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SSD 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 174% (129th of 1072)

Based on 185 user benchmarks.  Model: PCIe SSD
Poor: 93%Average: 174% Great: 234%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pcie SSD 480GB averaged 74.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pcie SSD 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 735MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,003MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pcie SSD 480GB is 141%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pcie SSD 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 594MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 37.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 185 samples)
Rank 129174%
Min Avg Max
429 Read 1,003 1,642
360 Write 1,291 2,029
320 Mixed 938 1,552
258 SusWrite 594 985
216% 957 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.6 4K Read 37.8 50.8
46.8 4K Write 120 193
22.3 4K Mixed 54.2 81.1
190% 70.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
592 DQ Read 1,003 1366
168 DQ Write 743 1,171
126 DQ Mixed 735 1,283
587% 827 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
211GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 827 487 526 438 512 520 MB/s
188% Outstanding
Read 1,426
Write 1,935
Mixed 1,543
SusWrite 552
308% 1,364 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 94.2
4K Mixed 56.3
186% 64.2 MB/s
DQ Read 975
DQ Write 790
DQ Mixed 873
656% 879 MB/s
245GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1208 590 594 602 600 602 MB/s
183% Outstanding
Read 1,484
Write 1974
Mixed 1,470
SusWrite 699
317% 1,407 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 70.8
4K Mixed 44.8
143% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,012
DQ Write 622
DQ Mixed 802
602% 812 MB/s
281GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 484 510 510 515 493 MB/s
182% Outstanding
Read 1,464
Write 850
Mixed 1,526
SusWrite 476
241% 1,079 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 92.6
4K Mixed 55.3
183% 63.2 MB/s
DQ Read 963
DQ Write 733
DQ Mixed 832
627% 843 MB/s
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM20.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 6.5 7.3 235 351 730 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 1,060
Write 1,335
Mixed 1,136
SusWrite 292
215% 956 MB/s
4K Read 51.3
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 72.2
254% 93.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,058
DQ Write 694
DQ Mixed 899
664% 884 MB/s
211GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 651 501 466 479 506 486 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 630
Write 1,330
Mixed 447
SusWrite 515
166% 730 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 95.4
4K Mixed 37
146% 54.7 MB/s
DQ Read 830
DQ Write 758
DQ Mixed 464
438% 684 MB/s
225GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8FM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 637 624 633 553 447 433 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 586
Write 685
Mixed 612
SusWrite 554
138% 609 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 41.4
4K Mixed 26.2
89% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 427
DQ Write 366
DQ Mixed 420
308% 404 MB/s
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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,009x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,179x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,946x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,314x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,302x
SSD
SSD 480GBPcieBench 174%, 185 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,557x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
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