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M480 2TB

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Effective Speed -31%Effective Speed -31%Average Score -34%Read -104%, Write -31%, 4K Read -39%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed -43%, 4K Mixed -20%, SusWrite -17%Peak Score -65%Read -119%, Write -30%, 4K Read -159%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -54%, 4K Mixed -82%, SusWrite -2%Value & Sentiment -2,635%User Rating -37%, Market Share -5,233%Nice To Haves -7%DQ Read 3%, DQ Write 21%, DQ Mixed 16%, ADQ Read -5%, ADQ Write 9%, ADQ Mixed 4%, Age -95%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Average Bench: 416% (16^th of 1080)

Based on 1,111 user benchmarks. Model: MSI M480 2TB

Poor: 240%Average: 416% Great: 578%

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Outstanding average bench

The MSI M480 2TB averaged 316.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MSI M480 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,542MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,569MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI M480 2TB is 338%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the MSI M480 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 64.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 92.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,111 samples)

Rank 16416%

Min	Avg	Max
1,303	Read 2,052	2,712
1,644	Write 3,569	4,944
958	Mixed 2,259	3,031
1006	SusWrite 2,694	4,469
601% 2,644 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32	4K Read 64.1	74.2
87.5	4K Write 234	352
53	4K Mixed 92.1	120
339% 130 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
115	DQ Read 1,623	2,382
471	DQ Write 1,370	2,296
526	DQ Mixed 1,542	2,430
1,143% 1,512 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 days ago.

877GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4872 1721 1447 1093 977 1056 MB/s

400% Outstanding

Write 4,692

Mixed 2,654

SusWrite 1,861

645% 2,836 MB/s

4K Read 70.2

4K Write 313

4K Mixed 113

416% 165 MB/s

DQ Read 1,871

DQ Write 1,423

DQ Mixed 1,873

1,339% 1,722 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

908GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4681 2647 1036 1038 1047 1023 MB/s

397% Outstanding

Write 4,774

Mixed 2,626

SusWrite 1,912

649% 2,854 MB/s

4K Read 61.3

4K Write 304

4K Mixed 110

395% 159 MB/s

DQ Read 1,879

DQ Write 1,447

DQ Mixed 1,552

1,191% 1,626 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

363GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1653 770 1143 1293 1710 1336 MB/s

362% Outstanding

Write 4,520

Mixed 2,546

SusWrite 1,318

593% 2,610 MB/s

4K Read 57.6

4K Write 307

4K Mixed 114

396% 160 MB/s

DQ Read 2,005

DQ Write 1,433

DQ Mixed 1,677

1,264% 1,705 MB/s

USA-User, 16 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: EIFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2275 2461 2471 1766 1626 1662 MB/s

346% Outstanding

Write 2,427

Mixed 1,935

SusWrite 2,044

461% 2,031 MB/s

4K Read 53.8

4K Write 190

4K Mixed 88.2

295% 111 MB/s

DQ Read 1,511

DQ Write 1,217

DQ Mixed 1,345

1,012% 1,357 MB/s

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Gaming 442%

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Desktop 123%

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Workstation 528%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI (MS-7E07)

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel $273Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	953x
Core i9-13900KIntel $401Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	595x
Core i5-13600KIntel $210Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	460x

GPU
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,802Bench 370%, 37,290 samples	579x
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $721Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	527x
RTX 4080Nvidia $993Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	311x

SSD
M480 2TBMSIBench 416%, 1,111 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair $105Bench 162%, 40,739 samples	283x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL $83Bench 173%, 39,467 samples	255x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples	164x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $2,180

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12600K $167	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $400

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M480 2TB

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