CT500P3PSSD8 500GB

CT500P3PSSD8 500GB
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Effective Speed +114% Effective Speed 114%Average Score +149% Read 212%, Write 279%, 4K Read 35%, 4K Write 64%, Mixed 257%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite 167%Peak Score +213% Read 277%, Write 282%, 4K Read 47%, 4K Write 162%, Mixed 317%, 4K Mixed 72%, SusWrite 337%Value & Sentiment -33%User Rating -14%, Market Share -52%Nice To Haves +248% DQ Read 283%, DQ Write 288%, DQ Mixed 238%, ADQ Read 208%, ADQ Write 144%, ADQ Mixed 195%, Age 368%, AS-SSD Total 256%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 211% (90^th of 1072)

Based on 5,985 user benchmarks. Model: CT500P3PSSD8

Poor: 72%Average: 211% Great: 315%

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Outstanding average bench

The CT500P3PSSD8 500GB averaged 110.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the CT500P3PSSD8 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 767MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,006MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the CT500P3PSSD8 500GB is 243%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the CT500P3PSSD8 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 792MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 46.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,985 samples)

Rank 90211%

Min	Avg	Max
463	Read 1,429	1,912
266	Write 1,535	1,854
76	Mixed 1,280	1,766
81.5	SusWrite 792	1,692
283% 1,259 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.9	4K Read 46.3	63.2
33.4	4K Write 144	320
4.74	4K Mixed 58.1	100
221% 82.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
316	DQ Read 1,006	1,405
52.6	DQ Write 706	1,390
102	DQ Mixed 767	1,119
597% 826 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

NOR-User, 13 hrs ago.

278GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P9CR40A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1585 1772 1783 1828 790 59 MB/s

314% Outstanding

Write 1,643

Mixed 1,732

SusWrite 1,303

352% 1,558 MB/s

4K Read 61.1

4K Write 313

4K Mixed 96.9

383% 157 MB/s

DQ Read 1,364

DQ Write 1142

DQ Mixed 1,114

872% 1,207 MB/s

USA-User, 19 hrs ago.

425GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P9CR413

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3805 1701 422 364 329 346 MB/s

310% Outstanding

Write 3,844

Mixed 2,316

SusWrite 1,161

522% 2,298 MB/s

4K Read 75.7

4K Write 232

4K Mixed 106

373% 138 MB/s

DQ Read 1,328

DQ Write 878

DQ Mixed 1,180

859% 1,128 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

418GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P9CR411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2652 3447 851 474 411 379 MB/s

299% Outstanding

Write 3,870

Mixed 2314

SusWrite 1,369

540% 2,382 MB/s

4K Read 72.1

4K Write 170

4K Mixed 89.9

314% 111 MB/s

DQ Read 1,106

DQ Write 667

DQ Mixed 911

672% 894 MB/s

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

430GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P9CR413

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2562 2562 1648 428 357 339 MB/s

288% Outstanding

Write 2,632

Mixed 2,099

SusWrite 1316

451% 1,996 MB/s

4K Read 66.3

4K Write 158

4K Mixed 89.6

299% 104 MB/s

DQ Read 931

DQ Write 731

DQ Mixed 862

637% 842 MB/s

AUS-User, 10 hrs ago.

428GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P9CR411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2371 2388 1094 445 395 383 MB/s

284% Outstanding

Write 2,417

Mixed 2,010

SusWrite 1,180

424% 1,876 MB/s

4K Read 59.9

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 81.5

277% 98.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,268

DQ Write 989

DQ Mixed 1,125

843% 1,128 MB/s

USA-User, 18 hrs ago.

343GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P9CR411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1309 2494 484 440 393 402 MB/s

260% Outstanding

Write 3,776

Mixed 2,298

SusWrite 920

506% 2,234 MB/s

4K Read 57.3

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 71.8

235% 78.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,710

DQ Write 669

DQ Mixed 1,349

956% 1,243 MB/s

FRA-User, 5 hrs ago.

418GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P9CR409

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1216 1260 1257 1261 607 426 MB/s

199% Outstanding

Write 1,267

Mixed 1,200

SusWrite 1,004

262% 1,158 MB/s

4K Read 45.8

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 64.4

207% 71.3 MB/s

DQ Read 788

DQ Write 414

DQ Mixed 551

423% 584 MB/s

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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System: AZW SER

CPU
Ryzen 7 3750HAMDBench 54%, 42,271 samples	171x
Ryzen 7 5800HAMDBench 75%, 19,785 samples	164x
Ryzen 7 7735HSAMDBench 79%, 995 samples	86x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	286x
Radeon RX Vega 10 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 37,264 samples	169x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	142x

SSD
CT500P3PSSD8 500GBBench 211%, 5,985 samples	122x

RAM
CT8G4SFS832A.M8FR 2x8GBCrucialBench 92%, 2,995 samples	102x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 2x8GBMicronBench 83%, 15,291 samples	102x
CT16G48C40S5.M8A1 2x16GBCrucialBench 127%, 2,276 samples	83x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

CT500P3PSSD8 500GB

Average Bench: 211% (90^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 211% (90th of 1072)

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