CT500P3SSD8 500GB

CT500P3SSD8 500GB
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Effective Speed +101% Effective Speed 101%Average Score +132% Read 209%, Write 252%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 40%, Mixed 229%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite 148%Peak Score +198% Read 269%, Write 280%, 4K Read 38%, 4K Write 111%, Mixed 307%, 4K Mixed 54%, SusWrite 328%Value & Sentiment +4% User Rating -13%, Market Share 21%Nice To Haves +248% DQ Read 278%, DQ Write 277%, DQ Mixed 225%, ADQ Read 185%, ADQ Write 126%, ADQ Mixed 186%, Age 460%, AS-SSD Total 245%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 198% (100^th of 1072)

Based on 13,020 user benchmarks. Model: CT500P3SSD8

Poor: 82%Average: 198% Great: 305%

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Outstanding average bench

The CT500P3SSD8 500GB averaged 97.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the CT500P3SSD8 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 745MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 930MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the CT500P3SSD8 500GB is 222%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the CT500P3SSD8 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 734MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 123MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13,020 samples)

Rank 100198%

Min	Avg	Max
568	Read 1,413	1,868
208	Write 1,426	1,843
74	Mixed 1,182	1,721
78.4	SusWrite 734	1,658
267% 1,189 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.6	4K Read 45.1	59.5
34.1	4K Write 123	258
4.5	4K Mixed 52.9	90
201% 73.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
346	DQ Read 930	1,389
57.7	DQ Write 652	1,352
112	DQ Mixed 745	1,078
569% 775 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ITA-User, 2 hrs ago.

205GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P9CR30A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1751 1736 1773 456 51 50 MB/s

297% Outstanding

Write 1794

Mixed 1,746

SusWrite 970

348% 1,546 MB/s

4K Read 64.3

4K Write 276

4K Mixed 100

372% 147 MB/s

DQ Read 1,399

DQ Write 1,133

DQ Mixed 1,073

856% 1,202 MB/s

DEU-User, 3 hrs ago.

379GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P9CR30A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1816 1309 437 277 49 318 MB/s

210% Outstanding

Write 1,877

Mixed 1,645

SusWrite 701

326% 1,446 MB/s

4K Read 50.3

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 68.6

224% 77.5 MB/s

DQ Read 977

DQ Write 580

DQ Mixed 803

591% 786 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 hrs ago.

326GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P9CR30A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1205 1200 1344 1416 1162 498 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 1455

Mixed 1,257

SusWrite 1,137

295% 1,310 MB/s

4K Read 34.6

4K Write 75.4

4K Mixed 47.2

153% 52.4 MB/s

DQ Read 742

DQ Write 480

DQ Mixed 646

472% 623 MB/s

SVN-User, 5 hrs ago.

400GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P9CR30A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 837 443 53 43 224 142 MB/s

191% Outstanding

Write 1,728

Mixed 1,481

SusWrite 290

283% 1,261 MB/s

4K Read 50.6

4K Write 149

4K Mixed 70.3

246% 90.1 MB/s

DQ Read 994

DQ Write 611

DQ Mixed 840

616% 815 MB/s

ITA-User, 1 hr ago.

465GB free

Firmware: P9CR30A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1089 1036 1152 1105 870 829 MB/s

128% Outstanding

Write 964

Mixed 785

SusWrite 1,013

204% 903 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 35.6

4K Mixed 24

78% 26.2 MB/s

DQ Read 222

DQ Write 136

DQ Mixed 158

123% 172 MB/s

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 95%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO H610M-G DDR4 (MS-7D46)

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $146Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	558x
Core i3-12100FIntel $93Bench 94%, 8,549 samples	327x
Core i5-12400Intel $162Bench 98%, 12,519 samples	202x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $300Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	303x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	153x
RTX 3050Nvidia $230Bench 75%, 43,922 samples	124x

SSD
CT500P3SSD8 500GBBench 198%, 13,020 samples	1x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	95x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	84x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 1x16GBSamsungBench 46%, 2,865 samples	73x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $446

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12400F $146	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $189	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $340	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

CT500P3SSD8 500GB

Average Bench: 198% (100^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: MSI PRO H610M-G DDR4 (MS-7D46)

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CT500P3SSD8 500GB

Average Bench: 198% (100th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 198% (100^th of 1072)