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BMSC51A3500F4SA 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 53.6% (867th of 1072)

Based on 146 user benchmarks.  Model: BMSC51A3500F4SA
Poor: 32%Average: 53.6% Great: 86%

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Average average bench

The BMSC51A3500F4SA 500GB averaged 46.4% 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 Random Read Speed 21.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 474MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the BMSC51A3500F4SA 500GB is 53.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the BMSC51A3500F4SA 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 12.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 147MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 146 samples)
Rank 86753.6%
Min Avg Max
384 Read 474 508
278 Write 386 438
10.1 Mixed 249 396
68.4 SusWrite 147 415
69.9% 314 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.2 4K Read 21.8 29
5.14 4K Write 42.9 96.7
0.3 4K Mixed 10.4 25
69.2% 25.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
76.2 DQ Read 116 143
9.9 DQ Write 172 339
0.2 DQ Mixed 12.6 33.9
46.4% 100 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 352 13 57 243 12 MB/s
74.5% Very good
Read 504
Write 417
Mixed 409
SusWrite 158
83% 372 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 79.8
4K Mixed 24.2
115% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 1.2
67% 155 MB/s
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 40 2.3 376 206 7.7 MB/s
74.3% Very good
Read 500
Write 431
Mixed 395
SusWrite 109
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 24
127% 52.3 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 1.1
66% 151 MB/s
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 34 276 210 3.9 4.5 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 498
Write 350
Mixed 359
SusWrite 89.5
72% 324 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 22.9
100% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 123
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 1.2
63% 145 MB/s
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 152 10 33 226 85 MB/s
64.4% Good
Read 474
Write 394
Mixed 356
SusWrite 115
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 72.7
4K Mixed 21.6
100% 38.8 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 32.9
71% 139 MB/s
286GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 8.5 83 55 49 39 MB/s
31.6% Below average
Read 470
Write 399
Mixed 2.7
SusWrite 105
54% 244 MB/s
4K Read 7
4K Write 11.8
4K Mixed 0.6
18% 6.47 MB/s
DQ Read 66.5
DQ Write 5.4
DQ Mixed 30.7
24% 34.2 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,650,072 SSDs tested

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Gaming 51%
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Desktop 85%
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Workstation 43%
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Motherboard: MSI B360M PRO-VD (MS-7B53)

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples224x
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples219x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples99x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples111x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples87x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples64x
SSD
BMSC51A3500F4SA 500GBBench 54%, 146 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 6,330 samples35x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples24x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $247

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