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M461 500GB

M461 500GB
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Effective Speed +141% Effective Speed 141%Average Score +176% Read 278%, Write 305%, 4K Read 63%, 4K Write 141%, Mixed 306%, 4K Mixed 65%, SusWrite 75%Peak Score +221% Read 323%, Write 288%, 4K Read 62%, 4K Write 206%, Mixed 335%, 4K Mixed 89%, SusWrite 246%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +320% DQ Read 308%, DQ Write 335%, DQ Mixed 255%, ADQ Read 280%, ADQ Write 220%, ADQ Mixed 244%, Age 627%, AS-SSD Total 288%

Average Bench: 238% (66^th of 1072)

Based on 87 user benchmarks. Model: MSI M461 500GB

Poor: 110%Average: 238% Great: 339%

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Outstanding average bench

The MSI M461 500GB averaged 137.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MSI M461 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 895MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,239MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI M461 500GB is 229%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the MSI M461 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 519MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 55.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 87 samples)

Rank 66238%

Min	Avg	Max
1,000	Read 1,730	2,145
280	Write 1,643	1,879
110	Mixed 1,458	1,842
74.8	SusWrite 519	1,339
299% 1,337 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.7	4K Read 55.8	69.6
57.2	4K Write 211	374
2.6	4K Mixed 74.1	110
291% 113 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
481	DQ Read 1,239	1,498
127	DQ Write 925	1,559
139	DQ Mixed 895	1,177
720% 1,020 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

THA-User, 1 month ago.

421GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ELFMC1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1841 1834 1849 783 130 219 MB/s

324% Outstanding

Write 1,864

Mixed 1680

SusWrite 1,109

355% 1,572 MB/s

4K Read 62.1

4K Write 353

4K Mixed 106

416% 174 MB/s

DQ Read 1495

DQ Write 1353

DQ Mixed 1,174

949% 1,341 MB/s

MYS-User, 20 days ago.

382GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ELFMC1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 370 442 542 565 148 MB/s

272% Outstanding

Write 1,776

Mixed 1,775

SusWrite 497

328% 1,462 MB/s

4K Read 64.5

4K Write 288

4K Mixed 97.3

375% 150 MB/s

DQ Read 1,497

DQ Write 1,000

DQ Mixed 123

396% 873 MB/s

GBR-User, 18 days ago.

310GB free

Firmware: ELFMC0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1382 92 86 83 80 83 MB/s

206% Outstanding

Write 1850

Mixed 1,727

SusWrite 301

315% 1,404 MB/s

4K Read 53.1

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 71.9

236% 81.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,261

DQ Write 731

DQ Mixed 1096

789% 1,029 MB/s

TUN-User, 2 months ago.

170GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ELFMC0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 728 212 200 174 304 428 MB/s

205% Outstanding

Write 1,817

Mixed 1,708

SusWrite 341

314% 1,400 MB/s

4K Read 56.2

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 79

264% 93.8 MB/s

DQ Read 912

DQ Write 565

DQ Mixed 777

569% 752 MB/s

PRT-User, 23 days ago.

284GB free

Firmware: ELFMC1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1224 57 56 52 50 58 MB/s

202% Outstanding

Write 1,853

Mixed 1,733

SusWrite 250

311% 1,388 MB/s

4K Read 50.5

4K Write 171

4K Mixed 76.2

264% 99.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,002

DQ Write 613

DQ Mixed 809

602% 808 MB/s

PHL-User, 1 month ago.

230GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ELFMC1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 113 66 67 51 50 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 334

Mixed 112

SusWrite 98.1

100% 469 MB/s

4K Read 40.2

4K Write 61

4K Mixed 2.3

96% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 692

DQ Write 874

DQ Mixed 150

290% 572 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

354GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ELFMC1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 57 241 90 207 67 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 230

Mixed 119

SusWrite 121

115% 542 MB/s

4K Read 59.7

4K Write 57

4K Mixed 2.6

124% 39.8 MB/s

DQ Read 169

DQ Write 283

DQ Mixed 142

131% 198 MB/s

TUN-User, 1 month ago.

225GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ELFMC1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 113 145 235 43 130 MB/s

81.7% Excellent

Write 348

Mixed 188

SusWrite 134

98% 452 MB/s

4K Read 22.7

4K Write 56.8

4K Mixed 2

67% 27.2 MB/s

DQ Read 315

DQ Write 135

DQ Mixed 386

243% 279 MB/s

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 95%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO B760M-P DDR4 (MS-7E02)

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $128Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	303x
Core i5-13400FIntel $170Bench 106%, 5,603 samples	152x
Core i5-13600KFIntel $250Bench 122%, 24,875 samples	93x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	196x
RTX 4060Nvidia $280Bench 122%, 48,534 samples	125x
RTX 4070Nvidia $550Bench 190%, 45,585 samples	81x

SSD
M461 500GBMSIBench 238%, 87 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	39x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	38x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $467

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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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M461 500GB

Average Bench: 238% (66^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 238% (66th of 1072)

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