Nvme

PCIe SSD 480GB

PCIe SSD 480GB
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Effective Speed +66% Effective Speed 66%Average Score +66% Read 96%, Write 128%, 4K Read 5%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 121%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite 65%Peak Score +131% Read 264%, Write 310%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write 17%, Mixed 228%, 4K Mixed 18%, SusWrite 80%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +188% DQ Read 276%, DQ Write 218%, DQ Mixed 286%, ADQ Read 223%, ADQ Write 123%, ADQ Mixed 134%, Age 23%, AS-SSD Total 216%

Average Bench: 164% (139^th of 1072)

Based on 13 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PCIe SSD

Poor: 110%Average: 164% Great: 205%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PCIe SSD 480GB averaged 63.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PCIe SSD 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 610MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,054MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PCIe SSD 480GB is 95.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PCIe SSD 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 489MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 35.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)

Rank 139164%

Min	Avg	Max
204	Read 897	1,842
239	Write 924	1989
276	Mixed 793	1,388
207	SusWrite 489	696
174% 776 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.9	4K Read 35.9	44.8
41.5	4K Write 116	143
10.3	4K Mixed 52.8	68.5
183% 68.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
355	DQ Read 1,054	1,379
137	DQ Write 645	1,140
108	DQ Mixed 610	1,278
519% 770 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 years ago.

192GB free

Firmware: 12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1209 591 591 595 596 596 MB/s

214% Outstanding

Write 1989

Mixed 950

SusWrite 696

293% 1,304 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 61.5

208% 76.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,122

DQ Write 857

DQ Mixed 938

715% 972 MB/s

IND-User, 2 years ago.

398GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFM00.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 366 300 260 299 303 MB/s

170% Outstanding

Write 1,314

Mixed 1,050

SusWrite 407

213% 944 MB/s

4K Read 39

4K Write 143

4K Mixed 68.5

222% 83.5 MB/s

DQ Read 917

DQ Write 668

DQ Mixed 767

580% 784 MB/s

PRT-User, 1 month ago.

178GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFM00.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 144 401 507 504 417 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 499

Mixed 552

SusWrite 412

140% 633 MB/s

4K Read 37.3

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 47.1

191% 74.9 MB/s

DQ Read 941

DQ Write 471

DQ Mixed 651

498% 688 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

403GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 541 590 590 588 622 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 594

Mixed 536

SusWrite 584

136% 606 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 95.8

4K Mixed 51.9

152% 56.9 MB/s

DQ Read 835

DQ Write 734

DQ Mixed 619

509% 729 MB/s

USA-User, 14 months ago.

80GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 207 232 232 216 210 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 239

Mixed 276

SusWrite 207

77% 350 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 91.3

4K Mixed 39.9

149% 54.6 MB/s

DQ Read 824

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 296

282% 460 MB/s

PRT-User, 1 month ago.

44GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFM00.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 494 297 455 300 393 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 536

Mixed 556

SusWrite 397

142% 641 MB/s

4K Read 37.5

4K Write 41.5

4K Mixed 10.3

92% 29.8 MB/s

DQ Read 551

DQ Write 137

DQ Mixed 245

206% 311 MB/s

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Desktop 98%

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Workstation 141%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-P - $200

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,253x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,486x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,151x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,868x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,089x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	665x

SSD
PCIe SSD 480GBNvmeBench 164%, 13 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	924x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	541x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	305x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $891

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CPU	GPU	SSD
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

Nvme

PCIe SSD 480GB

Average Bench: 164% (139^th of 1072)

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Terrible consistency

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-P - $200

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PCIe SSD 480GB

Average Bench: 164% (139th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 164% (139^th of 1072)