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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 244% (59th of 1072)

Based on 362 user benchmarks.  Model: CUK 500GB
Poor: 150%Average: 244% Great: 335%

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Outstanding average bench

The CUK 500GB 500GB averaged 144.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the CUK 500GB 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 726MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,795MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the CUK 500GB 500GB is 184%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the CUK 500GB 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 120MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 952MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 362 samples)
Rank 59244%
Min Avg Max
745 Read 1,795 2,448
450 Write 1,131 1,554
474 Mixed 952 1,415
416 SusWrite 1,068 1,536
276% 1,237 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.8 4K Read 52.2 63
52.7 4K Write 120 181
28.6 4K Mixed 65.8 89.4
227% 79.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
323 DQ Read 919 1,309
198 DQ Write 688 1,094
129 DQ Mixed 726 998
564% 778 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1373 1492 1435 707 299 307 MB/s
243% Outstanding
Read 2,211
Write 1,365
Mixed 1,037
SusWrite 935
308% 1,387 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 94.7
4K Mixed 62.2
200% 67.7 MB/s
DQ Read 877
DQ Write 688
DQ Mixed 793
590% 786 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 498 357 383 467 377 MB/s
173% Outstanding
Read 2,034
Write 484
Mixed 510
SusWrite 420
187% 862 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 82.3
4K Mixed 37.9
139% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 582
DQ Write 487
DQ Mixed 462
366% 510 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN139B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 494 496 494 493 480 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 1,274
Write 511
Mixed 508
SusWrite 484
153% 694 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 59.1
4K Mixed 42.4
135% 44.7 MB/s
DQ Read 589
DQ Write 504
DQ Mixed 458
367% 517 MB/s
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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples5,242x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples3,004x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples1,823x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,367x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia  $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples1,205x
SSD
500GB 500GBCUKBench 244%, 362 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples321x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 111% - Outstanding Total price: $448

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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