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CUK 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 220% (80th of 1071)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe CUK 500GB
Poor: 168%Average: 220% Great: 270%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme CUK 500GB averaged 120.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme CUK 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 462MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,812MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme CUK 500GB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme CUK 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 112MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 441MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 80220%
Min Avg Max
878 Read 1,812 2,421
437 Write 1,122 1,608
219 Mixed 1,091 1,930
198 SusWrite 869 1,341
273% 1,223 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.7 4K Read 45.4 62.3
35 4K Write 112 184
19.4 4K Mixed 53.7 74.9
197% 70.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
60.8 DQ Read 560 1,273
172 DQ Write 441 724
44.4 DQ Mixed 462 968
356% 488 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
403GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1253 1313 1339 1394 1357 1391 MB/s
251% Outstanding
Read 1,814
Write 1,380
Mixed 1,101
SusWrite 1,341
316% 1,409 MB/s
4K Read 49
4K Write 97.7
4K Mixed 65
209% 70.6 MB/s
DQ Read 782
DQ Write 635
DQ Mixed 720
536% 713 MB/s
390GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1106 1124 1127 1129 1130 1148 MB/s
248% Outstanding
Read 2,090
Write 1,246
Mixed 1,050
SusWrite 1,127
307% 1,378 MB/s
4K Read 46.6
4K Write 92.6
4K Mixed 55.8
191% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 909
DQ Write 724
DQ Mixed 792
599% 808 MB/s
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1298 1351 1365 1393 1298 859 MB/s
241% Outstanding
Read 1,819
Write 1,384
Mixed 1,094
SusWrite 1,261
311% 1,389 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 96.5
4K Mixed 63
204% 69 MB/s
DQ Read 688
DQ Write 565
DQ Mixed 635
473% 629 MB/s
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 815 731 844 813 990 1010 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,465
Write 900
Mixed 917
SusWrite 867
232% 1,037 MB/s
4K Read 49.3
4K Write 78.2
4K Mixed 65.2
200% 64.2 MB/s
DQ Read 557
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 444
326% 435 MB/s
388GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 242 270 98 112 379 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 878
Write 437
Mixed 219
SusWrite 198
95% 433 MB/s
4K Read 18.7
4K Write 35
4K Mixed 19.4
72% 24.4 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 319
199% 220 MB/s
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Typical CUK 500GB Builds (Compare 1,059 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 13%
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System: Dell Precision 7540

CPU
Core i7-9850HIntelBench 77%, 9,974 samples386x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples180x
Core i9-9880HIntelBench 79%, 11,095 samples130x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples558x
Quadro RTX 3000NvidiaBench 67%, 3,632 samples207x
Quadro T2000NvidiaBench 43%, 3,549 samples141x
SSD
CUK 500GBNvmeBench 220%, 11 samples1x
RAM
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples113x
HMA82GS6DJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,453 samples87x
HMAA4GS6AJR8N-VK 2x31.5GBUnknownBench 82%, 266 samples46x
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