ST480FN0021 480GB

ST480FN0021 480GB
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Effective Speed -18%Effective Speed -18%Average Score -19%Read -25%, Write 2%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -42%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite 35%Peak Score -18%Read -1%, Write -9%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write -38%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite 17%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -35%DQ Read -8%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed -116%, ADQ Read -27%, ADQ Write -19%, ADQ Mixed -100%, Age 14%, AS-SSD Total -13%

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Average Bench: 83.3% (435^th of 1072)

Based on 17 user benchmarks. Model: ST480FN0021

Poor: 70%Average: 83.3% Great: 98%

Very good average bench

The ST480FN0021 480GB averaged just 16.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ST480FN0021 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 130MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 30.4MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ST480FN0021 480GB is 28%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the ST480FN0021 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 365MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 344MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)

Rank 43583.3%

Min	Avg	Max
302	Read 365	500
294	Write 413	444
203	Mixed 344	463
260	SusWrite 400	453
86% 380 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16	4K Read 22.8	27.6
31.7	4K Write 61.8	88.4
14.8	4K Mixed 30.4	39.5
106% 38.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22	DQ Read 256	340
163	DQ Write 243	328
35.1	DQ Mixed 130	153
131% 210 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 years ago.

175GB free

Firmware: B550

SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 441 441 442 441 440 MB/s

91.4% Outstanding

Write 294

Mixed 362

SusWrite 441

83% 366 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 78.3

4K Mixed 37.7

131% 47.7 MB/s

DQ Read 224

DQ Write 189

DQ Mixed 129

118% 181 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

175GB free

Firmware: B550

SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 440 442 443 444 443 MB/s

90.8% Outstanding

Write 431

Mixed 361

SusWrite 418

89% 394 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 80.5

4K Mixed 38.4

133% 48.8 MB/s

DQ Read 225

DQ Write 188

DQ Mixed 130

118% 181 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

331GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B550

SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 435 436 273 438 419 MB/s

90.5% Outstanding

Write 437

Mixed 361

SusWrite 407

88% 389 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 70.8

4K Mixed 34.3

119% 43.3 MB/s

DQ Read 340

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 150

162% 271 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

318GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B550

SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 438 442 437 386 399 MB/s

88.9% Excellent

Write 434

Mixed 353

SusWrite 424

86% 378 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 71.2

4K Mixed 34

117% 42.9 MB/s

DQ Read 335

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 151

162% 270 MB/s

CAN-User, 10 days ago.

407GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B550

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 390 380 438 402 427 MB/s

85.2% Excellent

Write 415

Mixed 346

SusWrite 398

86% 378 MB/s

4K Read 19.9

4K Write 67.4

4K Mixed 32.5

108% 39.9 MB/s

DQ Read 330

DQ Write 264

DQ Mixed 153

154% 249 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 years ago.

392GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B550

SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 422 416 410 412 413 MB/s

74.4% Very good

Write 415

Mixed 350

SusWrite 410

85% 377 MB/s

4K Read 17.6

4K Write 31.7

4K Mixed 23

73% 24.1 MB/s

DQ Read 316

DQ Write 277

DQ Mixed 153

154% 248 MB/s

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ST480FN0021 480GB

Average Bench: 83.3% (435^th of 1072)

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