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PNY CS1030 500GB SSD

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Effective Speed -220%Effective Speed -220%Average Score -226%Read -381%, Write -369%, 4K Read -98%, 4K Write -41%, Mixed -268%, 4K Mixed -73%, SusWrite -354%Peak Score -247%Read -424%, Write -341%, 4K Read -202%, 4K Write -26%, Mixed -327%, 4K Mixed -125%, SusWrite -281%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -149%DQ Read -176%, DQ Write -69%, DQ Mixed -181%, ADQ Read -286%, ADQ Write -118%, ADQ Mixed -192%, Age -29%, AS-SSD Total -145%

Average Bench: 170% (142^nd of 1080)

Based on 18 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PNY CS1030 500GB SSD

Poor: 108%Average: 170% Great: 221%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PNY CS1030 500GB SSD averaged 70.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PNY CS1030 500GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 509MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 577MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PNY CS1030 500GB SSD is 113%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PNY CS1030 500GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 694MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 443MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)

Rank 142170%

Min	Avg	Max
226	Read 873	1,132
501	Write 994	1,460
451	Mixed 877	1,093
274	SusWrite 694	1200
194% 860 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.2	4K Read 44.9	63.6
44.7	4K Write 147	301
23.9	4K Mixed 63.8	97.1
228% 85.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
179	DQ Read 443	839
150	DQ Write 577	1,126
166	DQ Mixed 509	746
384% 510 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IRN-User, 10 months ago.

182GB free

Firmware: CS103C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 732 399 410 399 249 MB/s

198% Outstanding

Write 1,045

Mixed 998

SusWrite 510

202% 897 MB/s

4K Read 55.4

4K Write 221

4K Mixed 78.9

302% 119 MB/s

DQ Read 462

DQ Write 1,034

DQ Mixed 574

487% 690 MB/s

USA-User, 9 months ago.

358GB free

Firmware: CS103700 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 756 720 727 741 733 738 MB/s

197% Outstanding

Write 828

Mixed 854

SusWrite 736

195% 867 MB/s

4K Read 51.6

4K Write 180

4K Mixed 74.1

268% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 837

DQ Mixed 474

398% 560 MB/s

IRN-User, 13 months ago.

432GB free

Firmware: CS103C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 735 828 785 1065 1065 1070 MB/s

162% Outstanding

Write 855

Mixed 688

SusWrite 924

174% 767 MB/s

4K Read 42.8

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 61.4

204% 73.1 MB/s

DQ Read 462

DQ Write 321

DQ Mixed 438

314% 407 MB/s

FRA-User, 7 months ago.

327GB free

Firmware: CS103F00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1423 929 24 182 22 22 MB/s

154% Outstanding

Write 1,460

Mixed 1,044

SusWrite 434

218% 965 MB/s

4K Read 47.8

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 67.6

234% 85.9 MB/s

DQ Read 369

DQ Write 428

DQ Mixed 520

358% 439 MB/s

IRN-User, 12 months ago.

81GB free

Firmware: CS103C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 924 140 143 141 151 146 MB/s

137% Outstanding

Write 1,038

Mixed 834

SusWrite 274

166% 736 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 65

221% 79.7 MB/s

DQ Read 461

DQ Write 399

DQ Mixed 573

390% 478 MB/s

UZB-User, 14 months ago.

367GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS103C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 833 151 57 39 33 393 MB/s

92.2% Outstanding

Write 759

Mixed 675

SusWrite 251

132% 584 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 70.6

4K Mixed 40.2

133% 46.6 MB/s

DQ Read 227

DQ Write 192

DQ Mixed 177

141% 198 MB/s

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System: Asus ASUS TUF Dash F15 FX516PR_FX516PR

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Core i7-11370HIntelBench 74%, 12,227 samples	2,752x
Core i5-11300HIntelBench 71%, 8,880 samples	22x

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RTX 3070 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 114%, 45,297 samples	1,398x
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	1,373x
RTX 3080Nvidia $730Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1x

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PNY CS1030 500GB SSDNvmeBench 170%, 18 samples	1x

RAM
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2B1 Samsung M471A1G44AB0-CWE 16GBMicronBench 58%, 1,942 samples	616x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 131,863 samples	568x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 Samsung M471A1G44AB0-CWE 16GBMicronBench 67%, 5,644 samples	373x

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PNY CS1030 500GB SSD

Average Bench: 170% (142^nd of 1080)

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PNY CS1030 500GB SSD

Average Bench: 170% (142nd of 1080)

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Average Bench: 170% (142^nd of 1080)