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PNY SSD7CS900-240-RB

CS900 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 72.9% (621st of 1080)

Based on 61,417 user benchmarks.  Models: PNY CS900 240GB SSD, PNY CS900 240SSD, PNY CS900 240GB, PNY CS900
Poor: 43%Average: 72.9% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The PNY CS900 240GB averaged 27.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 151MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.4MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS900 240GB is 48.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY CS900 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 163MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 290MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 61,417 samples)
Rank 62172.9%
Min Avg Max
293 Read 401 482
106 Write 290 426
120 Mixed 302 381
58.2 SusWrite 163 355
64.5% 289 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.4 4K Read 29.4 38.9
17 4K Write 67.5 94.2
8.78 4K Mixed 31 42.2
120% 42.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
67.6 DQ Read 212 305
23.8 DQ Write 251 346
16.2 DQ Mixed 151 212
136% 205 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
703GB free
Firmware: CS900613
SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 377 329 298 283 396 MB/s
85.3% Excellent
Read 499
Write 281
Mixed 370
SusWrite 345
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 65.5
4K Mixed 33.7
113% 40.7 MB/s
DQ Read 224
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 202
152% 204 MB/s
121GB free
Firmware: CS900612
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 104 49 95 42 110 MB/s
79.2% Very good
Read 422
Write 121
Mixed 285
SusWrite 123
52% 238 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 72.9
4K Mixed 36.6
139% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 200
172% 251 MB/s
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900615
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 193 85 62 69 43 MB/s
64% Good
Read 413
Write 200
Mixed 311
SusWrite 104
57% 257 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 52.4
4K Mixed 29.7
110% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 153
117% 160 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900KB3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 335 338 336 333 45 MB/s
62.7% Good
Read 362
Write 326
Mixed 273
SusWrite 288
70% 312 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 46.5
4K Mixed 25.3
91% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 31.6
DQ Write 85.7
DQ Mixed 37.4
35% 51.6 MB/s
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900BB3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 330 38 100 83 62 MB/s
41.9% Average
Read 382
Write 400
Mixed 43.2
SusWrite 123
53% 237 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 21.7
4K Mixed 10.2
63% 19.1 MB/s
DQ Read 24.8
DQ Write 14.6
DQ Mixed 16.8
13% 18.7 MB/s
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900BB3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 44 81 31 30 31 MB/s
36.6% Below average
Read 310
Write 276
Mixed 269
SusWrite 41.6
50% 224 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 23.7
4K Mixed 14.5
62% 19.5 MB/s
DQ Read 112
DQ Write 25
DQ Mixed 19.7
27% 52.2 MB/s
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Typical CS900 240GB Builds (Compare 16,828 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $94

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples3,659x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,765x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $74Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1,108x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,307x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples1,002x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $139Bench 71%, 428,800 samples1,000x
SSD
CS900 240GBPNY  $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples947x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples607x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples434x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $423

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