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Effective Speed -845%Effective Speed -845%Average Score -1,032%Read -1,489%, Write -2,207%, 4K Read -399%, 4K Write -512%, Mixed -1,305%, 4K Mixed -422%, SusWrite -888%Peak Score -1,130%Read -1,619%, Write -1,611%, 4K Read -776%, 4K Write -741%, Mixed -1,359%, 4K Mixed -741%, SusWrite -1,065%Value & Sentiment -2,368%User Rating -37%, Market Share -4,700%Nice To Haves -1,174%DQ Read -1,368%, DQ Write -1,066%, DQ Mixed -1,454%, ADQ Read -1,469%, ADQ Write -882%, ADQ Mixed -1,537%, Age -389%, AS-SSD Total -1,228%

Average Bench: 57.7% (834^th of 1080)

Based on 753 user benchmarks. Model: PNY PNY ELITE PSSD

Poor: 42%Average: 57.7% Great: 69%

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The PNY ELITE 480GB averaged 42.3% 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 90.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 21.2MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY ELITE 480GB is 27.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the PNY ELITE 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 109MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 202MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 753 samples)

Rank 83457.7%

Min	Avg	Max
152	Read 264	345
62.2	Write 202	376
90	Mixed 230	320
110	SusWrite 319	393
57.3% 254 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.9	4K Read 17.8	21.9
16.7	4K Write 33.9	45
10.2	4K Mixed 21.2	26
72.1% 24.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.2	DQ Read 109	158
22.2	DQ Write 128	163
18.6	DQ Mixed 90.7	135
76% 109 MB/s

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Gaming 79%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 71%

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Motherboard: MSI B460M PRO-VDH (MS-7C83)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $94Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	544x
Core i7-10700Intel $359Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	442x
Core i5-10400Intel $123Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	304x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	408x
RTX 3060Nvidia $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	160x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $218Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	123x

SSD
ELITE 480GBPNYBench 58%, 753 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	487x
BL8G30C15U4B.M8FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 85%, 1,472 samples	39x
BL8G30C15U4B.M8FE1 2x8GBCrucialBench 84%, 2,334 samples	32x

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Value: 137% - Outstanding

Total price: $234

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370

PNY

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Average Bench: 57.7% (834^th of 1080)

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