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MSI M450 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 234% (70th of 1074)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe MSI M450 500GB
Poor: 142%Average: 234% Great: 313%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme MSI M450 500GB averaged 134.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme MSI M450 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 854MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,917MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme MSI M450 500GB is 170%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme MSI M450 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 46.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,187MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 70234%
Min Avg Max
390 Read 1,187 1,929
519 Write 1,917 2,961
296 Mixed 1,231 1,958
170 SusWrite 1,139 2,026
310% 1,369 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.9 4K Read 46.1 71
61.6 4K Write 175 357
17.4 4K Mixed 65.2 112
246% 95.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
544 DQ Read 1,076 1696
222 DQ Write 807 1,503
81.8 DQ Mixed 854 1,570
662% 912 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
290GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EJFM61.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2311 2774 2578 83 93 106 MB/s
344% Outstanding
Read 1,715
Write 2,709
Mixed 1910
SusWrite 1324
434% 1,914 MB/s
4K Read 60.8
4K Write 365
4K Mixed 97.5
410% 174 MB/s
DQ Read 1,689
DQ Write 1,476
DQ Mixed 1,564
1,177% 1,576 MB/s
429GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EJFMC0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3029 1707 630 628 629 629 MB/s
343% Outstanding
Read 1,575
Write 3,095
Mixed 1,962
SusWrite 1,209
445% 1,960 MB/s
4K Read 66.3
4K Write 384
4K Mixed 113
448% 188 MB/s
DQ Read 1,670
DQ Write 1,439
DQ Mixed 1,595
1,184% 1,568 MB/s
249GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EJFM61.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 494 503 500 372 373 MB/s
240% Outstanding
Read 1,804
Write 2,333
Mixed 1,614
SusWrite 453
349% 1,551 MB/s
4K Read 56.6
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 79
267% 95.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,496
DQ Write 1,066
DQ Mixed 1,230
933% 1,264 MB/s
259GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EJFM61.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 704 464 177 138 163 MB/s
232% Outstanding
Read 1,785
Write 2,315
Mixed 1,634
SusWrite 427
346% 1,540 MB/s
4K Read 53.3
4K Write 155
4K Mixed 75.7
260% 94.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,414
DQ Write 1,002
DQ Mixed 1,164
882% 1,194 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: EJFM61.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1020 1110 1075 812 1382 1429 MB/s
201% Outstanding
Read 877
Write 923
Mixed 1,165
SusWrite 1138
232% 1,026 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 58.1
214% 78.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,050
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 799
560% 723 MB/s
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Typical MSI M450 500GB Builds (Compare 3,783 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Acer Predator PH315-51

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples2,437x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples1,346x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples2,003x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples1,254x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples526x
SSD
MSI M450 500GBNvmeBench 234%, 25 samples1x
RAM
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 17,072 samples645x
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 19,360 samples348x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 28,425 samples302x
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