Samsung

HD501LJ 480GB

HD501LJ 480GB
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Effective Speed -9%Effective Speed -9%Average Score -16%Read -7%, Write -13%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write -0%, Mixed 8%, 4K Mixed -74%, SusWrite -21%Peak Score -21%Read -2%, Write -1%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -44%, SusWrite -57%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -37%DQ Read 1%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -37%, ADQ Read -21%, ADQ Write -13%, ADQ Mixed -226%, Age 12%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Average Bench: 90.6% (320^th of 1074)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG HD501LJ

Poor: 83%Average: 90.6% Great: 103%

Popular builds with this SSD

Asus H81M-PLUS (2)

Excellent average bench

The Samsung HD501LJ 480GB averaged just 9.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung HD501LJ 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 32.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 87.5MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 246MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 358MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 32090.6%

Min	Avg	Max
233	Read 427	496
136	Write 358	479
324	Mixed 387	420
246	SusWrite 246	246
79.6% 355 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.9	4K Read 32.7	36.4
72.2	4K Write 87.5	101
16.3	4K Mixed 25.9	40.4
129% 48.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.3	DQ Read 269	372
101	DQ Write 256	342
11.6	DQ Mixed 79.7	242
110% 202 MB/s

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

GBR-User, 6 months ago.

232GB free

Firmware: SBFA18.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 358 208 196 208 205 MB/s

83.3% Excellent

Write 136

Mixed 324

SusWrite 246

53% 235 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 72.2

4K Mixed 40.4

143% 49.3 MB/s

DQ Read 315

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 242

206% 300 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,015,224 SSDs tested

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS - $98

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	567x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	391x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	238x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	266x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	210x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	170x

SSD
HD501LJ 480GBSamsungBench 91%, 4 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	102x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	56x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	55x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $307

Popular HD501LJ 480GB compatible motherboards:

Asus H81M-PLUS (2)

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Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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HD501LJ 480GB

Average Bench: 90.6% (320^th of 1074)

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HD501LJ 480GB

Average Bench: 90.6% (320th of 1074)

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Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS - $98

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Average Bench: 90.6% (320^th of 1074)