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MSI M480 2TB

MSI M480 2TB
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Effective Speed +242% Effective Speed 242%Average Score +301% Read 247%, Write 543%, 4K Read 35%, 4K Write 109%, Mixed 384%, 4K Mixed 65%, SusWrite 727%Peak Score +492% Read 462%, Write 883%, 4K Read 67%, 4K Write 181%, Mixed 639%, 4K Mixed 84%, SusWrite 1,128%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +355% DQ Read 504%, DQ Write 405%, DQ Mixed 548%, ADQ Read 203%, ADQ Write 220%, ADQ Mixed 299%, Age 224%, AS-SSD Total 434%

Average Bench: 337% (21^st of 1072)

Based on 28 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe MSI M480 2TB

Poor: 184%Average: 337% Great: 480%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme MSI M480 2TB averaged 236.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme MSI M480 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,038MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,605MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme MSI M480 2TB is 295%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme MSI M480 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 46.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 74.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 28 samples)

Rank 21337%

Min	Avg	Max
362	Read 1,587	2,848
680	Write 2,605	4,767
511	Mixed 1,736	3,127
515	SusWrite 2,451	4,755
476% 2,095 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.9	4K Read 46.2	71.6
57.6	4K Write 183	344
49.7	4K Mixed 74.1	107
262% 101 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
110	DQ Read 989	2,217
87.4	DQ Write 923	1,810
46.2	DQ Mixed 1,038	2,147
757% 984 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ITA-User, 3 months ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: EIFM31.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5178 5201 5177 4257 3972 1087 MB/s

538% Outstanding

Write 4,694

Mixed 2,612

SusWrite 4,145

790% 3,472 MB/s

4K Read 60.4

4K Write 277

4K Mixed 126

400% 154 MB/s

DQ Read 1,554

DQ Write 1,211

DQ Mixed 1,420

1,052% 1,395 MB/s

POL-User, 4 months ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM31.4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3587 4688 4691 3919 1638 1746 MB/s

485% Outstanding

Write 4,464

Mixed 2891

SusWrite 3378

746% 3,278 MB/s

4K Read 57.1

4K Write 250

4K Mixed 103

352% 137 MB/s

DQ Read 2,016

DQ Write 1,322

DQ Mixed 1,894

1,352% 1,744 MB/s

POL-User, 4 months ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM31.4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3509 4704 4216 3012 1593 1709 MB/s

480% Outstanding

Write 4,627

Mixed 3,112

SusWrite 3,124

766% 3,371 MB/s

4K Read 61.1

4K Write 220

4K Mixed 113

354% 131 MB/s

DQ Read 1,962

DQ Write 1,321

DQ Mixed 565

712% 1,283 MB/s

UKR-User, 3 months ago.

297GB free

Firmware: EIFM21.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1808 1429 1532 197 77 98 MB/s

265% Outstanding

Write 3711

Mixed 2,371

SusWrite 857

507% 2,241 MB/s

4K Read 51.9

4K Write 157

4K Mixed 80.2

264% 96.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,256

DQ Write 962

DQ Mixed 1,054

803% 1,091 MB/s

USA-User, 29 days ago.

207GB free

Firmware: EIFM21.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 748 707 659 699 682 MB/s

204% Outstanding

Write 1,779

Mixed 1,126

SusWrite 677

285% 1,269 MB/s

4K Read 37.5

4K Write 225

4K Mixed 64.9

259% 109 MB/s

DQ Read 115

DQ Write 939

DQ Mixed 1,063

662% 706 MB/s

ISR-User, 4 months ago.

492GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1674 575 910 1228 1143 1050 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,638

Mixed 1,034

SusWrite 1,097

286% 1,266 MB/s

4K Read 29.9

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 46.9

170% 66 MB/s

DQ Read 110

DQ Write 1,035

DQ Mixed 1,186

735% 777 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

960GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFM21.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1144 274 270 271 273 271 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 1,856

Mixed 1,698

SusWrite 417

316% 1,408 MB/s

4K Read 49.8

4K Write 44.2

4K Mixed 44.1

155% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 947

DQ Write 136

DQ Mixed 272

268% 452 MB/s

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Desktop 116%

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Workstation 280%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO

CPU
Core i9-12900KIntel $297Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,959x
Core i9-12900KFIntel $310Bench 117%, 15,291 samples	369x
Core i7-12700KIntel $215Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	350x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	701x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	693x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	353x

SSD
MSI M480 2TBNvmeBench 337%, 28 samples	1x

RAM
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	232x
Skill Intl F5-6000U3636E162x16GBGBench 179%, 2,713 samples	203x
Skill Intl F5-6400J3239G162x16GBGBench 186%, 14,947 samples	178x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,444

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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 2TB

Average Bench: 337% (21^st of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO

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MSI M480 2TB

Average Bench: 337% (21st of 1072)

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Average Bench: 337% (21^st of 1072)