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NX500 1.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 214% (87th of 1072)

Based on 27 user benchmarks.  Model: Neutron NX500
Poor: 128%Average: 214% Great: 585%

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Outstanding average bench

The Neutron NX500 1.5TB averaged 113.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Neutron NX500 1.5TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 435MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,659MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Neutron NX500 1.5TB is 457%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Neutron NX500 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 92.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)
Rank 87214%
Min Avg Max
514 Read 1,667 7,730
416 Write 1,659 7,898
379 Mixed 1,229 6,423
282 SusWrite 923 1,239
307% 1,370 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.8 4K Read 56.8 355
33.2 4K Write 92.1 253
20.7 4K Mixed 50.1 244
199% 66.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
190 DQ Read 793 1,610
58.8 DQ Write 469 1,074
79.5 DQ Mixed 435 1276
377% 566 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
880GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 937 770 476 1056 976 971 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 850
Write 1,034
Mixed 502
SusWrite 864
183% 813 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 92.5
4K Mixed 36.4
140% 52.7 MB/s
DQ Read 678
DQ Write 520
DQ Mixed 488
395% 562 MB/s
119GB free
Firmware: E7FM04.C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 279 271 278 290 206 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 763
Write 525
Mixed 392
SusWrite 282
109% 490 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 139
4K Mixed 48.9
190% 74.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,021
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 348
343% 568 MB/s
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1040 803 1059 685 186 212 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 947
Write 1,068
Mixed 504
SusWrite 664
179% 796 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 47.6
4K Mixed 30.4
107% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 793
DQ Write 168
DQ Mixed 304
269% 422 MB/s
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Typical NX500 1.5TB Builds (Compare 1,068 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 102%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 103%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $190

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples267x
Core i9-7900XIntel  $400Bench 82%, 19,432 samples254x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples130x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples258x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples73x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples72x
SSD
NX500 1.5TBNeutronBench 214%, 27 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples20x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 91%, 1,779 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $1,163

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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