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CS2230 500GB SSD

CS2230 500GB SSD
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Effective Speed +145% Effective Speed 145%Average Score +193% Read 274%, Write 351%, 4K Read 84%, 4K Write 42%, Mixed 306%, 4K Mixed 47%, SusWrite 243%Peak Score +223% Read 346%, Write 407%, 4K Read 60%, 4K Write 83%, Mixed 338%, 4K Mixed 65%, SusWrite 260%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +260% DQ Read 264%, DQ Write 256%, DQ Mixed 253%, ADQ Read 171%, ADQ Write 152%, ADQ Mixed 173%, Age 571%, AS-SSD Total 241%

Average Bench: 241% (63^rd of 1072)

Based on 159 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS2230 500GB SSD

Poor: 132%Average: 241% Great: 311%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS2230 500GB SSD averaged 141.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS2230 500GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 711MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,829MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS2230 500GB SSD is 179%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS2230 500GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 124MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 1,017MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 159 samples)

Rank 63241%

Min	Avg	Max
714	Read 1,712	2,258
519	Write 1,829	2,456
611	Mixed 1,459	1,855
429	SusWrite 1,017	1,392
338% 1,504 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.7	4K Read 63.2	68.9
39.8	4K Write 124	224
29.8	4K Mixed 66.2	96.1
246% 84.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
420	DQ Read 885	1,335
174	DQ Write 727	1,277
214	DQ Mixed 711	1,170
558% 775 MB/s

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FRA-User, 9 days ago.

256GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H220902a

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1858 507 590 633 351 343 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 1,930

Mixed 1,578

SusWrite 714

337% 1,502 MB/s

4K Read 58.4

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 75.9

252% 86.5 MB/s

DQ Read 927

DQ Write 717

DQ Mixed 627

522% 757 MB/s

ARE-User, 4 days ago.

113GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS223C00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 600 475 272 273 273 273 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 804

Mixed 102

SusWrite 361

132% 598 MB/s

4K Read 43.9

4K Write 70.5

4K Mixed 9

115% 41.1 MB/s

DQ Read 672

DQ Write 537

DQ Mixed 738

516% 649 MB/s

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 88%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF

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Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	45x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	8x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	2x

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GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x

SSD
CS2230 500GB SSDPNYBench 241%, 159 samples	1x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 1,354 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GBCorsairBench 80%, 416 samples	3x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 1x16GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 72 samples	3x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $665

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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CS2230 500GB SSD

Average Bench: 241% (63^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 241% (63rd of 1072)

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