Galax

BA1M0500F 500GB

BA1M0500F 500GB
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Effective Speed -186%Effective Speed -186%Average Score -203%Read -325%, Write -272%, 4K Read -87%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -211%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -446%Peak Score -242%Read -410%, Write -254%, 4K Read -246%, 4K Write -41%, Mixed -255%, 4K Mixed -155%, SusWrite -329%Value & Sentiment User Rating -36%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -79%DQ Read -91%, DQ Write -32%, DQ Mixed -93%, ADQ Read -112%, ADQ Write -33%, ADQ Mixed -86%, Age -91%, AS-SSD Total -91%

Average Bench: 188% (119^th of 1080)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model: GALAX BA1M0500F

Poor: 120%Average: 188% Great: 234%

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Outstanding average bench

The Galax BA1M0500F 500GB averaged 88.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Galax BA1M0500F 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 796MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 943MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Galax BA1M0500F 500GB is 114%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Galax BA1M0500F 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 582MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 965MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 119188%

Min	Avg	Max
288	Read 965	1,138
288	Write 1,225	1,765
320	Mixed 1,009	1,280
289	SusWrite 582	1,067
213% 945 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7.3	4K Read 45.3	55.4
28.4	4K Write 172	270
16.2	4K Mixed 65.9	85.6
244% 94.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
351	DQ Read 807	1,210
268	DQ Write 943	1,444
377	DQ Mixed 796	1,086
621% 849 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CHN-User, 9 months ago.

143GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFM90.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1679 1730 1764 628 104 495 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1,765

Mixed 1,246

SusWrite 1,067

295% 1,304 MB/s

4K Read 46.8

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 66.5

235% 87.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,011

DQ Write 845

DQ Mixed 1000

729% 952 MB/s

CHN-User, 19 months ago.

411GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFMC0.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1051 1114 1106 1141 256 40 MB/s

208% Outstanding

Write 990

Mixed 884

SusWrite 785

202% 893 MB/s

4K Read 53.7

4K Write 209

4K Mixed 75.1

288% 113 MB/s

DQ Read 463

DQ Write 1,104

DQ Mixed 576

498% 714 MB/s

CHN-User, 10 months ago.

242GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFME0.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 653 327 833 335 276 340 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 1,728

Mixed 1,280

SusWrite 460

258% 1,142 MB/s

4K Read 47

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 65.8

256% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 850

DQ Write 1,394

DQ Mixed 980

782% 1,074 MB/s

MNG-User, 3 months ago.

126GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFMF0.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1487 1500 891 24 284 22 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 1,512

Mixed 1,207

SusWrite 701

257% 1,139 MB/s

4K Read 50.5

4K Write 166

4K Mixed 72.3

257% 96.2 MB/s

DQ Read 369

DQ Write 747

DQ Mixed 526

409% 547 MB/s

CAN-User, 11 months ago.

240GB free

Firmware: EDFME0.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 288 289 292 295 288 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 288

Mixed 398

SusWrite 289

98% 443 MB/s

4K Read 36.7

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 43.5

169% 63 MB/s

DQ Read 507

DQ Write 347

DQ Mixed 400

306% 418 MB/s

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B460M-K

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Core i5-10400FIntel $95Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	680x
Core i5-10400Intel $124Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	183x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	140x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	148x
RTX 2060Nvidia $269Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	140x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	126x

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BA1M0500F 500GBGalaxBench 188%, 11 samples	1x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $71Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	89x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	66x
KD4AGU880-32A160T 1x16GBKLEVVBench 50%, 336 samples	47x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $361

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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
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Galax

BA1M0500F 500GB

Average Bench: 188% (119^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 188% (119th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 188% (119^th of 1080)