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M480 1TB

M480 1TB
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Effective Speed +238% Effective Speed 238%Average Score +332% Read 343%, Write 736%, 4K Read 69%, 4K Write 144%, Mixed 491%, 4K Mixed 104%, SusWrite 438%Peak Score +428% Read 467%, Write 877%, 4K Read 83%, 4K Write 185%, Mixed 617%, 4K Mixed 114%, SusWrite 649%Value & Sentiment -268%User Rating -14%, Market Share -522%Nice To Haves +372% DQ Read 458%, DQ Write 419%, DQ Mixed 467%, ADQ Read 321%, ADQ Write 298%, ADQ Mixed 409%, Age 187%, AS-SSD Total 419%

Average Bench: 333% (22^nd of 1072)

Based on 2,485 user benchmarks. Model: MSI M480 1TB

Poor: 179%Average: 333% Great: 481%

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Outstanding average bench

The MSI M480 1TB averaged 232.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MSI M480 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,324MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,389MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI M480 1TB is 302%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the MSI M480 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 58.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 214MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,485 samples)

Rank 22333%

Min	Avg	Max
833	Read 2,026	2,874
1,077	Write 3,389	4,735
574	Mixed 2,122	3,035
629	SusWrite 1,594	2,901
517% 2,283 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.5	4K Read 58.1	78.5
80	4K Write 214	349
52.5	4K Mixed 91.7	125
319% 121 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
757	DQ Read 1,373	2,048
409	DQ Write 1,150	1,860
584	DQ Mixed 1,324	1,878
975% 1,282 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

FRA-User, 2 days ago.

602GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2558 2589 2634 2643 1480 1468 MB/s

377% Outstanding

Write 2,402

Mixed 2,256

SusWrite 2,229

506% 2,234 MB/s

4K Read 61.8

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 102

324% 117 MB/s

DQ Read 1,450

DQ Write 1,121

DQ Mixed 1,266

953% 1,279 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 days ago.

603GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2601 2646 1402 1329 1300 1199 MB/s

350% Outstanding

Write 2,584

Mixed 2,222

SusWrite 1746

487% 2,154 MB/s

4K Read 64

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 102

328% 118 MB/s

DQ Read 1,477

DQ Write 1,146

DQ Mixed 1,361

1,005% 1,328 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 days ago.

603GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2567 1451 1178 1089 1084 1063 MB/s

334% Outstanding

Write 2,550

Mixed 2232

SusWrite 1,405

471% 2,086 MB/s

4K Read 63.3

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 102

327% 118 MB/s

DQ Read 1,493

DQ Write 1169

DQ Mixed 1,308

985% 1,323 MB/s

TUR-User, 2 days ago.

740GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3541 871 1032 711 1111 876 MB/s

329% Outstanding

Write 4,744

Mixed 2,437

SusWrite 1357

604% 2,661 MB/s

4K Read 59.7

4K Write 237

4K Mixed 102

347% 133 MB/s

DQ Read 1,370

DQ Write 1,061

DQ Mixed 1,291

945% 1,241 MB/s

JPN-User, 1 day ago.

338GB free

Firmware: EIFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3334 832 723 931 686 640 MB/s

328% Outstanding

Write 4,691

Mixed 2,417

SusWrite 1,191

602% 2,657 MB/s

4K Read 58.4

4K Write 237

4K Mixed 98.7

340% 131 MB/s

DQ Read 1,390

DQ Write 1,139

DQ Mixed 1,431

1,026% 1,320 MB/s

FIN-User, 1 day ago.

624GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1722 1327 633 672 728 674 MB/s

317% Outstanding

Write 4,467

Mixed 2,375

SusWrite 959

553% 2,435 MB/s

4K Read 69.8

4K Write 296

4K Mixed 108

400% 158 MB/s

DQ Read 1,384

DQ Write 1,222

DQ Mixed 1,454

1,049% 1,354 MB/s

USA-User, 5 days ago.

844GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2597 3140 3355 1181 1075 858 MB/s

307% Outstanding

Write 3,047

Mixed 1,800

SusWrite 2,034

481% 2,114 MB/s

4K Read 38.2

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 63.1

197% 70.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,366

DQ Write 1,235

DQ Mixed 1,316

983% 1,306 MB/s

ESP-User, 1 day ago.

744GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1986 2055 1938 814 901 919 MB/s

237% Outstanding

Write 1,986

Mixed 1,006

SusWrite 1,436

343% 1,525 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 83.9

203% 72.4 MB/s

DQ Read 465

DQ Write 237

DQ Mixed 364

267% 356 MB/s

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Gaming 199%

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Desktop 111%

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Workstation 203%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 - $190

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel $175Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	5,878x
Core i7-12700KIntel $240Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	4,774x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $229Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	1,907x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,099x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,988x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $479Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	1,678x

SSD
M480 1TBMSIBench 333%, 2,485 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	769x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $67Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	715x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	667x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,274

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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M480 1TB

Average Bench: 333% (22^nd of 1072)

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