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GAMMIX S5 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 202% (67th of 1026)

Based on 771 user benchmarks.  Model: XPG GAMMIX S5
Poor: 132%Average: 202% Great: 237%

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Outstanding average bench

The XPG GAMMIX S5 1TB averaged 102.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the XPG GAMMIX S5 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 429MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,756MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the XPG GAMMIX S5 1TB is 106%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the XPG GAMMIX S5 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 293MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 36.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 771 samples)
Rank 67202%
Min Avg Max
828 Read 1,756 1,952
596 Write 967 1135
590 Mixed 836 952
267 SusWrite 901 1,163
248% 1,115 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.5 4K Read 36.5 43.9
57 4K Write 125 169
29.2 4K Mixed 49.1 59.4
184% 70.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
207 DQ Read 293 431
269 DQ Write 627 791
192 DQ Mixed 429 503
336% 450 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
705GB free
Firmware: V9002s16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1168 1170 1167 1167 1168 1162 MB/s
239% Outstanding
Read 1,945
Write 1,130
Mixed 952
SusWrite 1,167
289% 1,298 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 54.9
213% 84.7 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 772
DQ Mixed 456
378% 528 MB/s
512GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1097 1089 1109 1104 1093 1082 MB/s
226% Outstanding
Read 1,930
Write 1,072
Mixed 916
SusWrite 1,096
279% 1,253 MB/s
4K Read 36.6
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 50.3
192% 74.5 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 747
DQ Mixed 490
383% 513 MB/s
467GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 918 1043 1056 1093 1091 1094 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 1,876
Write 1,061
Mixed 864
SusWrite 1049
270% 1,213 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 45.5
161% 60 MB/s
DQ Read 227
DQ Write 599
DQ Mixed 418
318% 415 MB/s
244GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9001b31
SusWrite @10s intervals: 630 807 889 912 811 439 MB/s
181% Outstanding
Read 1,702
Write 878
Mixed 788
SusWrite 748
228% 1,029 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 93.3
4K Mixed 42.4
151% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 695
DQ Mixed 462
356% 470 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 29,453,876 SSDs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 60%
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Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 87%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $129

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $220Bench 83%, 316,331 samples14,107x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $140Bench 78%, 441,823 samples12,707x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $160Bench 85%, 401,005 samples11,564x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $159Bench 57%, 521,346 samples5,880x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $350Bench 79%, 877,118 samples4,730x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $267Bench 57%, 853,453 samples4,421x
SSD
GAMMIX S5 1TBXPGBench 202%, 771 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $71Bench 82%, 363,384 samples5,914x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $69Bench 86%, 264,683 samples4,555x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $89Bench 83%, 113,725 samples4,532x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $579

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Intel Core i5-9600K $195Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230Crucial MX500 250GB $45
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
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