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SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-499 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 86.3% (386th of 1072)

Based on 219 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-499
Poor: 61%Average: 86.3% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The PNY SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-499 480GB averaged just 13.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-499 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 135MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 31.2MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-499 480GB is 42.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-499 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 326MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 343MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 219 samples)
Rank 38686.3%
Min Avg Max
369 Read 474 517
277 Write 394 430
27.8 Mixed 326 460
191 SusWrite 343 428
86.2% 384 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.5 4K Read 23 28.1
31.6 4K Write 74.9 112
14.7 4K Mixed 31.2 41.1
115% 43.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.7 DQ Read 218 275
65.8 DQ Write 235 301
14.6 DQ Mixed 135 198
127% 196 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
61GB free
Firmware: N1114B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 398 402 415 419 419 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 419
Mixed 317
SusWrite 409
93% 413 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 42.2
157% 61.5 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 195
166% 242 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: N1114B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 417 423 417 420 421 MB/s
98.7% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 424
Mixed 315
SusWrite 419
93% 416 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 80.5
4K Mixed 37.4
130% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 197
172% 254 MB/s
293GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1114B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 372 363 379 372 258 MB/s
90.3% Outstanding
Read 437
Write 403
Mixed 285
SusWrite 354
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 83.7
4K Mixed 37
127% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 180
158% 235 MB/s
15GB free
Firmware: N1114B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 429 275 313 104 103 MB/s
79.5% Very good
Read 505
Write 430
Mixed 17.4
SusWrite 275
68% 307 MB/s
4K Read 3.4
4K Write 74.8
4K Mixed 35.9
91% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 198
174% 258 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,659x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,461x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples1,022x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples765x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples556x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples545x
SSD
SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-499 480GBPNYBench 86%, 219 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples632x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples557x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples439x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $447

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