MSI

S270 480GB

S270 480GB
BENCHMARKS (126)
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Effective Speed -23%Effective Speed -23%Average Score -29%Read -8%, Write -60%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -31%, SusWrite -55%Peak Score -20%Read -2%, Write -15%, 4K Read -8%, 4K Write -38%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -37%, SusWrite -27%Value & Sentiment -879%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,744%Nice To Haves +58% DQ Read -17%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -49%, ADQ Read -31%, ADQ Write -4%, ADQ Mixed -41%, Age 627%, AS-SSD Total -14%

Average Bench: 80.1% (485^th of 1072)

Based on 126 user benchmarks. Model: MSI S270 480GB

Poor: 62%Average: 80.1% Great: 95%

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Very good average bench

The MSI S270 480GB averaged just 19.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MSI S270 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 184MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 32.5MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI S270 480GB is 32.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the MSI S270 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 191MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 254MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 126 samples)

Rank 48580.1%

Min	Avg	Max
291	Read 424	495
102	Write 254	422
147	Mixed 309	371
82.9	SusWrite 191	304
65.7% 295 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.8	4K Read 32.5	39.7
37.3	4K Write 68.9	88.5
23.6	4K Mixed 34.4	42.6
130% 45.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
177	DQ Read 250	314
89.5	DQ Write 277	335
47	DQ Mixed 184	223
160% 237 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

FRA-User, 4 days ago.

268GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFMLA.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 408 241 153 214 198 MB/s

91.7% Outstanding

Write 352

Mixed 351

SusWrite 269

81% 363 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 80.4

4K Mixed 38

145% 51.2 MB/s

DQ Read 218

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 195

167% 242 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 days ago.

259GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFMLA.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 418 300 252 180 228 MB/s

57.9% Above average

Write 104

Mixed 105

SusWrite 300

39% 174 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 42.6

4K Mixed 26.8

92% 30.8 MB/s

DQ Read 61.5

DQ Write 97.5

DQ Mixed 140

89% 99.6 MB/s

TUN-User, 7 days ago.

74GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFMLA.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 129 37 48 64 48 MB/s

24% Poor

Write 342

Mixed 180

SusWrite 57.7

58% 265 MB/s

4K Read 0.2

4K Write 6.8

4K Mixed 0.6

5% 2.53 MB/s

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Typical S270 480GB Builds (Compare 1,872 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus PRIME H410M-A

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	602x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	339x
Core i5-10400Intel $99Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	268x

GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	146x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	133x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	123x

SSD
S270 480GBMSIBench 80%, 126 samples	1x

RAM
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	46x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $253

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	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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S270 480GB

Average Bench: 80.1% (485^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 80.1% (485th of 1072)

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