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Avant 500GB M.2

Avant 500GB M.2
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Effective Speed +183% Effective Speed 183%Average Score +193% Read 353%, Write 241%, 4K Read 55%, 4K Write 50%, Mixed 226%, 4K Mixed 51%, SusWrite 374%Peak Score +201% Read 378%, Write 231%, 4K Read 44%, 4K Write 47%, Mixed 340%, 4K Mixed 49%, SusWrite 316%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +175% DQ Read 258%, DQ Write 205%, DQ Mixed 207%, ADQ Read 156%, ADQ Write 155%, ADQ Mixed 179%, Age 31%, AS-SSD Total 210%

Average Bench: 279% (38^th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe Avant 500GB M.2

Poor: 194%Average: 279% Great: 322%

Popular builds with this SSD

MSI B450M MORTAR (MS-7B89) (1)

Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Avant 500GB M.2 averaged 178.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Avant 500GB M.2 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 727MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,074MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Avant 500GB M.2 is 128%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Avant 500GB M.2 performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 131MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 53.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)

Rank 38279%

Min	Avg	Max
932	Read 2,074	2,420
516	Write 1,382	1603
623	Mixed 1,169	1,861
495	SusWrite 1,406	1,612
337% 1,508 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35	4K Read 53.1	61.7
72.1	4K Write 131	180
25.7	4K Mixed 68.2	86.9
237% 84.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
48.1	DQ Read 835	1,315
89.7	DQ Write 738	1,092
22.5	DQ Mixed 727	1,018
561% 767 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 12 months ago.

77GB free

Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 69 70 70 70 MB/s

727% Outstanding

Write 65.2

Mixed 137

SusWrite 68.8

522% 2,514 MB/s

4K Read 818

4K Write 4.4

4K Mixed 8.1

1,253% 277 MB/s

USA-User, 5 years ago.

277GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1607 1592 1606 1621 1626 1349 MB/s

321% Outstanding

Write 1,589

Mixed 1,171

SusWrite 1,567

377% 1,689 MB/s

4K Read 57.7

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 80

265% 93.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1094

DQ Write 942

DQ Mixed 970

740% 1,002 MB/s

USA-User, 5 years ago.

235GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1542 1581 1531 1600 1588 1600 MB/s

318% Outstanding

Write 1,600

Mixed 1,172

SusWrite 1,574

377% 1,688 MB/s

4K Read 58.3

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 80.1

265% 92.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,052

DQ Write 905

DQ Mixed 960

725% 973 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

274GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1499 1401 1409 1381 1396 1321 MB/s

306% Outstanding

Write 1,423

Mixed 1,015

SusWrite 1,401

337% 1,510 MB/s

4K Read 41.3

4K Write 177

4K Mixed 75.8

254% 98.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,309

DQ Write 1,092

DQ Mixed 974

792% 1,125 MB/s

USA-User, 23 months ago.

120GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 505 511 510 524 419 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 516

Mixed 623

SusWrite 495

206% 945 MB/s

4K Read 35

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 47.5

176% 66.5 MB/s

DQ Read 564

DQ Write 516

DQ Mixed 462

368% 514 MB/s

AZE-User, 10 months ago.

466GB free

Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1141 1187 1282 1186 1275 1319 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 663

Mixed 993

SusWrite 1,232

216% 955 MB/s

4K Read 42

4K Write 74.6

4K Mixed 47.5

164% 54.7 MB/s

DQ Read 653

DQ Write 527

DQ Mixed 501

399% 560 MB/s

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR (MS-7B89) - $100

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	263x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	138x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	108x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	64x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	62x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	57x

SSD
Avant 500GB M.2NvmeBench 279%, 19 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	34x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $622

Popular Avant 500GB M.2 compatible motherboards:

MSI B450M MORTAR (MS-7B89) (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Nvme

Avant 500GB M.2

Average Bench: 279% (38^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR (MS-7B89) - $100

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Avant 500GB M.2

Average Bench: 279% (38th of 1072)

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Outstanding average bench

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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR (MS-7B89) - $100

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Average Bench: 279% (38^th of 1072)