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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 76.9% (502nd of 1040)

Based on 10,175 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD
Poor: 42%Average: 76.9% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The SSD 480GB averaged 23.1% 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 159MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.1MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 480GB is 54.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 197MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 278MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,175 samples)
Rank 50276.9%
Min Avg Max
225 Read 402 491
102 Write 278 453
87.4 Mixed 303 382
57.6 SusWrite 197 430
65.9% 295 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.1 4K Read 30.1 38.5
19.8 4K Write 69.5 94.8
10.5 4K Mixed 32.6 42.9
124% 44 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.2 DQ Read 235 322
15.8 DQ Write 252 354
14.2 DQ Mixed 159 230
143% 215 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 203 203 222 75 122 MB/s
82.9% Excellent
Read 458
Write 260
Mixed 337
SusWrite 184
69% 310 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 71
4K Mixed 36.9
136% 47.3 MB/s
DQ Read 237
DQ Write 277
DQ Mixed 186
160% 233 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 147 98 11 31 61 MB/s
69% Good
Read 468
Write 256
Mixed 319
SusWrite 92.8
63% 284 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 70.5
4K Mixed 32.4
128% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 133
DQ Mixed 149
106% 133 MB/s
402GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 94 95 92 94 MB/s
59.8% Above average
Read 408
Write 65.6
Mixed 98.1
SusWrite 92.8
36% 166 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 50.2
4K Mixed 18.1
101% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 283
DQ Write 82.7
DQ Mixed 99
95% 155 MB/s
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Desktop 82%
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Workstation 47%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $72

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $140Bench 78%, 513,831 samples8,824x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $200Bench 84%, 500,540 samples6,558x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $160Bench 80%, 229,375 samples2,802x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $170Bench 57%, 520,627 samples4,286x
RX 570AMD  $159Bench 49%, 234,864 samples3,187x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $230Bench 70%, 121,227 samples2,445x
SSD
SSD 480GBBench 77%, 10,175 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 312,770 samples2,122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $69Bench 82%, 383,864 samples1,777x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $60Bench 85%, 152,685 samples1,181x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $445

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Intel Core i5-9600K $199Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $140Nvidia RTX 3080 $700Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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