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MSI M480 1TB

MSI M480 1TB
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Effective Speed +278% Effective Speed 278%Average Score +351% Read 308%, Write 679%, 4K Read 64%, 4K Write 190%, Mixed 467%, 4K Mixed 121%, SusWrite 629%Peak Score +471% Read 370%, Write 917%, 4K Read 64%, 4K Write 192%, Mixed 493%, 4K Mixed 106%, SusWrite 1,156%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +363% DQ Read 302%, DQ Write 472%, DQ Mixed 456%, ADQ Read 300%, ADQ Write 354%, ADQ Mixed 440%, Age 213%, AS-SSD Total 363%

Average Bench: 372% (16^th of 1072)

Based on 78 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe MSI M480 1TB

Poor: 232%Average: 372% Great: 527%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme MSI M480 1TB averaged 272.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme MSI M480 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,404MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,159MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme MSI M480 1TB is 295%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme MSI M480 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 56.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 99.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 78 samples)

Rank 16372%

Min	Avg	Max
1,277	Read 1,864	2,380
1,069	Write 3,159	4,930
737	Mixed 2,034	2,509
998	SusWrite 2,160	4,863
523% 2,304 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
38.4	4K Read 56.2	70.5
109	4K Write 254	357
67.6	4K Mixed 99.4	120
347% 137 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
850	DQ Read 1,306	1,477
260	DQ Write 1,312	2,050
407	DQ Mixed 1,404	1,843
1,029% 1,341 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 18 days ago.

742GB free

Firmware: 21.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3754 4041 2754 957 873 931 MB/s

361% Outstanding

Write 4,084

Mixed 2,302

SusWrite 2,218

615% 2711 MB/s

4K Read 48.4

4K Write 133

4K Mixed 77.4

243% 86.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,315

DQ Write 1,377

DQ Mixed 1,309

995% 1,334 MB/s

USA-User, 12 days ago.

496GB free

Firmware: 21.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2928 555 671 677 637 616 MB/s

289% Outstanding

Write 4,181

Mixed 2,336

SusWrite 1014

553% 2,445 MB/s

4K Read 49.1

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 74.2

239% 85.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,342

DQ Write 1492

DQ Mixed 1,316

1,019% 1,384 MB/s

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Desktop 115%

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Workstation 230%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690-A

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Core i7-12700KIntel $243Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	2,117x
Core i9-12900KIntel $330Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,760x
Core i5-12600KIntel $177Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	754x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	838x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	780x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	552x

SSD
MSI M480 1TBNvmeBench 372%, 78 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	502x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	454x
Vengeance LPX 5200 C40 2x16GBCorsairBench 155%, 8,648 samples	388x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $868

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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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MSI M480 1TB

Average Bench: 372% (16^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690-A

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MSI M480 1TB

Average Bench: 372% (16th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 372% (16^th of 1072)