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CS2030 480GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 172% (129th of 1072)

Based on 335 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS2030 480GB SSD
Poor: 114%Average: 172% Great: 228%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS2030 480GB SSD averaged 72.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS2030 480GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 351MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,237MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS2030 480GB SSD is 114%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS2030 480GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 93.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 698MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 335 samples)
Rank 129172%
Min Avg Max
750 Read 1,237 2,311
259 Write 903 1,326
353 Mixed 791 1,612
235 SusWrite 698 1,162
203% 907 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.9 4K Read 36.4 42.9
48 4K Write 93.6 123
24.2 4K Mixed 43.5 58.7
160% 57.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
38.3 DQ Read 681 1,007
119 DQ Write 485 772
25.5 DQ Mixed 351 515
325% 506 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
95GB free
Firmware: CS203021
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1018 1075 1176 1243 1248 1263 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 984
Write 347
Mixed 410
SusWrite 1,170
163% 728 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 88.3
4K Mixed 37.3
138% 51.5 MB/s
DQ Read 904
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 367
332% 522 MB/s
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS203021
SusWrite @10s intervals: 928 1094 1063 1205 1190 1162 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 829
Write 392
Mixed 412
SusWrite 1107
154% 685 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 64.5
4K Mixed 34.3
119% 41.9 MB/s
DQ Read 895
DQ Write 360
DQ Mixed 319
318% 525 MB/s
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS203021
SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 289 352 609 1097 1157 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 873
Write 1,124
Mixed 591
SusWrite 668
183% 814 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 68.3
4K Mixed 33.6
113% 41.4 MB/s
DQ Read 853
DQ Write 607
DQ Mixed 452
413% 637 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS203021
SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 291 287 279 289 279 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 1,022
Write 281
Mixed 422
SusWrite 285
110% 502 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 84.5
4K Mixed 42.5
150% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 841
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 328
305% 487 MB/s
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS203021
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 159 160 158 160 159 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 1,036
Write 221
Mixed 338
SusWrite 163
96% 439 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 63.5
4K Mixed 41.6
139% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 881
DQ Write 219
DQ Mixed 153
216% 418 MB/s
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop 62%
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Workstation 16%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision T5610

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v21stBench 58%, 1,402 samples66x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2637 v21stBench 73%, 400 samples48x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v21stBench 64%, 1,386 samples47x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples79x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples38x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples26x
SSD
CS2030 480GB SSDPNYBench 172%, 335 samples1x
RAM
HMT451R7AFR8C-RD 4x4GBHynixBench 82%, 1,002 samples36x
9JSF51272PZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 82%, 908 samples28x
18JSF1G72PZ-1G9E1 4x8GBMicronBench 77%, 512 samples28x
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