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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 60.2% (801st of 1072)

Based on 595 user benchmarks.  Model: SDM8SI480A
Poor: 29%Average: 60.2% Great: 92%

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Above average average bench

The SDM8SI480A 480GB averaged 39.8% 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 22.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 63.2MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SDM8SI480A 480GB is 62.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SDM8SI480A 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 18.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 179MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 595 samples)
Rank 80160.2%
Min Avg Max
348 Read 455 507
198 Write 373 441
9.84 Mixed 272 391
51.5 SusWrite 179 428
71.3% 320 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.4 4K Read 22.4 30.4
4.1 4K Write 63.2 112
0.3 4K Mixed 13.3 27.9
84.5% 33 MB/s
Min Avg Max
56.4 DQ Read 113 192
9.9 DQ Write 217 338
0.5 DQ Mixed 18.7 46.1
55.7% 116 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
330GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0724A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 107 86 24 102 72 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 476
Write 386
Mixed 340
SusWrite 98.2
72% 325 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 96.2
4K Mixed 26.7
125% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 136
DQ Write 281
DQ Mixed 36
76% 151 MB/s
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1125A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 157 125 170 77 78 MB/s
70% Good
Read 478
Write 404
Mixed 382
SusWrite 153
79% 354 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 76.3
4K Mixed 19.2
106% 40.9 MB/s
DQ Read 121
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 29.5
81% 164 MB/s
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0724A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 50 93 80 48 34 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 460
Write 387
Mixed 348
SusWrite 91.4
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 89.9
4K Mixed 24.9
118% 46.8 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 42.6
84% 164 MB/s
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0430A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 66 85 9 66 79 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 488
Write 313
Mixed 356
SusWrite 77.6
69% 309 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 78.5
4K Mixed 0.6
74% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 97.1
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 0.5
48% 111 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 10 77 4.3 7.2 10 MB/s
33.9% Below average
Read 496
Write 411
Mixed 19.4
SusWrite 42.1
53% 242 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 11.2
4K Mixed 0.5
34% 9.87 MB/s
DQ Read 98.6
DQ Write 14.1
DQ Mixed 0.6
15% 37.8 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 9.9 82 10 77 4.8 MB/s
32.6% Below average
Read 432
Write 404
Mixed 19.4
SusWrite 63
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 10
4K Mixed 0.5
35% 9.8 MB/s
DQ Read 85.8
DQ Write 13.9
DQ Mixed 0.6
13% 33.4 MB/s
296GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 304 12 14 84 5.8 MB/s
29.4% Poor
Read 432
Write 382
Mixed 10.5
SusWrite 70.7
49% 224 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.4
30% 7.13 MB/s
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Typical SDM8SI480A 480GB Builds (Compare 4,164 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 35%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H310M-R R2.0

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples1,854x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples861x
Core i3-8100Intel  $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples187x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples458x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples386x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples355x
SSD
SDM8SI480A 480GBBench 60%, 595 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBAdataBench 77%, 24,552 samples493x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GBTeamBench 73%, 9,275 samples165x
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples116x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $257

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