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SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-542 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 84.3% (419th of 1072)

Based on 113 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-542
Poor: 50%Average: 84.3% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The PNY SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-542 480GB averaged just 15.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-542 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 146MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 32.1MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-542 480GB is 54%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-542 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 310MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 331MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 113 samples)
Rank 41984.3%
Min Avg Max
344 Read 459 518
283 Write 385 436
29.2 Mixed 310 464
99.6 SusWrite 331 429
83.2% 371 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.1 4K Read 23.5 28.7
28.4 4K Write 70.8 110
13.3 4K Mixed 32.1 43.4
114% 42.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.4 DQ Read 218 275
55.2 DQ Write 227 302
13.7 DQ Mixed 146 208
131% 197 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
325GB free
Firmware: N0815B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 421 358 415 431 430 MB/s
98.9% Outstanding
Read 517
Write 395
Mixed 331
SusWrite 400
92% 411 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 94
4K Mixed 32.6
135% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 208
180% 264 MB/s
297GB free
Firmware: N0815B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 433 396 428 433 429 MB/s
97.7% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 431
Mixed 321
SusWrite 425
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 77.7
4K Mixed 37.4
128% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 265
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 208
175% 253 MB/s
196GB free
Firmware: N0815B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 429 425 427 430 431 MB/s
90.5% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 427
Mixed 316
SusWrite 429
94% 417 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 55
4K Mixed 32
106% 36.9 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 205
169% 240 MB/s
382GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N0815B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 405 409 417 419 413 MB/s
86.5% Excellent
Read 463
Write 411
Mixed 298
SusWrite 410
89% 395 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 72.5
4K Mixed 29.2
98% 38.8 MB/s
DQ Read 271
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 206
176% 256 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,667,796 SSDs tested

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CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples662x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples369x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples334x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples358x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples309x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples258x
SSD
SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-542 480GBPNYBench 84%, 113 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples229x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples118x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples111x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 111% - Outstanding Total price: $389

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