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Intenso

Sata III 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 108% (224th of 1072)

Based on 307 user benchmarks.  Model: Intenso SSD Sata III
Poor: 68%Average: 108% Great: 133%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intenso Sata III 500GB averaged 7.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intenso Sata III 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 134MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intenso Sata III 500GB is 64.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intenso Sata III 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 367MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 401MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 307 samples)
Rank 224108%
Min Avg Max
359 Read 473 517
323 Write 426 483
301 Mixed 401 447
187 SusWrite 367 463
93.7% 417 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.4 4K Read 37.8 46.9
43.6 4K Write 87.4 119
20.9 4K Mixed 50.2 66.4
168% 58.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
140 DQ Read 333 392
148 DQ Write 311 362
39.3 DQ Mixed 134 152
152% 259 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0714A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 437 442 451 454 450 MB/s
96.5% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 446
Mixed 411
SusWrite 443
101% 448 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 98.6
4K Mixed 24.3
133% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 127
DQ Write 353
DQ Mixed 33.8
85% 171 MB/s
50GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 426 156 155 156 135 MB/s
84.6% Excellent
Read 500
Write 450
Mixed 182
SusWrite 239
76% 343 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 51.9
4K Mixed 32.1
110% 37 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 244
214% 321 MB/s
204GB free
Firmware: V0303B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 316 109 62 35 47 MB/s
82.5% Excellent
Read 480
Write 433
Mixed 409
SusWrite 165
83% 372 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 28.1
140% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 42.4
94% 188 MB/s
388GB free
Firmware: W0406A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 340 343 343 340 342 MB/s
77.7% Very good
Read 374
Write 347
Mixed 344
SusWrite 342
79% 352 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 73.9
4K Mixed 24.2
117% 43 MB/s
DQ Read 131
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 37.6
62% 119 MB/s
356GB free
Firmware: W0406A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 342 342 343 340 343 MB/s
77.6% Very good
Read 374
Write 346
Mixed 342
SusWrite 343
79% 351 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 72
4K Mixed 24.5
114% 42 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 39.2
66% 126 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,667,686 SSDs tested

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Gaming 10%
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Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation 10%
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Motherboard: Asus B150M-C

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples211x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples135x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples75x
GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples84x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples67x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples44x
SSD
Sata III 500GBIntensoBench 108%, 307 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples16x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 70%, 1,758 samples15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair  $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $134

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