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CS1211 480GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 69.4% (687th of 1080)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS1211 480GB SSD
Poor: 57%Average: 69.4% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The PNY CS1211 480GB SSD averaged 30.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 84.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 24.4MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS1211 480GB SSD is 33.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the PNY CS1211 480GB SSD performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 211MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 137MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 68769.4%
Min Avg Max
298 Read 410 505
270 Write 355 407
197 Mixed 350 428
116 SusWrite 211 260
74.3% 331 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.62 4K Read 18.1 24.2
10.4 4K Write 54.4 111
11.9 4K Mixed 24.4 32.7
87.5% 32.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.8 DQ Read 137 274
10.9 DQ Write 129 290
13.2 DQ Mixed 84.6 195
76.7% 117 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
347GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 216 347 380 239 379 MB/s
85.3% Excellent
Read 382
Write 360
Mixed 277
SusWrite 319
75% 334 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 95.7
4K Mixed 32.3
124% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 197
171% 253 MB/s
376GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 254 270 274 272 275 MB/s
69.3% Good
Read 316
Write 270
Mixed 197
SusWrite 260
58% 261 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 59.4
4K Mixed 32.5
106% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 161
DQ Mixed 155
121% 166 MB/s
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 35 203 70 54 50 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 299
Write 303
Mixed 244
SusWrite 116
54% 241 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 60
4K Mixed 28.8
99% 36.2 MB/s
DQ Read 211
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 174
131% 178 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,292,836 SSDs tested

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Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation 15%
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Motherboard: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) (MS-7641)

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples181x
FX-4300AMD  $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples72x
FX-8320AMD  $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples60x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples49x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples25x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples24x
SSD
CS1211 480GB SSDPNYBench 69%, 9 samples1x
RAM
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples36x
2x8GBAdataBench 77%, 24,552 samples35x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $149

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