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M390 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 226% (77th of 1071)

Based on 3,866 user benchmarks.  Model: MSI M390 500GB
Poor: 106%Average: 226% Great: 318%

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Outstanding average bench

The MSI M390 500GB averaged 125.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MSI M390 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 899MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,755MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI M390 500GB is 213%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the MSI M390 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 61MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,866 samples)
Rank 77226%
Min Avg Max
245 Read 1,240 1,638
361 Write 1,755 2,529
312 Mixed 1,089 1,473
215 SusWrite 1,025 1,825
289% 1,278 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.2 4K Read 47.6 64.2
71.7 4K Write 159 271
30.4 4K Mixed 61 84.1
235% 89.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
550 DQ Read 1,085 1,447
331 DQ Write 825 1,373
154 DQ Mixed 899 1,296
688% 937 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: EHFM32.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1839 2182 2189 2190 2217 2216 MB/s
313% Outstanding
Read 1617
Write 1,515
Mixed 1,217
SusWrite 2,139
366% 1,622 MB/s
4K Read 53.2
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 70.4
248% 90.1 MB/s
DQ Read 996
DQ Write 862
DQ Mixed 965
714% 941 MB/s
289GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EHFM32.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1545 1428 1421 913 1397 842 MB/s
244% Outstanding
Read 883
Write 1,522
Mixed 713
SusWrite 1,258
248% 1,094 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 54.5
218% 90.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,508
DQ Write 1,479
DQ Mixed 1385
1,070% 1,457 MB/s
234GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EHFM31.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 280 379 364 342 437 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 230
Write 399
Mixed 441
SusWrite 353
81% 356 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 38.3
143% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 553
DQ Write 616
DQ Mixed 503
401% 557 MB/s
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Typical M390 500GB Builds (Compare 7,239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 102%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 100%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B560 DS3H AC-Y1

CPU
Core i7-11700FIntelBench 98%, 21,161 samples2,410x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $130Bench 94%, 38,461 samples1,977x
Core i5-10400FIntel  $101Bench 85%, 153,026 samples802x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $290Bench 100%, 301,333 samples1,931x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $300Bench 128%, 394,994 samples1,481x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,007x
SSD
M390 500GBMSIBench 226%, 3,866 samples401x
RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples841x
Well Holding Limited D4U0830160B 2x8GBChunBench 73%, 843 samples436x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples325x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $290

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