SMI

DISK 498GB

DISK 498GB
BENCHMARKS (113)
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Effective Speed -1%Effective Speed -1%Average Score -3%Read 3%, Write -3%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write 0%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -12%, SusWrite 26%Peak Score -6%Read 1%, Write -6%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite 11%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -21%DQ Read -4%, DQ Write -2%, DQ Mixed -57%, ADQ Read -9%, ADQ Write -5%, ADQ Mixed -124%, Age 35%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Average Bench: 97.4% (266^th of 1072)

Based on 113 user benchmarks. Model: SMI DISK

Poor: 68%Average: 97.4% Great: 116%

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Excellent average bench

The SMI DISK 498GB averaged just 2.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SMI DISK 498GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 116MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.1MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SMI DISK 498GB is 48.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SMI DISK 498GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 345MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 374MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 113 samples)

Rank 26697.4%

Min	Avg	Max
358	Read 470	513
234	Write 395	459
177	Mixed 345	409
179	SusWrite 374	429
89% 396 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.8	4K Read 26.8	32.2
42.7	4K Write 87.7	124
23.2	4K Mixed 40.1	51
138% 51.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
83.5	DQ Read 299	354
107	DQ Write 275	350
46.6	DQ Mixed 116	211
134% 230 MB/s

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

SWE-User, 9 months ago.

171GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0823B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 370 325 408 382 382 MB/s

81.7% Excellent

Write 270

Mixed 202

SusWrite 362

65% 289 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 70.5

4K Mixed 24.8

111% 41 MB/s

DQ Read 316

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 95.6

128% 233 MB/s

DEU-User, 14 months ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0810B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 324 388 242 370 250 MB/s

67.9% Good

Write 394

Mixed 290

SusWrite 311

84% 374 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 41.5

4K Mixed 3.5

60% 22.4 MB/s

DQ Read 271

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 208

177% 258 MB/s

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,668x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	458x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,246x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
DISK 498GBSMIBench 97%, 113 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	377x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	206x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

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CPU	GPU	SSD
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

HDD	RAM	USB
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

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DISK 498GB

Average Bench: 97.4% (266^th of 1072)

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