V

Series SATA SSD 500GB

Series SATA SSD 500GB
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Effective Speed -16%Effective Speed -16%Average Score -13%Read -11%, Write -5%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -28%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -47%, SusWrite 23%Peak Score -5%Read -6%, Write -0%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -23%, SusWrite 15%Value & Sentiment -262%User Rating -14%, Market Share -511%Nice To Haves +31% DQ Read -41%, DQ Write -17%, DQ Mixed -6%, ADQ Read -54%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -24%, Age 427%, AS-SSD Total -24%

Average Bench: 84.8% (410^th of 1074)

Based on 63 user benchmarks. Model: V Series SATA SSD 500GB

Poor: 53%Average: 84.8% Great: 112%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The V Series SATA SSD 500GB averaged just 15.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the V Series SATA SSD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 210MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.7MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the V Series SATA SSD 500GB is 58.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the V Series SATA SSD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 212MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 362MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 63 samples)

Rank 41084.8%

Min	Avg	Max
227	Read 411	477
224	Write 387	483
232	Mixed 362	445
175	SusWrite 366	444
85.9% 381 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.5	4K Read 27.7	37.8
22.4	4K Write 68.3	110
9.8	4K Mixed 30.6	47.3
117% 42.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
166	DQ Read 212	260
144	DQ Write 250	305
25.1	DQ Mixed 210	313
164% 224 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FRA-User, 3 months ago.

344GB free

Firmware: SN12521

SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 368 402 462 416 419 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 149

Mixed 436

SusWrite 420

82% 366 MB/s

4K Read 31

4K Write 92.4

4K Mixed 40.1

147% 54.5 MB/s

DQ Read 235

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 296

212% 269 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

466GB free

Firmware: SN12391

SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 426 413 415 417 418 MB/s

93.8% Outstanding

Write 433

Mixed 434

SusWrite 401

98% 435 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 66.1

4K Mixed 36.6

130% 44.7 MB/s

DQ Read 190

DQ Write 277

DQ Mixed 239

179% 235 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 month ago.

56GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN12391

SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 399 389 404 406 379 MB/s

91.6% Outstanding

Write 425

Mixed 422

SusWrite 397

96% 425 MB/s

4K Read 28.6

4K Write 72.1

4K Mixed 34.2

125% 45 MB/s

DQ Read 185

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 238

180% 237 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 months ago.

412GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN12521

SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 387 402 421 422 379 MB/s

88.2% Excellent

Write 426

Mixed 382

SusWrite 378

90% 397 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 69.8

4K Mixed 33.7

122% 43.8 MB/s

DQ Read 223

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 296

212% 269 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 days ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN12521

SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 396 433 423 436 422 MB/s

82.5% Excellent

Write 475

Mixed 253

SusWrite 420

79% 345 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 80.5

4K Mixed 30.9

122% 45.9 MB/s

DQ Read 183

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 210

165% 225 MB/s

LUX-User, 4 months ago.

345GB free

Firmware: SN12521

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 415 431 401 444 450 MB/s

79.3% Very good

Write 232

Mixed 301

SusWrite 392

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 61.4

4K Mixed 21.7

110% 38.6 MB/s

DQ Read 103

DQ Write 115

DQ Mixed 196

123% 138 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 hrs ago.

465GB free

Firmware: V4.30.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 347 338 339 295 237 MB/s

66.4% Good

Write 377

Mixed 298

SusWrite 312

74% 329 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 56.6

4K Mixed 13.8

87% 32.2 MB/s

DQ Read 177

DQ Write 220

DQ Mixed 26.2

68% 141 MB/s

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-P - $110

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	977x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	674x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	322x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	222x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x

SSD
Series SATA SSD 500GBVBench 85%, 63 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	160x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	115x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	74x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $658

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Series SATA SSD 500GB

Average Bench: 84.8% (410^th of 1074)

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Average Bench: 84.8% (410^th of 1074)