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Crucial CT500P1SSD8

P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 179% (125th of 1071)

Based on 78,255 user benchmarks.  Model: CT500P1SSD8
Poor: 103%Average: 179% Great: 242%

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Outstanding average bench

The Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 78.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,408MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 605MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 140%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 446MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 430MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 78,255 samples)
Rank 125179%
Min Avg Max
892 Read 1,408 1,680
71.4 Write 835 1,102
106 Mixed 751 1,020
50.8 SusWrite 446 922
191% 860 MB/s
Min Avg Max
37.1 4K Read 57.2 69.3
18.8 4K Write 123 196
23.3 4K Mixed 65.3 88.1
236% 82 MB/s
Min Avg Max
337 DQ Read 430 616
45.2 DQ Write 605 1,037
30.3 DQ Mixed 189 265
235% 408 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
399GB free
Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 889 907 910 905 895 MB/s
224% Outstanding
Read 1,442
Write 892
Mixed 895
SusWrite 898
230% 1,032 MB/s
4K Read 59.2
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 77.1
274% 99.3 MB/s
DQ Read 343
DQ Write 845
DQ Mixed 222
276% 470 MB/s
236GB free
Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 871 891 907 930 351 50 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,365
Write 749
Mixed 865
SusWrite 667
203% 911 MB/s
4K Read 51.9
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 65.2
238% 86.8 MB/s
DQ Read 347
DQ Write 876
DQ Mixed 224
282% 482 MB/s
93GB free
Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 66 66 66 55 19 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 1,051
Write 892
Mixed 811
SusWrite 92.7
159% 712 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 97.9
4K Mixed 48.8
166% 60.3 MB/s
DQ Read 614
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 93.3
174% 352 MB/s
236GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 60 66 65 57 16 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 1,378
Write 385
Mixed 112
SusWrite 52.9
103% 482 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 37.6
4K Mixed 34.8
133% 39.3 MB/s
DQ Read 347
DQ Write 49.7
DQ Mixed 81
89% 159 MB/s
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 46 54 52 61 61 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 1,056
Write 775
Mixed 724
SusWrite 58.7
145% 654 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 54.2
4K Mixed 41.3
135% 43.5 MB/s
DQ Read 344
DQ Write 534
DQ Mixed 220
228% 366 MB/s
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $114Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples6,360x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $240Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,245x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $230Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,497x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,165x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $289Bench 99%, 461,061 samples1,053x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $228Bench 71%, 428,800 samples915x
SSD
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBCrucial  $60Bench 179%, 78,255 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,600x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples792x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $43Bench 84%, 287,720 samples618x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $857

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