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PNY CS2140 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 229% (74th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PNY CS2140 500GB
Poor: 105%Average: 229% Great: 324%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PNY CS2140 500GB averaged 128.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PNY CS2140 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 785MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,821MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PNY CS2140 500GB is 219%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PNY CS2140 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 54MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 74229%
Min Avg Max
127 Read 1,218 1,587
38.3 Write 1,821 2,396
518 Mixed 1,130 1479
116 SusWrite 1,292 2,140
309% 1,365 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.7 4K Read 40.7 64.4
11 4K Write 154 323
8.7 4K Mixed 54 84.6
212% 83 MB/s
Min Avg Max
45.9 DQ Read 857 1,402
41.6 DQ Write 788 1,635
60.7 DQ Mixed 785 1,264
599% 810 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
422GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS214320 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1774 1677 1751 1753 1723 1697 MB/s
245% Outstanding
Read 1,398
Write 1,931
Mixed 1,283
SusWrite 1,729
359% 1,585 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 54.2
186% 68.1 MB/s
DQ Read 687
DQ Write 455
DQ Mixed 528
406% 557 MB/s
210GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS214320 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1673 1835 1870 1458 776 419 MB/s
209% Outstanding
Read 1,260
Write 1,834
Mixed 1,104
SusWrite 1,339
313% 1,384 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 79.7
4K Mixed 46.3
160% 55 MB/s
DQ Read 674
DQ Write 540
DQ Mixed 554
429% 590 MB/s
325GB free
Firmware: 4320 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1784 1902 1929 1022 119 121 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 870
Write 1,808
Mixed 1087
SusWrite 1,146
280% 1,228 MB/s
4K Read 39.3
4K Write 93.2
4K Mixed 47.2
169% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 960
DQ Write 728
DQ Mixed 811
616% 833 MB/s
396GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS214320 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1263 1843 1165 1323 1142 536 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 1,106
Write 1,789
Mixed 903
SusWrite 1212
284% 1,252 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 73
4K Mixed 37.1
126% 45.4 MB/s
DQ Read 716
DQ Write 614
DQ Mixed 662
497% 664 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,798,627 SSDs tested

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Typical PNY CS2140 500GB Builds (Compare 917 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
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System: Dell G7 7790

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples674x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples138x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples87x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples437x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples338x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 10,818 samples68x
SSD
PNY CS2140 500GBNvmeBench 229%, 19 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples198x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples136x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples49x
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