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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 81.2% (469th of 1071)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: C500
Poor: 60%Average: 81.2% Great: 102%

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Very good average bench

The C500 512GB averaged just 18.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the C500 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 143MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.1MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the C500 512GB is 41.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the C500 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 179MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 355MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 46981.2%
Min Avg Max
242 Read 408 499
228 Write 371 456
227 Mixed 366 433
94.7 SusWrite 355 424
84.5% 375 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.3 4K Read 26.1 38.9
32 4K Write 69.8 113
0.3 4K Mixed 27.6 46.1
112% 41.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
71.3 DQ Read 179 251
16.9 DQ Write 235 326
0.4 DQ Mixed 143 303
126% 186 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
380GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H220829a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 421 415 424 411 380 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 465
Write 366
Mixed 433
SusWrite 415
94% 420 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 95.6
4K Mixed 46.1
169% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 238
178% 236 MB/s
274GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H220916a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 309 320 308 329 324 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 348
Write 391
Mixed 348
SusWrite 317
79% 351 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 56.5
4K Mixed 24.4
95% 34.4 MB/s
DQ Read 98.4
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 148
122% 170 MB/s
432GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U1014A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 402 389 417 431 423 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 362
Write 301
Mixed 305
SusWrite 410
78% 344 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 42.9
4K Mixed 11
58% 22.7 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 31.9
79% 158 MB/s
388GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H220916a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 321 319 311 331 293 MB/s
60.7% Good
Read 337
Write 321
Mixed 330
SusWrite 317
74% 326 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 50.5
4K Mixed 25.4
83% 30.4 MB/s
DQ Read 13.1
DQ Write 73
DQ Mixed 26.8
25% 37.6 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 58 40 44 42 35 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 427
Write 360
Mixed 331
SusWrite 59
66% 294 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 70.2
4K Mixed 23.4
103% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 156
DQ Write 245
DQ Mixed 0.3
56% 134 MB/s
351GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U1013A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 316 343 279 134 109 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 337
Write 329
Mixed 32.1
SusWrite 250
53% 237 MB/s
4K Read 12.1
4K Write 36.6
4K Mixed 0.5
38% 16.4 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 265
DQ Mixed 2.8
57% 131 MB/s
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Typical C500 512GB Builds (Compare 14,615 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

System: Default string

CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples1,023x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples959x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples908x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples487x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples480x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples460x
SSD
C500 512GBBench 81%, 25 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples1,369x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples490x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples355x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $280Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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