PNY SSD7CS900-480-RB

CS900 480GB

CS900 480GB
BENCHMARKS (1,877)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $50

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

120GB 240GB 480GB 960GB

Effective Speed -38%Effective Speed -38%Average User Bench -41%Read -26%, Write -60%, 4K Read -27%, 4K Write -30%, Mixed -32%, 4K Mixed -61%, SusWrite -51%Peak Lab Bench -20%Read -7%, Write -18%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write -26%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -47%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment -262%User Rating -70%, Market Share -1,225%, Price 181%, Value 67%Nice To Haves -25%DQ Read -27%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -55%, ADQ Read -51%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -77%, Age 47%, AS-SSD Total -18%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 75.5% (492^nd of 1011)

Based on 1,877 user benchmarks. Models: PNY CS900 480GB SSD, PNY CS900 480GB, PNY CS900

Poor: 44%Average: 75.5% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The PNY CS900 480GB averaged 24.5% 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 154MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS900 480GB is 49.5%. 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 213MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 264MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,877 samples)

Rank 49275.5%

Min	Avg	Max
204	Read 374	476
102	Write 264	414
84.4	Mixed 277	361
92.9	SusWrite 213	379
63.1% 282 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.4	4K Read 28.9	38.3
20	4K Write 72.6	101
9.2	4K Mixed 30.2	41.4
121% 43.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.5	DQ Read 222	301
16.2	DQ Write 260	344
15.2	DQ Mixed 154	216
140% 212 MB/s

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

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

165GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900208

SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 350 352 358 362 366 MB/s

91.3% Outstanding

Write 440

Mixed 351

SusWrite 359

87% 388 MB/s

4K Read 29.3

4K Write 90.1

4K Mixed 31.1

132% 50.2 MB/s

DQ Read 257

DQ Write 353

DQ Mixed 166

164% 259 MB/s

USA-User, 10 hrs ago.

216GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900112

SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 308 134 134 135 135 MB/s

88.8% Excellent

Write 373

Mixed 329

SusWrite 209

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 86.3

4K Mixed 37.7

148% 53.2 MB/s

DQ Read 267

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 209

180% 262 MB/s

ESP-User, 9 hrs ago.

330GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900913

SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 101 101 172 220 217 MB/s

70.2% Very good

Write 278

Mixed 226

SusWrite 176

55% 244 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 79.7

4K Mixed 26.8

118% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 233

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 164

154% 235 MB/s

POL-User, 1 hr ago.

354GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS90

SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 54 74 57 61 69 MB/s

27.5% Poor

Write 76.7

Mixed 110

SusWrite 59.6

32% 146 MB/s

4K Read 14.9

4K Write 7.8

4K Mixed 6.6

35% 9.77 MB/s

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $74

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $130Bench 75%, 192,851 samples	4,885x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $80Bench 62%, 58,770 samples	2,158x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $120Bench 62%, 50,259 samples	1,202x

GPU
RX 580AMD $172Bench 70%, 236,550 samples	2,111x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 60%, 81,372 samples	1,238x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $270Bench 70%, 699,084 samples	989x

SSD
CS900 480GBPNY $50Bench 75%, 1,877 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 85%, 206,122 samples	742x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $72Bench 85%, 36,488 samples	572x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 85%, 16,439 samples	394x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $501

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Intel Core i5-9400F $143	AMD RX 580 $172	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $86
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $198	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	AMD RX Vega 56 $300	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $195

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $695	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

PNY SSD7CS900-480-RB

CS900 480GB

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PNY SSD7CS900-480-RB

CS900 480GB

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