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PNY CS3040 500GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 264% (49th of 1072)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PNY CS3040 500GB SSD
Poor: 78%Average: 264% Great: 410%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PNY CS3040 500GB SSD averaged 164.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PNY CS3040 500GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,066MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 1,091MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PNY CS3040 500GB SSD is 332%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PNY CS3040 500GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 38.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 65.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 49264%
Min Avg Max
701 Read 1,621 2,413
915 Write 1,779 2,375
699 Mixed 1,463 1981
380 SusWrite 1,149 2,181
339% 1,503 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.8 4K Read 38.9 61.6
18.5 4K Write 204 319
20.4 4K Mixed 65.8 95.6
251% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
211 DQ Read 1,272 1641
159 DQ Write 1,091 1,893
179 DQ Mixed 1,066 1607
831% 1,143 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
379GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS304130 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2156 2099 1419 742 731 730 MB/s
335% Outstanding
Read 1,833
Write 2,131
Mixed 1,696
SusWrite 1,313
393% 1,743 MB/s
4K Read 47.8
4K Write 307
4K Mixed 82.6
341% 146 MB/s
DQ Read 1641
DQ Write 1,893
DQ Mixed 1607
1,255% 1,714 MB/s
306GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS304130 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1906 732 1342 2298 1025 493 MB/s
300% Outstanding
Read 1,711
Write 2,155
Mixed 1,723
SusWrite 1,300
389% 1722 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 222
4K Mixed 71
269% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 1,571
DQ Write 1,577
DQ Mixed 1,556
1,174% 1,568 MB/s
373GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS304130 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1928 714 516 722 734 734 MB/s
277% Outstanding
Read 1702
Write 2087
Mixed 1,578
SusWrite 891
352% 1,565 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 229
4K Mixed 68.2
268% 112 MB/s
DQ Read 1,629
DQ Write 1,679
DQ Mixed 1,596
1,216% 1,635 MB/s
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS304130 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 877 682 674 674 636 655 MB/s
244% Outstanding
Read 1,830
Write 1,775
Mixed 1,654
SusWrite 700
334% 1,490 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 209
4K Mixed 69.6
264% 107 MB/s
DQ Read 1,360
DQ Write 766
DQ Mixed 818
674% 981 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,785,167 SSDs tested

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Gaming 10%
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Desktop 59%
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Workstation 9%
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System: Acer Aspire A515-54

CPU
Core i5-10210UIntelBench 53%, 54,859 samples535x
Core i3-10110UIntelBench 47%, 11,481 samples209x
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples173x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples888x
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples237x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 2%, 1,390 samples4x
SSD
PNY CS3040 500GB SSDNvmeBench 264%, 8 samples1x
RAM
ACR32D4S2S1KC-4 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD 8GBKingstonBench 57%, 172 samples148x
ACR26D4S9S1KA-4 Hynix HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 8GBKingstonBench 63%, 4,994 samples139x
AM1P26KC4U1-BACS 8GBUnknownBench 64%, 622 samples93x
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