176 MB/s
974GB free
Firmware: CS103F00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1748 1229 43 39 34 38 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 1,048
Write 1,814
Mixed 1,322
SusWrite 522
266% 1,177 MB/s
4K Read 48.8
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 75
268% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1109
DQ Write 1,214
DQ Mixed 1,375
976% 1,232 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: CS103F00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 610 646 653 652 650 649 MB/s
192% Outstanding
Read 1,007
Write 1,679
Mixed 1,292
SusWrite 643
262% 1,155 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 67
215% 76 MB/s
DQ Read 1,111
DQ Write 922
DQ Mixed 1,159
829% 1,064 MB/s
666GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103F00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 34 934 40 42 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 1,075
Write 1,828
Mixed 789
SusWrite 187
218% 970 MB/s
4K Read 34.2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.6
53% 11.7 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 14%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 17 9700

CPU
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples993x
Core i9-10885HIntelBench 81%, 6,135 samples349x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples304x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples927x
GeForce RTX 2060 with Max-Q DesignNvidiaBench 64%, 7,329 samples621x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples91x
SSD
PNY CS1030 2TB SSDNvmeBench 210%, 24 samples1x
RAM
HMA82GS6DJR8N-XN 2x16GBUnknownBench 86%, 2,975 samples165x
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 15,521 samples150x
M471A4G43AB1-CWE 2x31.5GBSamsungBench 92%, 2,607 samples118x
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