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PLUS 480GB

PLUS 480GB
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Effective Speed -12%Effective Speed -12%Average Score -15%Read -2%, Write -2%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite -17%Peak Score -8%Read 0%, Write -0%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite -12%Value & Sentiment -2,018%User Rating -13%, Market Share -4,022%Nice To Haves -8%DQ Read 6%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -29%, ADQ Read 7%, ADQ Write -11%, ADQ Mixed -22%, Age 4%, AS-SSD Total -3%

Average Bench: 87.3% (329^th of 1040)

Based on 3,613 user benchmarks. Model: SSD PLUS 480GB

Poor: 64%Average: 87.3% Great: 108%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The SSD PLUS 480GB averaged just 12.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD PLUS 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 207MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD PLUS 480GB is 44.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD PLUS 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 255MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 279MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,613 samples)

Rank 32987.3%

Min	Avg	Max
351	Read 452	503
268	Write 403	483
190	Mixed 279	353
111	SusWrite 255	351
77.8% 347 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.6	4K Read 29.2	37.8
34.6	4K Write 74.2	113
21.1	4K Mixed 36.7	49.4
131% 46.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
131	DQ Read 342	389
102	DQ Write 258	304
62	DQ Mixed 207	247
180% 269 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

LBN-User, 1 hr ago.

320GB free

Firmware: Z31000RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 444 287 285 267 269 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 480

Mixed 346

SusWrite 339

93% 416 MB/s

4K Read 35.5

4K Write 94.1

4K Mixed 45.8

162% 58.5 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 246

209% 308 MB/s

LBN-User, 3 hrs ago.

320GB free

Firmware: Z31000RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 450 292 274 271 278 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 475

Mixed 356

SusWrite 340

94% 419 MB/s

4K Read 35.5

4K Write 94.5

4K Mixed 46.7

164% 58.9 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 240

DQ Mixed 244

200% 288 MB/s

LBN-User, 14 hrs ago.

320GB free

Firmware: Z31000RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 448 295 277 282 271 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 470

Mixed 354

SusWrite 343

92% 408 MB/s

4K Read 35.4

4K Write 94.9

4K Mixed 46.2

163% 58.8 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 244

209% 309 MB/s

AUT-User, 57 mins ago.

49GB free

Firmware: Z31000RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 102 87 61 67 48 MB/s

88.1% Excellent

Write 476

Mixed 336

SusWrite 119

80% 356 MB/s

4K Read 34.4

4K Write 91.1

4K Mixed 39.4

151% 55 MB/s

DQ Read 384

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 195

184% 289 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

132GB free

Firmware: Z31000RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 285 286 278 266 271 MB/s

85.1% Excellent

Write 371

Mixed 218

SusWrite 282

74% 333 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 53.5

4K Mixed 34.5

113% 38.2 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 240

200% 292 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

326GB free

Firmware: Z31000RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 272 277 275 274 278 MB/s

84.2% Excellent

Write 401

Mixed 291

SusWrite 288

79% 354 MB/s

4K Read 19.8

4K Write 59.2

4K Mixed 36.3

108% 38.4 MB/s

DQ Read 384

DQ Write 285

DQ Mixed 232

201% 300 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

406GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z31000RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 220 222 220 217 216 MB/s

71.9% Very good

Write 222

Mixed 229

SusWrite 219

58% 258 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 47.6

4K Mixed 33.4

111% 36.4 MB/s

DQ Read 249

DQ Write 177

DQ Mixed 198

152% 208 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H - $80

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 74%, 222,536 samples	948x
Core i5-3470Intel $77Bench 71%, 153,042 samples	637x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 73%, 74,314 samples	417x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 102,268 samples	298x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 724,497 samples	266x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,047,709 samples	199x

SSD
PLUS 480GBSSDBench 87%, 3,613 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 60,144 samples	83x
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 329,318 samples	60x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 57,006 samples	46x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $377

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PLUS 480GB

Average Bench: 87.3% (329^th of 1040)

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Average Bench: 87.3% (329^th of 1040)