PNY SSD7CS900-480-RB

CS900 480GB

CS900 480GB
BENCHMARKS (6,226)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -23%Effective Speed -23%Average Score -29%Read -28%, Write -61%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -38%, SusWrite -6%Peak Score -10%Read -6%, Write -8%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -26%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite 17%Value & Sentiment -35%User Rating -41%, Market Share -371%, Price 171%, Value 100%Nice To Haves -20%DQ Read -21%, DQ Write -0%, DQ Mixed -44%, ADQ Read -49%, ADQ Write -8%, ADQ Mixed -57%, Age 31%, AS-SSD Total -12%

Average Bench: 79.7% (448^th of 1026)

Based on 6,226 user benchmarks. Models: PNY CS900 480GB SSD, PNY CS900 480GB, PNY CS900

Poor: 43%Average: 79.7% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The PNY CS900 480GB averaged 20.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS900 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 163MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.3MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS900 480GB is 59%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY CS900 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 257MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 281MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,226 samples)

Rank 44879.7%

Min	Avg	Max
182	Read 359	476
99.5	Write 257	448
83.6	Mixed 289	380
89.3	SusWrite 281	458
66.6% 296 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.8	4K Read 28.3	37.8
19	4K Write 71	95.7
10.6	4K Mixed 32.4	42.4
122% 43.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.3	DQ Read 215	302
16	DQ Write 268	356
14.6	DQ Mixed 163	220
145% 216 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.

374GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900KB3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 339 436 454 464 467 MB/s

99.5% Outstanding

Write 440

Mixed 364

SusWrite 420

92% 407 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 91.7

4K Mixed 38.9

146% 54 MB/s

DQ Read 222

DQ Write 358

DQ Mixed 175

165% 251 MB/s

BRA-User, 14 hrs ago.

378GB free

Firmware: CS900211

SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 358 357 359 359 362 MB/s

94.7% Outstanding

Write 392

Mixed 320

SusWrite 360

83% 367 MB/s

4K Read 30.8

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 34.2

146% 56.7 MB/s

DQ Read 239

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 173

163% 249 MB/s

USA-User, 10 hrs ago.

276GB free

Firmware: CS900613

SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 360 135 184 249 138 MB/s

88.7% Excellent

Write 114

Mixed 243

SusWrite 247

54% 242 MB/s

4K Read 38.2

4K Write 81.1

4K Mixed 40.9

153% 53.4 MB/s

DQ Read 253

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 199

170% 248 MB/s

KWT-User, 8 hrs ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900KB3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 348 341 349 340 350 MB/s

84.9% Excellent

Write 318

Mixed 303

SusWrite 347

73% 323 MB/s

4K Read 30.5

4K Write 81

4K Mixed 37.1

137% 49.5 MB/s

DQ Read 187

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 148

124% 179 MB/s

FRA-User, 32 mins ago.

168GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900913

SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 174 213 147 118 161 MB/s

72.9% Very good

Write 287

Mixed 225

SusWrite 180

55% 246 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 76.9

4K Mixed 30.1

126% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 228

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 162

152% 232 MB/s

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 78%, 441,823 samples	15,347x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $160Bench 85%, 401,005 samples	5,780x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 69%, 107,747 samples	4,604x

GPU
RX 580AMD $159Bench 57%, 521,346 samples	7,025x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 49%, 223,943 samples	4,878x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 594,888 samples	2,601x

SSD
CS900 480GBPNY $48Bench 80%, 6,226 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 82%, 363,384 samples	3,201x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $69Bench 86%, 264,683 samples	2,050x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 83,417 samples	1,765x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $491

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Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $156	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $340	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $510	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

PNY SSD7CS900-480-RB

CS900 480GB

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PNY SSD7CS900-480-RB

CS900 480GB

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