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M500 NVMe SSD 500GB

M500 NVMe SSD 500GB
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Effective Speed +211% Effective Speed 211%Average Score +295% Read 294%, Write 636%, 4K Read 78%, 4K Write 148%, Mixed 473%, 4K Mixed 101%, SusWrite 336%Peak Score +363% Read 386%, Write 824%, 4K Read 74%, 4K Write 157%, Mixed 516%, 4K Mixed 96%, SusWrite 489%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +428% DQ Read 401%, DQ Write 312%, DQ Mixed 421%, ADQ Read 354%, ADQ Write 248%, ADQ Mixed 386%, Age 951%, AS-SSD Total 353%

Average Bench: 306% (29^th of 1072)

Based on 94 user benchmarks. Model: MLD M500 NVMe SSD

Poor: 215%Average: 306% Great: 365%

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Outstanding average bench

The MLD M500 NVMe SSD 500GB averaged 206.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MLD M500 NVMe SSD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,265MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,983MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MLD M500 NVMe SSD 500GB is 149%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the MLD M500 NVMe SSD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 61.2MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 1,292MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 94 samples)

Rank 29306%

Min	Avg	Max
1,251	Read 1,800	2,461
683	Write 2,983	4,478
680	Mixed 2,057	2,609
674	SusWrite 1,292	2,281
460% 2,033 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
40.4	4K Read 61.2	74.6
112	4K Write 217	315
61.9	4K Mixed 90.7	114
324% 123 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
855	DQ Read 1,480	1,840
449	DQ Write 1,004	1,475
639	DQ Mixed 1,265	1,725
938% 1,250 MB/s

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

TUR-User, 5 hrs ago.

283GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ELFMH0.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1870 722 717 719 714 677 MB/s

310% Outstanding

Write 2,472

Mixed 2,193

SusWrite 903

420% 1,862 MB/s

4K Read 66.6

4K Write 262

4K Mixed 94.6

361% 141 MB/s

DQ Read 1,738

DQ Write 1,357

DQ Mixed 1,540

1,154% 1,545 MB/s

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Gaming 122%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 114%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H610M K DDR4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $128Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	232x
Core i3-12100FIntel $80Bench 94%, 11,860 samples	61x
Core i5-13400FIntel $170Bench 106%, 5,603 samples	31x

GPU
RTX 4060Nvidia $293Bench 122%, 48,534 samples	80x
RTX 4060-TiNvidia $385Bench 145%, 21,427 samples	53x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	46x

SSD
M500 NVMe SSD 500GBMLDBench 306%, 94 samples	1x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	30x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GVKB 2x8GBGBench 89%, 16,709 samples	27x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	21x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $421

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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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M500 NVMe SSD 500GB

Average Bench: 306% (29^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H610M K DDR4

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M500 NVMe SSD 500GB

Average Bench: 306% (29th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H610M K DDR4

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Average Bench: 306% (29^th of 1072)