PNY SSD7CS900-480-RB

CS900 480GB

CS900 480GB
BENCHMARKS (17,946)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(2)
BUY • $28

Effective Speed -24%Effective Speed -24%Average Score -28%Read -24%, Write -55%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -23%, 4K Mixed -41%, SusWrite -18%Peak Score -11%Read -6%, Write -9%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -12%, 4K Mixed -36%, SusWrite 20%Value & Sentiment +69% User Rating -13%, Market Share -132%, Price 282%, Value 140%Nice To Haves -24%DQ Read -22%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -51%, ADQ Read -47%, ADQ Write -8%, ADQ Mixed -59%, Age 7%, AS-SSD Total -13%

Average Bench: 79.3% (492^nd of 1071)

Based on 17,946 user benchmarks. Models: PNY CS900 480GB SSD, PNY CS900 480GB, PNY CS900

Poor: 47%Average: 79.3% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The PNY CS900 480GB averaged 20.7% 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 164MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.2MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS900 480GB is 55.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY CS900 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 252MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 262MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 17,946 samples)

Rank 49279.3%

Min	Avg	Max
178	Read 370	480
101	Write 262	445
84.7	Mixed 292	378
75.3	SusWrite 252	464
65.9% 294 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.4	4K Read 30.2	39.4
19.3	4K Write 72.4	98.6
8.98	4K Mixed 32.1	43.1
125% 44.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.8	DQ Read 222	300
15.4	DQ Write 267	354
16.1	DQ Mixed 164	220
146% 218 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 5 hrs ago.

279GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900KA3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 352 357 391 414 411 MB/s

76.1% Very good

Write 368

Mixed 282

SusWrite 373

76% 335 MB/s

4K Read 24.5

4K Write 53.7

4K Mixed 27.4

101% 35.2 MB/s

DQ Read 203

DQ Write 234

DQ Mixed 153

133% 197 MB/s

BRA-User, 8 mins ago.

424GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 196 200 72 71 64 MB/s

60.6% Good

Write 164

Mixed 280

SusWrite 165

51% 229 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 56.7

4K Mixed 22.4

92% 33.7 MB/s

DQ Read 198

DQ Write 267

DQ Mixed 181

151% 216 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 hr ago.

426GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 156 159 151 172 178 MB/s

58.9% Above average

Write 282

Mixed 240

SusWrite 160

57% 254 MB/s

4K Read 19.4

4K Write 45.7

4K Mixed 22.1

82% 29.1 MB/s

DQ Read 213

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 179

152% 220 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

114GB free

Firmware: CS900211

SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 417 388 417 425 402 MB/s

49.6% Average

Write 101

Mixed 80.3

SusWrite 405

46% 207 MB/s

4K Read 12.4

4K Write 19.1

4K Mixed 8.1

39% 13.2 MB/s

DQ Read 12.4

DQ Write 146

DQ Mixed 138

89% 98.7 MB/s

FRA-User, 6 hrs ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900KB3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 458 47 29 28 132 MB/s

40.3% Average

Write 21.9

Mixed 27.7

SusWrite 149

27% 125 MB/s

4K Read 31.2

4K Write 12

4K Mixed 8.4

64% 17.2 MB/s

DQ Read 26.2

DQ Write 12.1

DQ Mixed 15.1

12% 17.8 MB/s

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Typical CS900 480GB Builds (Compare 6,854 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

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Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4 - $84

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $193Bench 73%, 446,215 samples	1,513x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $109Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,279x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $199Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	469x

GPU
RX 580AMD $150Bench 52%, 861,249 samples	564x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	371x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	368x

SSD
CS900 480GBPNY $28Bench 79%, 17,946 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $49Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	478x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $43Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	396x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $50Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	272x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $504

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Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $460	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $49	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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PNY SSD7CS900-480-RB

CS900 480GB

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PNY SSD7CS900-480-RB

CS900 480GB

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