PNY

CS900 240GB SSD

CS900 240GB SSD
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Effective Speed -47%Effective Speed -47%Average Score -54%Read 10%, Write -29%, 4K Read -36%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -38%, 4K Mixed -189%, SusWrite -83%Peak Score -62%Read 3%, Write -16%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -50%, Mixed -56%, 4K Mixed -193%, SusWrite -69%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -147%DQ Read -344%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -244%, ADQ Read -310%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed -213%, Age 36%, AS-SSD Total -80%

Average Bench: 66.8% (722^nd of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS900 240GB SSD

Poor: 57%Average: 66.8% Great: 76%

Above average average bench

The PNY CS900 240GB SSD averaged 33.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 283MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 76.9MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 79.5MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 162MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 72266.8%

Min	Avg	Max
496	Read 504	521
214	Write 314	417
250	Mixed 260	272
111	SusWrite 162	229
68.8% 310 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.7	4K Read 25.2	28.4
74.2	4K Write 76.9	81.5
9.4	4K Mixed 15.6	19.9
98.8% 39.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
74.5	DQ Read 79.5	82.6
228	DQ Write 283	314
58.3	DQ Mixed 83	96.2
92.2% 149 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 5 years ago.

33GB free

Firmware: CS90

SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 224 224 217 226 221 MB/s

76.2% Very good

Write 417

Mixed 272

SusWrite 229

80% 360 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 81.5

4K Mixed 19.9

112% 43.3 MB/s

DQ Read 81.4

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 96.2

102% 162 MB/s

USA-User, 5 years ago.

117GB free

Firmware: CS90

SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 107 109 112 189 219 MB/s

67.3% Good

Write 238

Mixed 250

SusWrite 146

64% 288 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 59.8

4K Mixed 19.6

98% 35.6 MB/s

DQ Read 82.4

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 93.5

101% 161 MB/s

USA-User, 5 years ago.

81GB free

Firmware: CS90

SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 108 109 107 110 113 MB/s

57.3% Above average

Write 214

Mixed 250

SusWrite 111

59% 268 MB/s

4K Read 21.7

4K Write 75.1

4K Mixed 9.4

85% 35.4 MB/s

DQ Read 74.5

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 58.3

71% 120 MB/s

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CS900 240GB SSD

Average Bench: 66.8% (722^nd of 1072)

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