Buffalo

SSD-PUTA 500GB

SSD-PUTA 500GB
BENCHMARKS (49)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -35%Effective Speed -35%Average Score -28%Read -40%, Write -8%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write -69%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite 6%Peak Score -1%Read -14%, Write 7%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -21%, SusWrite 34%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -35%DQ Read -67%, DQ Write -20%, DQ Mixed -80%, ADQ Read -103%, ADQ Write -61%, ADQ Mixed -97%, Age 176%, AS-SSD Total -31%

Average Bench: 72.7% (622^nd of 1072)

Based on 49 user benchmarks. Model: BUFFALO SSD-PUTA

Poor: 40%Average: 72.7% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The Buffalo SSD-PUTA 500GB averaged 27.3% 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 132MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.4MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Buffalo SSD-PUTA 500GB is 59.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Buffalo SSD-PUTA 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 161MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 327MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 49 samples)

Rank 62272.7%

Min	Avg	Max
191	Read 327	445
243	Write 375	521
157	Mixed 335	452
34.2	SusWrite 313	517
76.2% 337 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
2.2	4K Read 26.4	36.6
21.3	4K Write 51.8	121
2.8	4K Mixed 30.4	48.3
106% 36.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.8	DQ Read 161	220
41.8	DQ Write 179	299
21.7	DQ Mixed 132	184
110% 157 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 5 months ago.

466GB free

Firmware: PMAP

SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 371 376 384 388 389 MB/s

69.8% Good

Write 321

Mixed 305

SusWrite 374

73% 322 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 35.3

4K Mixed 28.4

95% 30 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 123

DQ Mixed 125

96% 130 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

104GB free

Firmware: PMAP

SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 366 370 381 372 373 MB/s

69% Good

Write 354

Mixed 326

SusWrite 374

77% 340 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 34.6

4K Mixed 28.8

94% 29.6 MB/s

DQ Read 106

DQ Write 101

DQ Mixed 104

78% 104 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

104GB free

Firmware: PMAP

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 351 351 357 379 379 MB/s

67.9% Good

Write 283

Mixed 320

SusWrite 362

72% 317 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 34.9

4K Mixed 28.2

94% 29.6 MB/s

DQ Read 104

DQ Write 98.7

DQ Mixed 103

77% 102 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

243GB free

Firmware: PMAP

SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 364 367 363 357 369 MB/s

66% Good

Write 347

Mixed 318

SusWrite 363

74% 329 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 31.8

4K Mixed 24

86% 27 MB/s

DQ Read 140

DQ Write 121

DQ Mixed 129

97% 130 MB/s

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 26%

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System: Alienware m15 R7

CPU
Core i7-12700HIntelBench 97%, 52,857 samples	1,418x
Core i9-12900HIntelBench 99%, 15,403 samples	299x

GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples	777x
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 123%, 4,475 samples	525x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	176x

SSD
SSD-PUTA 500GBBuffaloBench 73%, 49 samples	1x

RAM
M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 2x8GBUnknownBench 122%, 4,457 samples	329x
HMCG78MEBSA095N 2x16GBUnknownBench 129%, 3,160 samples	245x
HMCG66MEBSA095N 2x8GBUnknownBench 119%, 1,777 samples	208x

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