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CS900 120GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 77.3% (530th of 1072)

Based on 23 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS900 120GB SSD
Poor: 52%Average: 77.3% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The PNY CS900 120GB SSD averaged 22.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS900 120GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 157MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.4MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS900 120GB SSD is 46.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY CS900 120GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 201MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 282MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 23 samples)
Rank 53077.3%
Min Avg Max
207 Read 397 481
100 Write 282 452
23.6 Mixed 284 380
82 SusWrite 201 418
65% 291 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12 4K Read 31.4 40
10.6 4K Write 76.3 107
6.6 4K Mixed 30.5 41.5
127% 46.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.9 DQ Read 229 312
11.6 DQ Write 253 326
14.6 DQ Mixed 157 220
142% 213 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900812
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 251 298 297 304 303 MB/s
97.8% Outstanding
Read 443
Write 281
Mixed 292
SusWrite 276
72% 323 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 99.5
4K Mixed 41.1
163% 59.5 MB/s
DQ Read 311
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 220
189% 278 MB/s
117GB free
Firmware: CS900J13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 432 443 451 265 155 MB/s
57.8% Above average
Read 414
Write 452
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 367
71% 316 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 27.3
4K Mixed 6.6
64% 20.3 MB/s
DQ Read 24.9
DQ Write 11.6
DQ Mixed 14.6
12% 17 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900613
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 159 92 59 59 84 MB/s
55.5% Above average
Read 207
Write 106
Mixed 331
SusWrite 99.3
42% 186 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 57
4K Mixed 29.4
109% 37.8 MB/s
DQ Read 307
DQ Write 39.6
DQ Mixed 17.9
53% 121 MB/s
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900T13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 349 389 415 444 295 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 371
Write 369
Mixed 23.6
SusWrite 361
63% 281 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 10.6
4K Mixed 8.3
47% 13.1 MB/s
DQ Read 51.4
DQ Write 16
DQ Mixed 18.7
18% 28.7 MB/s
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Typical CS900 120GB SSD Builds (Compare 1,002 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: HP Z210 Workstation

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $188Bench 67%, 185,630 samples341x
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples122x
Xeon E3-1240IntelBench 70%, 2,292 samples115x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples107x
Quadro 600NvidiaBench 3%, 15,964 samples83x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples68x
SSD
CS900 120GB SSDPNYBench 77%, 23 samples1x
RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples17x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 49%, 2,942 samples12x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $188

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