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M480 PRO 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2023.

Average Bench: 468% (9th of 1080)

Based on 110 user benchmarks.  Model: MSI M480 PRO 2TB
Poor: 270%Average: 468% Great: 607%

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Outstanding average bench

The MSI M480 PRO 2TB averaged 367.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MSI M480 PRO 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,508MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,616MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI M480 PRO 2TB is 338%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the MSI M480 PRO 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 73MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 211MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 110 samples)
Rank 9468%
Min Avg Max
1,572 Read 2,423 3,080
1,145 Write 3,616 4,904
1,713 Mixed 2,684 3,260
1,489 SusWrite 3,247 4,642
679% 2,992 MB/s
Min Avg Max
44.4 4K Read 73 83.6
80.2 4K Write 211 350
63.8 4K Mixed 98.3 134
349% 128 MB/s
Min Avg Max
704 DQ Read 1,722 2,438
260 DQ Write 1,272 2,108
480 DQ Mixed 1,508 2,271
1,124% 1,501 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: EIFM31.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3739 4437 4549 5012 4639 3607 MB/s
578% Outstanding
Read 2,923
Write 4,818
Mixed 3,210
SusWrite 4,330
868% 3,820 MB/s
4K Read 60.8
4K Write 268
4K Mixed 110
375% 146 MB/s
DQ Read 1,966
DQ Write 1,666
DQ Mixed 1,781
1,344% 1,804 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: EIFM80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4002 4566 4724 4949 3908 2198 MB/s
523% Outstanding
Read 2,578
Write 3,692
Mixed 3,041
SusWrite 4,058
759% 3,342 MB/s
4K Read 54.3
4K Write 234
4K Mixed 97.4
331% 128 MB/s
DQ Read 1,823
DQ Write 1,321
DQ Mixed 1,638
1,206% 1594 MB/s
916GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EIFM80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4009 2693 1888 1770 1220 1280 MB/s
397% Outstanding
Read 2,378
Write 3,657
Mixed 3,011
SusWrite 2,143
634% 2,797 MB/s
4K Read 59.3
4K Write 232
4K Mixed 97.1
337% 129 MB/s
DQ Read 1,810
DQ Write 1,208
DQ Mixed 1,562
1,151% 1,527 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: EIFM80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2558 3334 2083 1091 1202 1351 MB/s
354% Outstanding
Read 2402
Write 3,165
Mixed 2,783
SusWrite 1,937
582% 2,572 MB/s
4K Read 41.8
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 74.8
229% 83.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,801
DQ Write 1,230
DQ Mixed 1,542
1,144% 1,524 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,262,488 SSDs tested

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Typical M480 PRO 2TB Builds (Compare 5,653 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 442%
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Desktop
Desktop 123%
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Workstation
Workstation 528%
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Motherboard: MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7D91)

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel  $301Bench 126%, 41,056 samples1,302x
Core i9-13900KIntel  $451Bench 129%, 49,132 samples1,184x
Core i9-14900KIntel  $500Bench 131%, 12,283 samples526x
GPU
RTX 4090Nvidia  $1,500Bench 370%, 25,956 samples1,026x
RTX 4070-TiNvidia  $767Bench 240%, 46,082 samples812x
RTX 4080Nvidia  $970Bench 290%, 22,998 samples601x
SSD
M480 PRO 2TBMSIBench 468%, 110 samples1x
RAM
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 173%, 39,467 samples418x
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 162%, 40,739 samples318x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL  $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples294x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $1,906

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