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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 76.6% (527th of 1058)

Based on 13,238 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD
Poor: 43%Average: 76.6% Great: 99%

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Good average bench

The SSD 480GB averaged 23.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 164MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.3MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 480GB is 55.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 202MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 265MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13,238 samples)
Rank 52776.6%
Min Avg Max
208 Read 404 490
99.2 Write 265 443
87.3 Mixed 296 380
63.7 SusWrite 202 424
65.2% 292 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.07 4K Read 29.3 39.1
19.6 4K Write 68.8 98.4
11.5 4K Mixed 32.3 43.4
122% 43.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.5 DQ Read 232 320
20.7 DQ Write 251 353
17.9 DQ Mixed 164 229
145% 216 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
277GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 445 207 325 274 270 MB/s
94.1% Outstanding
Read 321
Write 105
Mixed 342
SusWrite 330
62% 274 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 85.2
4K Mixed 39.9
154% 54.4 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 231
197% 288 MB/s
406GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0200Sc10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 378 377 376 381 371 MB/s
87.1% Excellent
Read 408
Write 340
Mixed 327
SusWrite 369
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 74
4K Mixed 28.6
112% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 289
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 190
178% 273 MB/s
272GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 77 75 108 103 67 MB/s
64.5% Good
Read 430
Write 69.6
Mixed 133
SusWrite 86.4
39% 180 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 50.8
4K Mixed 28.7
116% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 90.1
DQ Mixed 152
113% 153 MB/s
312GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 57 92 88 70 92 MB/s
38.1% Below average
Read 313
Write 321
Mixed 164
SusWrite 83.2
49% 220 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 37.3
4K Mixed 0.7
63% 22 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 32.5
DQ Mixed 23.1
33% 64.3 MB/s
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Gaming 48%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $79

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $186Bench 77%, 651,473 samples14,796x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $236Bench 84%, 848,644 samples10,684x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $202Bench 79%, 279,133 samples4,766x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 55%, 696,893 samples6,719x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 46%, 336,609 samples5,029x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 248,852 samples4,189x
SSD
SSD 480GBBench 77%, 13,238 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 84%, 418,103 samples3,804x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $102Bench 83%, 494,248 samples2,796x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $89Bench 85%, 221,342 samples1,968x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $564

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