Edge

E3 SSD 500GB

E3 SSD 500GB
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Effective Speed -23%Effective Speed -23%Average Score -26%Read 0%, Write -10%, 4K Read -86%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -69%, SusWrite 21%Peak Score -15%Read -1%, Write -14%, 4K Read -45%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -47%, SusWrite 9%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -43%DQ Read -33%, DQ Write -20%, DQ Mixed -64%, ADQ Read -90%, ADQ Write -31%, ADQ Mixed -79%, Age -5%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 79.9% (488^th of 1072)

Based on 61 user benchmarks. Model: EDGE E3 SSD

Poor: 55%Average: 79.9% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The Edge E3 SSD 500GB averaged 20.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Edge E3 SSD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 145MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 73.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Edge E3 SSD 500GB is 40%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Edge E3 SSD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 172MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 309MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 61 samples)

Rank 48879.9%

Min	Avg	Max
327	Read 458	504
240	Write 370	427
224	Mixed 309	451
179	SusWrite 360	423
83.9% 374 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.51	4K Read 18.5	29.7
32.1	4K Write 73.2	106
12	4K Mixed 26.6	39.6
101% 39.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.3	DQ Read 172	275
38.4	DQ Write 221	298
13.1	DQ Mixed 145	202
124% 179 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MEX-User, 2 years ago.

60GB free

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 275 277 277 276 275 MB/s

93.2% Outstanding

Write 267

Mixed 274

SusWrite 275

73% 330 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 97.1

4K Mixed 39.3

144% 54.7 MB/s

DQ Read 281

DQ Write 255

DQ Mixed 179

159% 238 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

59GB free

Firmware: O1026A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 265 263 108 124 118 MB/s

81.6% Excellent

Write 266

Mixed 60.6

SusWrite 190

56% 256 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 59.2

4K Mixed 38.5

121% 41.5 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 250

DQ Mixed 177

156% 233 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

466GB free

Firmware: O1026A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 276 278 279 277 273 MB/s

81.2% Excellent

Write 276

Mixed 251

SusWrite 269

69% 310 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 67.6

4K Mixed 32.5

113% 41.3 MB/s

DQ Read 273

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 175

157% 237 MB/s

USA-User, 12 months ago.

420GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 265 265 265 266 266 MB/s

76.9% Very good

Write 268

Mixed 272

SusWrite 265

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 21.3

4K Write 50.6

4K Mixed 28.2

95% 33.4 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 248

DQ Mixed 177

156% 233 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

26GB free

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 270 199 123 106 103 MB/s

75.6% Very good

Write 257

Mixed 241

SusWrite 178

61% 275 MB/s

4K Read 21.2

4K Write 76.8

4K Mixed 33.4

116% 43.8 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 263

DQ Mixed 179

159% 239 MB/s

USA-User, 7 months ago.

422GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 250 254 256 261 260 MB/s

70.2% Very good

Write 253

Mixed 250

SusWrite 255

65% 293 MB/s

4K Read 18.7

4K Write 50.1

4K Mixed 24.8

87% 31.2 MB/s

DQ Read 265

DQ Write 239

DQ Mixed 174

152% 226 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

235GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 284 326 265 265 170 MB/s

69.5% Good

Write 357

Mixed 287

SusWrite 278

76% 338 MB/s

4K Read 17.6

4K Write 35.6

4K Mixed 22.7

75% 25.3 MB/s

DQ Read 269

DQ Write 272

DQ Mixed 196

168% 246 MB/s

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Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme4 - $224

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	274x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	244x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	114x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	60x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x

SSD
E3 SSD 500GBEdgeBench 80%, 61 samples	1x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	29x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $301

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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E3 SSD 500GB

Average Bench: 79.9% (488^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 79.9% (488^th of 1072)