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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 62.9% (770th of 1072)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Model: LS 480G S300
Poor: 31%Average: 62.9% Great: 79%

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Above average average bench

The LS 480G S300 480GB averaged 37.0% 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-64Thread Write Speed 243MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 67.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LS 480G S300 480GB is 48.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the LS 480G S300 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 184MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 130MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 77062.9%
Min Avg Max
0.5 Read 400 498
193 Write 374 454
11.2 Mixed 284 393
109 SusWrite 184 416
69.5% 310 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 23.1 32.1
6.2 4K Write 67.8 112
0.1 4K Mixed 19.3 34.1
95.7% 36.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 DQ Read 130 186
9.1 DQ Write 243 338
0 DQ Mixed 34 50.8
69.1% 136 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
409GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 386 394 405 411 409 MB/s
79.5% Very good
Read 459
Write 369
Mixed 349
SusWrite 395
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 71.8
4K Mixed 19.5
93% 37 MB/s
DQ Read 94.7
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 27.6
73% 148 MB/s
83GB free
Firmware: 901XKR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 296 17 102 40 79 MB/s
77% Very good
Read 471
Write 435
Mixed 366
SusWrite 126
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 28.1
134% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 44.9
87% 170 MB/s
83GB free
Firmware: 901XKR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 224 15 130 108 12 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 469
Write 442
Mixed 362
SusWrite 128
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 28.3
135% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 157
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 44.2
85% 164 MB/s
83GB free
Firmware: 901XKR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 289 13 103 3.8 12 MB/s
73.9% Very good
Read 448
Write 434
Mixed 368
SusWrite 112
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 27.5
130% 52 MB/s
DQ Read 169
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 45.2
87% 170 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0618A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 258 17 13 11 285 MB/s
62% Good
Read 81.2
Write 193
Mixed 347
SusWrite 158
45% 195 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 84.2
4K Mixed 28.8
128% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 141
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 50.8
93% 177 MB/s
83GB free
Firmware: 901XKR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 309 201 1.8 9.5 79 MB/s
20% Very poor
Read 0.5
Write 406
Mixed 11.2
SusWrite 129
32% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 82.6
4K Mixed 0.1
44% 27.6 MB/s
DQ Read 0.1
DQ Write 9.1
DQ Mixed 0
1% 3.07 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,698,974 SSDs tested

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Typical 480G S300 480GB Builds (Compare 7,631 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H-CF - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples816x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples783x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples742x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples772x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples447x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples412x
SSD
480G S300 480GBLSBench 63%, 16 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples258x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples194x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples144x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $365

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