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SSD 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 121% (188th of 1072)

Based on 1,715 user benchmarks.  Model: Lexar SSD
Poor: 61%Average: 121% Great: 217%

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Outstanding average bench

The Lexar SSD 480GB averaged 21.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lexar SSD 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 228MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 865MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lexar SSD 480GB is 156%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Lexar SSD 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 399MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 473MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,715 samples)
Rank 188121%
Min Avg Max
337 Read 865 1,808
151 Write 598 1,524
97.8 Mixed 473 1,159
128 SusWrite 399 928
130% 584 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.7 4K Read 37.7 52.7
29.5 4K Write 86.2 177
12.1 4K Mixed 34.7 57.1
147% 52.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
168 DQ Read 456 932
55 DQ Write 357 994
29.9 DQ Mixed 228 641
219% 347 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
384GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 1151 636 180 950 173 MB/s
189% Outstanding
Read 1,257
Write 1,353
Mixed 1,143
SusWrite 618
246% 1,093 MB/s
4K Read 54
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 47.4
214% 78.5 MB/s
DQ Read 929
DQ Write 722
DQ Mixed 628
524% 760 MB/s
339GB free
Firmware: R1115A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 318 509 160 304 165 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 1,537
Write 1,069
Mixed 925
SusWrite 270
211% 950 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 89.5
4K Mixed 35.5
147% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 923
DQ Write 716
DQ Mixed 259
346% 632 MB/s
220GB free
Firmware: H190117H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 420 426 433 414 406 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 496
Write 440
Mixed 430
SusWrite 422
101% 447 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 88.7
4K Mixed 48.7
172% 59.6 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 207
157% 212 MB/s
58GB free
Firmware: R0427C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 291 255 252 252 252 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 434
Mixed 434
SusWrite 289
93% 415 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 83.4
4K Mixed 48.4
165% 56.9 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 185
144% 197 MB/s
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1126A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 333 367 343 373 373 MB/s
75.8% Very good
Read 437
Write 353
Mixed 330
SusWrite 350
83% 368 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 52.9
4K Mixed 18.3
93% 32.9 MB/s
DQ Read 197
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 34.7
74% 151 MB/s
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Gaming 60%
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Desktop 79%
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Workstation 49%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples1,271x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples392x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples377x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples166x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples155x
SSD
SSD 480GBLexarBench 121%, 1,715 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples107x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples101x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples65x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 108% - Outstanding Total price: $517

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