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Effective Speed -416%Effective Speed -416%Average Score -522%Read -915%, Write -977%, 4K Read -163%, 4K Write -118%, Mixed -687%, 4K Mixed -148%, SusWrite -644%Peak Score -682%Read -1,065%, Write -1,194%, 4K Read -336%, 4K Write -174%, Mixed -912%, 4K Mixed -262%, SusWrite -832%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -403%DQ Read -500%, DQ Write -423%, DQ Mixed -517%, ADQ Read -411%, ADQ Write -318%, ADQ Mixed -481%, Age -83%, AS-SSD Total -494%

Average Bench: 106% (238^th of 1080)

Based on 38 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS900 4TB SSD

Poor: 81%Average: 106% Great: 126%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS900 4TB SSD averaged 5.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS900 4TB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 256MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 44.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS900 4TB SSD is 45.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY CS900 4TB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 412MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 410MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38 samples)

Rank 238106%

Min	Avg	Max
104	Read 412	509
104	Write 431	496
112	Mixed 410	462
64.4	SusWrite 426	490
94.8% 420 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11	4K Read 34	44.1
28	4K Write 94.9	139
3.3	4K Mixed 44.6	60.8
159% 57.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
57.6	DQ Read 335	386
61.4	DQ Write 301	363
1.1	DQ Mixed 256	339
209% 297 MB/s

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

AUS-User, 21 days ago.

1TB free

Firmware: CS900600

SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 459 482 483 479 360 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 489

Mixed 455

SusWrite 458

104% 459 MB/s

4K Read 37.7

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 53.7

189% 70.3 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 364

DQ Mixed 291

241% 347 MB/s

CHE-User, 22 days ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: CS900600

SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 453 452 381 369 371 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 450

Mixed 440

SusWrite 413

98% 435 MB/s

4K Read 37.2

4K Write 98.2

4K Mixed 50.2

173% 61.9 MB/s

DQ Read 247

DQ Write 198

DQ Mixed 204

158% 216 MB/s

HUN-User, 7 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: CS900600

SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 283 282 282 303 479 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 460

Mixed 445

SusWrite 317

92% 410 MB/s

4K Read 34.7

4K Write 98.1

4K Mixed 47.7

166% 60.2 MB/s

DQ Read 373

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 281

230% 329 MB/s

USA-User, 17 days ago.

1TB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900600

SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 389 369 409 411 412 MB/s

86.9% Excellent

Write 403

Mixed 291

SusWrite 395

84% 371 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 64

4K Mixed 35.6

117% 41.4 MB/s

DQ Read 388

DQ Write 81.1

DQ Mixed 155

134% 208 MB/s

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Workstation 10%

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System: Asus ROG GL752VW GAMING LAPTOP - $977

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Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,318x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	144x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	926x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	536x

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CS900 4TB SSDPNYBench 106%, 38 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	262x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	211x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	145x

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