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ZENITH R3 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 101% (250th of 1072)

Based on 41 user benchmarks.  Model: GeIL ZENITH R3 480GB
Poor: 74%Average: 101% Great: 120%

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Outstanding average bench

The Geil ZENITH R3 480GB averaged 1.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Geil ZENITH R3 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 127MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 44.9MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Geil ZENITH R3 480GB is 45.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Geil ZENITH R3 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 344MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 365MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 41 samples)
Rank 250101%
Min Avg Max
273 Read 460 518
60.3 Write 405 482
107 Mixed 365 501
51.3 SusWrite 344 448
88.4% 393 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.5 4K Read 32.6 39.9
2.1 4K Write 89.5 123
4 4K Mixed 44.9 59.8
154% 55.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
161 DQ Read 337 390
79.5 DQ Write 301 359
19.5 DQ Mixed 127 245
148% 255 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
223GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 364 352 346 346 347 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 430
Write 441
Mixed 374
SusWrite 366
91% 403 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 44
154% 58.8 MB/s
DQ Read 358
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 119
150% 266 MB/s
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 310 325 341 336 270 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 456
Write 432
Mixed 379
SusWrite 331
90% 399 MB/s
4K Read 36.4
4K Write 72.9
4K Mixed 47.3
154% 52.2 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 137
162% 280 MB/s
219GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 362 349 350 353 352 MB/s
99.4% Outstanding
Read 432
Write 420
Mixed 386
SusWrite 368
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 33.6
147% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 120
151% 269 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 394 402 413 425 421 MB/s
94.7% Outstanding
Read 448
Write 405
Mixed 311
SusWrite 408
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 92.5
4K Mixed 32.5
123% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 245
204% 295 MB/s
375GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 341 336 314 317 334 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 448
Write 336
Mixed 271
SusWrite 330
78% 346 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 94.8
4K Mixed 34.8
130% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 340
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 217
190% 282 MB/s
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 336 223 336 337 338 MB/s
91.1% Outstanding
Read 433
Write 334
Mixed 266
SusWrite 315
76% 337 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 93.9
4K Mixed 36.8
130% 50.9 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 218
191% 285 MB/s
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 314 321 311 323 252 MB/s
77% Very good
Read 413
Write 329
Mixed 260
SusWrite 303
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 22.3
110% 44.6 MB/s
DQ Read 333
DQ Write 79.5
DQ Mixed 168
133% 194 MB/s
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Typical ZENITH R3 480GB Builds (Compare 2,325 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H61M-K - $140

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples332x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples266x
Core i3-3220Intel  $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples188x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples441x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples147x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples112x
SSD
ZENITH R3 480GBGeilBench 101%, 41 samples1x
RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples49x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples48x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples26x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $199

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