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USB3.0 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 62.9% (770th of 1072)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: USB3.0
Poor: 44%Average: 62.9% Great: 78%

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Above average average bench

The USB3.0 500GB averaged 37.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 92.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 25.3MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB3.0 500GB is 34.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the USB3.0 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 112MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 98.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 77062.9%
Min Avg Max
0.24 Read 358 427
257 Write 363 435
112 Mixed 328 430
42.6 SusWrite 275 399
74.5% 331 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.7 4K Read 21.3 31.4
10.4 4K Write 33.5 39
13.6 4K Mixed 25.3 34.5
82.5% 26.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
52.2 DQ Read 112 246
41.5 DQ Write 98.2 180
29.6 DQ Mixed 92.8 206
72.9% 101 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
162GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 410 413 412 411 408 MB/s
81.5% Excellent
Read 391
Write 388
Mixed 318
SusWrite 410
85% 377 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 35.1
114% 35.1 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 13.5
DQ Mixed 1.2
30% 78 MB/s
408GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 379 382 388 326 351 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 364
Write 383
Mixed 360
SusWrite 364
83% 368 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 34.5
4K Mixed 29.3
98% 30.6 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 143
121% 177 MB/s
177GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 260 211 293 308 322 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 286
Write 305
Mixed 244
SusWrite 277
63% 278 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 17.5
4K Mixed 22.2
75% 21.5 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 54.9
DQ Mixed 72.9
68% 109 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,710,260 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples555x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples146x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples77x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples127x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples54x
SSD
USB3.0 500GBBench 63%, 42 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $768

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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