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480GB 480GB

480GB 480GB
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Effective Speed +2% Effective Speed 2%Average Score +5% Read 5%, Write 7%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 13%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite 21%Peak Score +7% Read 3%, Write -2%, 4K Read 3%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 19%, 4K Mixed 3%, SusWrite 20%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -42%DQ Read 1%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -138%, ADQ Read -23%, ADQ Write -11%, ADQ Mixed -189%, Age 22%, AS-SSD Total 1%

Average Bench: 101% (252^nd of 1072)

Based on 143 user benchmarks. Model: SSD 480GB

Poor: 75%Average: 101% Great: 123%

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Outstanding average bench

The SSD 480GB 480GB averaged 0.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD 480GB 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 41.8MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 32.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 480GB 480GB is 48.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 480GB 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 360MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 407MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 143 samples)

Rank 252101%

Min	Avg	Max
429	Read 481	521
370	Write 433	477
326	Mixed 407	502
169	SusWrite 360	463
94.5% 420 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.8	4K Read 32.8	44.2
46.5	4K Write 88.2	124
20	4K Mixed 41.8	60
150% 54.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28	DQ Read 265	371
80	DQ Write 261	356
20.8	DQ Mixed 89.9	139
115% 205 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 9 months ago.

295GB free

Firmware: Q0526A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 365 352 352 352 352 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 447

Mixed 375

SusWrite 368

93% 413 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 56.2

191% 70.3 MB/s

DQ Read 361

DQ Write 361

DQ Mixed 120

157% 281 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

281GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0607A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 423 425 436 444 437 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 421

Mixed 395

SusWrite 431

98% 434 MB/s

4K Read 30.5

4K Write 71.7

4K Mixed 42.7

139% 48.3 MB/s

DQ Read 366

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 106

145% 266 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

286GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0607A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 424 436 445 446 442 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 411

Mixed 369

SusWrite 434

95% 423 MB/s

4K Read 27.3

4K Write 76.9

4K Mixed 40.6

134% 48.3 MB/s

DQ Read 364

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 105

144% 265 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

270GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0607A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 416 422 433 436 436 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 412

Mixed 382

SusWrite 426

96% 425 MB/s

4K Read 29.2

4K Write 74.4

4K Mixed 40.5

136% 48 MB/s

DQ Read 359

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 104

144% 265 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

99GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0607A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 401 413 212 230 237 MB/s

99.5% Outstanding

Write 428

Mixed 407

SusWrite 315

93% 413 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 75.7

4K Mixed 43.5

143% 50 MB/s

DQ Read 368

DQ Write 333

DQ Mixed 105

146% 269 MB/s

CAN-User, 19 days ago.

36GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0526A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 262 296 104 74 81 MB/s

74.2% Very good

Write 341

Mixed 213

SusWrite 187

67% 303 MB/s

4K Read 21.9

4K Write 51.3

4K Mixed 29.9

99% 34.4 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 211

181% 268 MB/s

LBN-User, 6 months ago.

327GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0526A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 254 245 247 226 141 MB/s

45.4% Average

Write 240

Mixed 269

SusWrite 233

60% 267 MB/s

4K Read 11.8

4K Write 16.9

4K Mixed 13

44% 13.9 MB/s

DQ Read 110

DQ Write 92.5

DQ Mixed 96.6

74% 99.6 MB/s

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X58

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Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	604x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	291x
Xeon X5675IntelBench 75%, 8,072 samples	87x

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GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	116x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	88x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	79x

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480GB 480GBSSDBench 101%, 143 samples	1x

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6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	308x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	253x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	184x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $300

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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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