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Corsair CSSD-N800GBNX500

Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe 800GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 190% (109th of 1072)

Based on 122 user benchmarks.  Model: Neutron NX500
Poor: 115%Average: 190% Great: 233%

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Outstanding average bench

The Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe 800GB averaged 89.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe 800GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 506MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 787MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe 800GB is 119%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe 800GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 34MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 103MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 122 samples)
Rank 109190%
Min Avg Max
764 Read 1,080 2,220
336 Write 1,148 1,413
346 Mixed 730 1,546
394 SusWrite 1,020 1,244
224% 994 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.2 4K Read 34 44.4
45.8 4K Write 103 150
24.4 4K Mixed 45.6 63.1
165% 61 MB/s
Min Avg Max
36.3 DQ Read 787 1,181
135 DQ Write 631 779
70.9 DQ Mixed 506 619
434% 641 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
671GB free
Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1208 1229 1248 1258 1259 1265 MB/s
216% Outstanding
Read 1185
Write 1,336
Mixed 811
SusWrite 1,244
258% 1,144 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 53.6
186% 66.6 MB/s
DQ Read 835
DQ Write 766
DQ Mixed 620
514% 740 MB/s
608GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1198 1237 1237 1067 1221 1085 MB/s
205% Outstanding
Read 1070
Write 1331
Mixed 634
SusWrite 1,174
238% 1,052 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 93.8
4K Mixed 43.7
155% 56.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,172
DQ Write 773
DQ Mixed 582
540% 842 MB/s
361GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 1079 1035 935 854 1115 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 929
Write 1142
Mixed 614
SusWrite 989
207% 919 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 43.9
165% 65.4 MB/s
DQ Read 823
DQ Write 562
DQ Mixed 570
458% 652 MB/s
567GB free
Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1032 1080 943 1085 1088 1078 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 964
Write 1,127
Mixed 616
SusWrite 1,051
212% 940 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 77.8
4K Mixed 40.3
140% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 835
DQ Write 596
DQ Mixed 608
483% 680 MB/s
119GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1038 956 1065 894 889 1084 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 863
Write 1,045
Mixed 575
SusWrite 988
196% 868 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 56.1
4K Mixed 32.4
109% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 628
DQ Write 432
DQ Mixed 523
392% 528 MB/s
93GB free
Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 364 365 367 313 367 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 991
Write 1,286
Mixed 619
SusWrite 379
184% 819 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 93.4
4K Mixed 38
142% 53.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,089
DQ Write 778
DQ Mixed 581
530% 816 MB/s
601GB free
Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 501 471 545 563 549 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 812
Write 810
Mixed 730
SusWrite 498
160% 712 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 65.2
4K Mixed 41.9
138% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 490
DQ Write 401
DQ Mixed 459
340% 450 MB/s
601GB free
Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 468 555 577 580 574 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 822
Write 809
Mixed 707
SusWrite 504
160% 710 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 65.6
4K Mixed 40.9
136% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 477
DQ Write 387
DQ Mixed 445
330% 436 MB/s
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 308 319 333 343 337 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 884
Write 1,045
Mixed 545
SusWrite 336
158% 703 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 53.9
4K Mixed 30.8
104% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 670
DQ Write 399
DQ Mixed 519
390% 529 MB/s
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Desktop 91%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $220

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,150x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $189Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,719x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples1,260x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples916x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples884x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples700x
SSD
Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe 800GBCorsair  $637Bench 190%, 122 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples305x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples300x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples277x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $2,017

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