CS2211 960GB

CS2211 960GB
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Effective Speed -28%Effective Speed -28%Average Score -76%Read 6%, Write 19%, 4K Read -59%, 4K Write -97%, Mixed 33%, 4K Mixed -356%Peak Score -67%Read 4%, Write 4%, 4K Read -41%, 4K Write -61%, Mixed 17%, 4K Mixed -325%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -152%DQ Read -69%, DQ Write -67%, DQ Mixed -476%, ADQ Read -59%, ADQ Write -68%, ADQ Mixed -441%, Age 19%, AS-SSD Total -54%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 77.1% (531^st of 1071)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS2211 960GB

Poor: 63%Average: 77.1% Great: 91%

Popular builds with this SSD

Asrock X79 Extreme6 (1)

Good average bench

The PNY CS2211 960GB averaged 22.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS2211 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 482MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 477MB/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. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 9.88MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 48.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 53177.1%

Min	Avg	Max
446	Read 487	529
460	Write 482	505
457	Mixed 477	497
108% 482 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.8	4K Read 21.6	30.5
13	4K Write 44.5	76
6.05	4K Mixed 9.88	13.7
69% 25.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
193	DQ Read 205	217
130	DQ Write 172	214
38.6	DQ Mixed 48.1	57.5
74.3% 142 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 5 years ago.

99GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

90.8% Outstanding

Write 505

Mixed 497

114% 510 MB/s

4K Read 30.5

4K Write 76

4K Mixed 13.7

104% 40.1 MB/s

DQ Read 193

DQ Write 214

DQ Mixed 57.5

84% 155 MB/s

USA-User, 6 years ago.

700GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

63.5% Good

Write 460

Mixed 457

102% 454 MB/s

4K Read 12.8

4K Write 13

4K Mixed 6.05

34% 10.6 MB/s

DQ Read 217

DQ Write 130

DQ Mixed 38.6

65% 129 MB/s

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Gaming 77%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: Asrock X79 Extreme6 - $341

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	65x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	59x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
CS2211 960GBPNYBench 77%, 2 samples	1x

RAM
F3 DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 514 samples	10x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 42%, 1,467 samples	8x
F3 DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 81%, 208 samples	7x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $851

Popular CS2211 960GB compatible motherboards:

Asrock X79 Extreme6 (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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CS2211 960GB

Average Bench: 77.1% (531^st of 1071)

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CS2211 960GB

Average Bench: 77.1% (531st of 1071)

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