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S11 480GB

S11 480GB
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Effective Speed +24% Effective Speed 24%Average Score +25% Read -9%, Write 11%, 4K Read 91%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed 14%, 4K Mixed 32%, SusWrite 46%Peak Score +26% Read -1%, Write 2%, 4K Read 109%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed 17%, 4K Mixed 37%, SusWrite 27%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -5%DQ Read -10%, DQ Write -12%, DQ Mixed -7%, ADQ Read -29%, ADQ Write -7%, ADQ Mixed -13%, Age 39%, AS-SSD Total -0%

Average Bench: 122% (187^th of 1072)

Based on 26 user benchmarks. Model: FIRM S11

Poor: 76%Average: 122% Great: 150%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Firm S11 480GB averaged 21.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Firm S11 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 230MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 65.6MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Firm S11 480GB is 74.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Firm S11 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 418MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 252MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 26 samples)

Rank 187122%

Min	Avg	Max
91.7	Read 418	504
322	Write 450	496
99.9	Mixed 411	496
125	SusWrite 434	490
96.8% 428 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18	4K Read 65.6	89.8
38.4	4K Write 79.3	111
11.4	4K Mixed 59.6	79.9
218% 68.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35.7	DQ Read 252	334
90.9	DQ Write 270	320
59.9	DQ Mixed 230	310
182% 251 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PHL-User, 10 months ago.

399GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM61W5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 346 420 460 485 486 MB/s

144% Outstanding

Write 478

Mixed 468

SusWrite 420

104% 461 MB/s

4K Read 81.1

4K Write 93.2

4K Mixed 79.1

274% 84.5 MB/s

DQ Read 321

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 274

217% 301 MB/s

USA-User, 13 months ago.

372GB free

Firmware: SBFM61W3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 389 479 482 482 483 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 490

Mixed 478

SusWrite 446

107% 475 MB/s

4K Read 61.9

4K Write 89.5

4K Mixed 67.1

227% 72.8 MB/s

DQ Read 283

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 264

206% 283 MB/s

GBR-User, 7 months ago.

87GB free

Firmware: SBFK71W1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 395 425 424 435 442 MB/s

129% Outstanding

Write 436

Mixed 442

SusWrite 423

99% 440 MB/s

4K Read 74

4K Write 67.3

4K Mixed 64.2

230% 68.5 MB/s

DQ Read 320

DQ Write 305

DQ Mixed 292

225% 306 MB/s

GBR-User, 9 months ago.

49GB free

Firmware: SBFM61W3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 462 461 463 466 488 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 435

Mixed 402

SusWrite 461

94% 416 MB/s

4K Read 77.8

4K Write 77.8

4K Mixed 41.5

212% 65.7 MB/s

DQ Read 332

DQ Write 319

DQ Mixed 308

236% 320 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 months ago.

70GB free

Firmware: SBFM91W3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 220 236 233 226 274 MB/s

94.5% Outstanding

Write 215

Mixed 143

SusWrite 241

53% 238 MB/s

4K Read 58.7

4K Write 48.8

4K Mixed 47.6

176% 51.7 MB/s

DQ Read 296

DQ Write 231

DQ Mixed 271

201% 266 MB/s

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	418x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	204x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	156x

SSD
S11 480GBFirmBench 122%, 26 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	81x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $650

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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S11 480GB

Average Bench: 122% (187^th of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

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Average Bench: 122% (187th of 1072)

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