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M470 2TB

M470 2TB
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Effective Speed +285% Effective Speed 285%Average Score +346% Read 326%, Write 625%, 4K Read 34%, 4K Write 126%, Mixed 474%, 4K Mixed 72%, SusWrite 764%Peak Score +385% Read 362%, Write 676%, 4K Read 34%, 4K Write 156%, Mixed 482%, 4K Mixed 68%, SusWrite 918%Value & Sentiment -835%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,656%Nice To Haves +394% DQ Read 493%, DQ Write 433%, DQ Mixed 518%, ADQ Read 367%, ADQ Write 310%, ADQ Mixed 412%, Age 203%, AS-SSD Total 416%

Average Bench: 379% (16^th of 1072)

Based on 541 user benchmarks. Model: MSI M470 2TB

Poor: 219%Average: 379% Great: 517%

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Outstanding average bench

The MSI M470 2TB averaged 278.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MSI M470 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,331MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,940MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI M470 2TB is 299%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the MSI M470 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 46MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 77.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 541 samples)

Rank 16379%

Min	Avg	Max
1,260	Read 1,950	2,343
1,448	Write 2,940	3,763
1,312	Mixed 2,061	2,464
819	SusWrite 2,562	3,942
540% 2,378 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.1	4K Read 46	57.5
80.8	4K Write 198	313
49.5	4K Mixed 77.6	98
274% 107 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
803	DQ Read 1,524	2,176
304	DQ Write 1,183	1,909
502	DQ Mixed 1,331	2,048
1,002% 1,346 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 1 month ago.

2TB free

Firmware: EGFM13.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3195 4040 4044 4045 4037 4034 MB/s

519% Outstanding

Write 3786

Mixed 2,340

SusWrite 3,899

709% 3,121 MB/s

4K Read 61.2

4K Write 268

4K Mixed 98.1

360% 143 MB/s

DQ Read 1,799

DQ Write 1,435

DQ Mixed 1,571

1,188% 1,602 MB/s

USA-User, 20 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: EGFM13.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2173 2390 2394 2396 2388 2418 MB/s

339% Outstanding

Write 2,222

Mixed 1,822

SusWrite 2,360

462% 2,039 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 65.9

217% 80.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,510

DQ Write 1055

DQ Mixed 1,250

942% 1,272 MB/s

USA-User, 6 days ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: EGFM13.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2267 929 920 928 929 924 MB/s

327% Outstanding

Write 3,758

Mixed 2,235

SusWrite 1,150

527% 2,331 MB/s

4K Read 48

4K Write 260

4K Mixed 93

330% 134 MB/s

DQ Read 1,676

DQ Write 1,368

DQ Mixed 1,479

1,119% 1,508 MB/s

COL-User, 20 days ago.

463GB free

Firmware: EGFM15.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2840 2527 2064 2038 1770 2548 MB/s

313% Outstanding

Write 2,539

Mixed 1,732

SusWrite 2,298

460% 2,026 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 50.1

186% 73.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,397

DQ Write 1,043

DQ Mixed 632

632% 1,024 MB/s

AUS-User, 20 days ago.

1TB free (System drive)

Firmware: EGFM15.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3037 879 926 905 915 901 MB/s

294% Outstanding

Write 3,151

Mixed 2,397

SusWrite 1,261

512% 2,266 MB/s

4K Read 39.9

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 67

212% 77.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,742

DQ Write 984

DQ Mixed 1,528

1,093% 1,418 MB/s

RUS-User, 18 days ago.

748GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EGFM13.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1297 1319 1324 1329 1328 1329 MB/s

260% Outstanding

Write 1,310

Mixed 1,215

SusWrite 1321

283% 1,251 MB/s

4K Read 47

4K Write 155

4K Mixed 76.8

252% 93 MB/s

DQ Read 1,370

DQ Write 1,092

DQ Mixed 1219

916% 1227 MB/s

USA-User, 12 days ago.

1TB free (System drive)

Firmware: EGFM13.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1283 935 938 940 942 931 MB/s

257% Outstanding

Write 2,399

Mixed 1,959

SusWrite 995

412% 1,827 MB/s

4K Read 44.1

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 74.9

226% 79.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,176

DQ Write 901

DQ Mixed 985

751% 1,020 MB/s

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Desktop 116%

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Workstation 251%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI (MS-7D25)

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Core i9-12900KIntel $327Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,282x
Core i7-12700KIntel $240Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	1,273x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $229Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	822x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	663x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	538x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	512x

SSD
M470 2TBMSIBench 379%, 541 samples	1x

RAM
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	705x
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	275x
KF552C40-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 155%, 10,661 samples	226x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $952

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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M470 2TB

Average Bench: 379% (16^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 379% (16th of 1072)

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