Corsair

Neutron XT SSD 500GB

Neutron XT SSD 500GB
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Effective Speed +11% Effective Speed 11%Average Score +11% Read 8%, Write 8%, 4K Read 1%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed 10%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite 57%Peak Score +3% Read -1%, Write -1%, 4K Read 3%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed 12%, 4K Mixed 2%, SusWrite 22%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -2%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed 7%, ADQ Read 1%, ADQ Write 1%, ADQ Mixed -30%, Age 4%, AS-SSD Total -1%

Average Bench: 109% (220^th of 1071)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Neutron XT SSD

Poor: 97%Average: 109% Great: 127%

Outstanding average bench

The Corsair Neutron XT SSD 500GB averaged 9.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Neutron XT SSD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 200MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 44.3MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 396MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 438MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 220109%

Min	Avg	Max
491	Read 496	503
384	Write 438	478
311	Mixed 396	476
458	SusWrite 465	471
101% 449 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.2	4K Read 34.8	44.3
66.7	4K Write 81	107
35.6	4K Mixed 44.3	59.6
152% 53.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
225	DQ Read 330	382
244	DQ Write 293	343
86.9	DQ Mixed 200	355
180% 274 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 years ago.

169GB free

Firmware: EMT03B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 473 468 467 476 482 MB/s

127% Outstanding

Write 478

Mixed 399

SusWrite 471

104% 461 MB/s

4K Read 44.3

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 59.6

200% 70.4 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 343

DQ Mixed 355

268% 360 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

435GB free

Firmware: EMT03B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 456 460 450 459 466 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 384

Mixed 311

SusWrite 458

92% 411 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 66.7

4K Mixed 37.6

130% 45.1 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 157

166% 277 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 years ago.

222GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

97.1% Outstanding

Write 451

Mixed 476

106% 477 MB/s

4K Read 29.2

4K Write 68.9

4K Mixed 35.6

126% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 225

DQ Write 244

DQ Mixed 86.9

106% 185 MB/s

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Average Bench: 109% (220^th of 1071)

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