MSI

M390 500GB

M390 500GB
BENCHMARKS (8,587)
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Effective Speed -162%Effective Speed -162%Average Score -167%Read -254%, Write -210%, 4K Read -59%, 4K Write -37%, Mixed -237%, 4K Mixed -91%, SusWrite -283%Peak Score -170%Read -261%, Write -149%, 4K Read -197%, 4K Write -44%, Mixed -213%, 4K Mixed -160%, SusWrite -169%Value & Sentiment -645%User Rating -36%, Market Share -1,253%Nice To Haves -72%DQ Read -60%, DQ Write -50%, DQ Mixed -65%, ADQ Read -67%, ADQ Write -70%, ADQ Mixed -86%, Age -104%, AS-SSD Total -76%

Average Bench: 206% (100^th of 1080)

Based on 8,587 user benchmarks. Model: MSI M390 500GB

Poor: 94%Average: 206% Great: 303%

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Outstanding average bench

The MSI M390 500GB averaged 106.5% 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 802MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,022MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI M390 500GB is 209%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the MSI M390 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 828MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 56.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,587 samples)

Rank 100206%

Min	Avg	Max
200	Read 1,170	1,631
173	Write 1,487	2,546
241	Mixed 946	1,479
121	SusWrite 828	1,699
250% 1,108 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.1	4K Read 54.2	64.4
66.2	4K Write 150	264
14.9	4K Mixed 56.4	84.3
234% 86.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
549	DQ Read 1,022	1,446
154	DQ Write 742	1,264
118	DQ Mixed 802	1,267
621% 855 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

308GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EHFM32.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2374 2391 1841 126 127 125 MB/s

293% Outstanding

Write 2,412

Mixed 1,456

SusWrite 1,164

378% 1,675 MB/s

4K Read 61.2

4K Write 272

4K Mixed 83.7

344% 139 MB/s

DQ Read 1,194

DQ Write 1,089

DQ Mixed 1,220

894% 1,168 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

285GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EHFM32.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2366 2406 1962 137 130 126 MB/s

292% Outstanding

Write 2,416

Mixed 1,466

SusWrite 1,188

377% 1,668 MB/s

4K Read 62

4K Write 271

4K Mixed 84.7

346% 139 MB/s

DQ Read 1,198

DQ Write 1,077

DQ Mixed 1,220

892% 1165 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

340GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EHFM31.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1161 1564 1333 1531 1003 75 MB/s

165% Outstanding

Write 891

Mixed 493

SusWrite 1,111

161% 703 MB/s

4K Read 3.2

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 6.2

113% 66.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,364

DQ Write 1038

DQ Mixed 1,232

913% 1,212 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

305GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EHFMC0.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1062 1273 1578 672 400 363 MB/s

148% Outstanding

Write 1020

Mixed 860

SusWrite 891

202% 892 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 61.1

4K Mixed 36.3

114% 40.2 MB/s

DQ Read 640

DQ Write 519

DQ Mixed 542

416% 567 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

85GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EHFM31.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 597 321 490 166 264 283 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 597

Mixed 517

SusWrite 354

134% 603 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 173

4K Mixed 43

209% 85.6 MB/s

DQ Read 556

DQ Write 603

DQ Mixed 504

400% 554 MB/s

USA-User, 23 hrs ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EHFM32.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 80 54 227 119 55 MB/s

93.8% Outstanding

Write 605

Mixed 504

SusWrite 137

113% 510 MB/s

4K Read 36.8

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 4.6

127% 55.2 MB/s

DQ Read 558

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 143

184% 336 MB/s

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B560 DS3H AC-Y1

CPU
Core i7-11700FIntelBench 98%, 21,161 samples	3,551x
Core i5-11400FIntel $98Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	2,896x
Core i5-10400FIntel $95Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,116x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $256Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	2,725x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,100x
RTX 2060Nvidia $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,437x

SSD
M390 500GBMSIBench 206%, 8,587 samples	587x

RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	1,138x
Well Holding Limited D4U0830160B 2x8GBChunBench 71%, 1,346 samples	572x
Key Co Ltd NMUD480E82-3000D 2x8GBGoldBench 85%, 903 samples	451x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $256

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
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M390 500GB

Average Bench: 206% (100^th of 1080)

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