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GAMMIX S5 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 203% (94th of 1072)

Based on 4,125 user benchmarks.  Model: XPG GAMMIX S5
Poor: 87%Average: 203% Great: 289%

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Outstanding average bench

The XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB averaged 103.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 557MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,780MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB is 202%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 449MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 37.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,125 samples)
Rank 94203%
Min Avg Max
531 Read 1,780 2,231
481 Write 1,122 1,678
296 Mixed 972 1,453
180 SusWrite 809 1,566
261% 1,171 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.1 4K Read 37.7 49.8
59.5 4K Write 120 177
23.4 4K Mixed 49.6 70.8
184% 69.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
176 DQ Read 449 870
243 DQ Write 716 1,063
180 DQ Mixed 557 922
429% 574 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
415GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S036H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1437 1460 1263 1525 1503 1500 MB/s
259% Outstanding
Read 2,024
Write 1,558
Mixed 1,380
SusWrite 1,448
359% 1,603 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 51.7
178% 63.7 MB/s
DQ Read 749
DQ Write 808
DQ Mixed 849
619% 802 MB/s
265GB free
Firmware: VC0S032Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1200 1264 1309 1363 1397 992 MB/s
241% Outstanding
Read 1,975
Write 1,449
Mixed 1,272
SusWrite 1,254
333% 1,488 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 85
4K Mixed 47.6
158% 55.7 MB/s
DQ Read 889
DQ Write 762
DQ Mixed 804
608% 819 MB/s
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S032V
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1145 1145 1159 1166 1169 1160 MB/s
218% Outstanding
Read 1,328
Write 1,143
Mixed 1,082
SusWrite 1,157
265% 1,177 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 90.4
4K Mixed 57
188% 63.8 MB/s
DQ Read 722
DQ Write 907
DQ Mixed 912
661% 847 MB/s
319GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1106 1096 1091 1063 314 312 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,934
Write 1,087
Mixed 875
SusWrite 830
262% 1,182 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 91.6
4K Mixed 45.2
162% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 593
DQ Mixed 373
296% 400 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S032V
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1159 589 114 126 42 205 MB/s
192% Outstanding
Read 1,647
Write 1642
Mixed 1,302
SusWrite 372
278% 1,241 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 68.5
232% 82.7 MB/s
DQ Read 726
DQ Write 684
DQ Mixed 737
545% 716 MB/s
357GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s77
SusWrite @10s intervals: 918 1125 986 496 516 537 MB/s
191% Outstanding
Read 1,844
Write 1,091
Mixed 941
SusWrite 763
258% 1,160 MB/s
4K Read 36.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 38.8
162% 61.3 MB/s
DQ Read 207
DQ Write 766
DQ Mixed 319
293% 431 MB/s
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S032Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 154 132 153 165 158 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 714
Write 1030
Mixed 491
SusWrite 205
137% 610 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 97.3
4K Mixed 51.1
141% 54.7 MB/s
DQ Read 882
DQ Write 723
DQ Mixed 683
544% 763 MB/s
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Gaming 65%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation 61%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,438x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples753x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $158Bench 96%, 383,420 samples453x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples646x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples449x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples399x
SSD
GAMMIX S5 512GBXPGBench 203%, 4,125 samples1x
RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples516x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples304x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $352

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