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M470 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 391% (14th of 1072)

Based on 127 user benchmarks.  Model: MSI M470 2TB
Poor: 212%Average: 391% Great: 493%

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Outstanding average bench

The MSI M470 2TB averaged 290.5% 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 1,292MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,958MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI M470 2TB is 281%. 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 46.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 78.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 127 samples)
Rank 14391%
Min Avg Max
1,267 Read 1,973 2,378
1,377 Write 2,958 3,779
1,305 Mixed 2,048 2,334
784 SusWrite 2,761 4,010
553% 2,435 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.6 4K Read 46.7 57.6
103 4K Write 200 282
51.7 4K Mixed 78.9 92.5
277% 108 MB/s
Min Avg Max
883 DQ Read 1,451 2,291
552 DQ Write 1,132 1,923
751 DQ Mixed 1,292 2,099
966% 1,291 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
897GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EGFM13.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3593 3617 3814 3867 3877 3458 MB/s
504% Outstanding
Read 2,076
Write 3,527
Mixed 2,211
SusWrite 3,704
655% 2,880 MB/s
4K Read 54.3
4K Write 272
4K Mixed 88.5
340% 138 MB/s
DQ Read 2,256
DQ Write 1,871
DQ Mixed 1,980
1,506% 2,036 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: EGFM13.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3903 3868 3867 3866 3846 3871 MB/s
493% Outstanding
Read 2098
Write 3,693
Mixed 2,271
SusWrite 3,870
679% 2,983 MB/s
4K Read 58.2
4K Write 278
4K Mixed 95.5
358% 144 MB/s
DQ Read 1,662
DQ Write 1,162
DQ Mixed 1,389
1,044% 1,404 MB/s
840GB free
Firmware: EGFM13.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3598 3654 3616 3173 908 915 MB/s
453% Outstanding
Read 2,168
Write 3,584
Mixed 2,213
SusWrite 2,644
602% 2,652 MB/s
4K Read 46.9
4K Write 298
4K Mixed 83.7
336% 143 MB/s
DQ Read 2,507
DQ Write 2,114
DQ Mixed 2,353
1,751% 2,325 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: EGFM13.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2255 2299 2294 2290 2304 2334 MB/s
337% Outstanding
Read 1,716
Write 1,765
Mixed 1,774
SusWrite 2,296
427% 1,888 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 161
4K Mixed 72.7
234% 90.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,421
DQ Write 1,071
DQ Mixed 1,232
925% 1,241 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: EGFM13.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 915 928 938 936 934 MB/s
321% Outstanding
Read 2,026
Write 3,465
Mixed 2,169
SusWrite 920
485% 2,145 MB/s
4K Read 52.3
4K Write 300
4K Mixed 89.2
352% 147 MB/s
DQ Read 2156
DQ Write 1,306
DQ Mixed 1,018
950% 1,493 MB/s
615GB free
Firmware: EGFM13.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3170 1943 927 880 853 810 MB/s
306% Outstanding
Read 2,014
Write 3125
Mixed 2,069
SusWrite 1,431
488% 2,160 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 58.1
203% 77 MB/s
DQ Read 1,990
DQ Write 1,429
DQ Mixed 1,774
1,308% 1,731 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asrock B550M Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples630x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples341x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples244x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples201x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples190x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples161x
SSD
M470 2TBMSIBench 391%, 127 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples61x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples61x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $486

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