Corsair

Neutron SSD 500GB

Neutron SSD 500GB
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Effective Speed -410%Effective Speed -410%Average Score -544%Read -747%, Write -990%, 4K Read -120%, 4K Write -123%, Mixed -716%, 4K Mixed -117%, SusWrite -993%Peak Score -678%Read -1,033%, Write -1,197%, 4K Read -303%, 4K Write -237%, Mixed -823%, 4K Mixed -250%, SusWrite -902%Value & Sentiment -36%User Rating -36%Nice To Haves -425%DQ Read -499%, DQ Write -442%, DQ Mixed -473%, ADQ Read -362%, ADQ Write -323%, ADQ Mixed -372%, Age -419%, AS-SSD Total -506%

Average Bench: 106% (238^th of 1080)

Based on 9 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Neutron SSD

Poor: 85%Average: 106% Great: 127%

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Outstanding average bench

The Corsair Neutron SSD 500GB averaged 5.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Neutron SSD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 314MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 48.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Neutron SSD 500GB is 41.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Neutron SSD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 291MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 384MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)

Rank 238106%

Min	Avg	Max
440	Read 484	512
76.3	Write 418	482
130	Mixed 384	492
142	SusWrite 291	457
88.4% 394 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.8	4K Read 38.4	47.6
62.6	4K Write 91	113
36.4	4K Mixed 48.6	62.5
169% 59.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
283	DQ Read 370	386
110	DQ Write 297	352
77.6	DQ Mixed 314	366
241% 327 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 3 years ago.

147GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 365 352 345 332 324 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 467

Mixed 438

SusWrite 317

97% 430 MB/s

4K Read 47.6

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 62.5

208% 71.5 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 355

268% 359 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

343GB free

Firmware: RVT04B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 483 485 486 420 296 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 478

Mixed 465

SusWrite 442

107% 474 MB/s

4K Read 38.9

4K Write 91.9

4K Mixed 52.2

174% 61 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 353

266% 355 MB/s

NZL-User, 3 years ago.

208GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT03B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 242 227 222 202 193 MB/s

88.5% Excellent

Write 434

Mixed 376

SusWrite 236

83% 372 MB/s

4K Read 31.3

4K Write 63.4

4K Mixed 37.9

130% 44.2 MB/s

DQ Read 384

DQ Write 351

DQ Mixed 366

275% 367 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 years ago.

77GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT03B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 107 97 112 164 240 MB/s

85.1% Excellent

Write 76.3

Mixed 130

SusWrite 142

44% 202 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 36.4

152% 58.2 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 156

DQ Mixed 236

182% 256 MB/s

USA-User, 5 years ago.

103GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EMT02B6Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 250 113 86 93 94 MB/s

77.8% Very good

Write 333

Mixed 279

SusWrite 161

56% 248 MB/s

4K Read 19.8

4K Write 68.8

4K Mixed 51.5

132% 46.7 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 356

268% 359 MB/s

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	632x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	408x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	252x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	137x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	104x

SSD
Neutron SSD 500GBCorsairBench 106%, 9 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	46x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $167

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
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Average Bench: 106% (238th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 106% (238^th of 1080)