ESA3SMI2HTTBT480GB 480GB

ESA3SMI2HTTBT480GB 480GB
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Effective Speed -22%Effective Speed -22%Average Score -19%Read -10%, Write -9%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -29%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed -28%, SusWrite -2%Peak Score -17%Read -6%, Write -15%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -26%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -61%DQ Read -31%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -196%, ADQ Read -142%, ADQ Write -5%, ADQ Mixed -148%, Age 55%, AS-SSD Total -19%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 80.7% (476^th of 1072)

Based on 7 user benchmarks. Model: ESA3SMI2HTTBT480GB

Poor: 50%Average: 80.7% Great: 96%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The ESA3SMI2HTTBT480GB 480GB averaged just 19.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ESA3SMI2HTTBT480GB 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 105MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ESA3SMI2HTTBT480GB 480GB is 45.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ESA3SMI2HTTBT480GB 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 135MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 290MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)

Rank 47680.7%

Min	Avg	Max
378	Read 416	477
185	Write 372	423
46	Mixed 295	372
141	SusWrite 290	352
77% 343 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.5	4K Read 25.6	31.2
19.5	4K Write 67.8	109
18.2	4K Mixed 35.2	46.1
120% 42.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
83.3	DQ Read 135	280
165	DQ Write 274	344
91.1	DQ Mixed 105	112
108% 171 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

TUR-User, 5 years ago.

425GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0605C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 297 291 309 294 311 MB/s

96% Outstanding

Write 372

Mixed 338

SusWrite 313

81% 359 MB/s

4K Read 29.8

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 46.1

162% 61.6 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 112

118% 188 MB/s

TWN-User, 4 years ago.

106GB free

Firmware: Q0811B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 294 225 191 228 229 MB/s

93.4% Outstanding

Write 413

Mixed 372

SusWrite 258

85% 380 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 99.8

4K Mixed 42.1

147% 56.1 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 94.9

126% 227 MB/s

TUR-User, 3 years ago.

271GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0605C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 346 343 337 344 341 MB/s

86% Excellent

Write 420

Mixed 349

SusWrite 352

87% 385 MB/s

4K Read 27.3

4K Write 62.1

4K Mixed 36

120% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 109

118% 189 MB/s

TUR-User, 4 years ago.

272GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0605C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 277 307 290 263 277 MB/s

84.4% Excellent

Write 384

Mixed 340

SusWrite 289

80% 357 MB/s

4K Read 31.2

4K Write 75.5

4K Mixed 41.7

141% 49.5 MB/s

DQ Read 115

DQ Write 165

DQ Mixed 109

91% 130 MB/s

TUR-User, 3 years ago.

67GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0605C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 343 338 345 341 342 MB/s

83.4% Excellent

Write 423

Mixed 337

SusWrite 345

86% 380 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 58.9

4K Mixed 33.9

114% 39.6 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 344

DQ Mixed 109

118% 190 MB/s

TUR-User, 4 years ago.

370GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0605C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 332 336 346 340 344 MB/s

71.8% Very good

Write 408

Mixed 279

SusWrite 331

79% 353 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 49.9

4K Mixed 28.7

95% 33.1 MB/s

DQ Read 83.3

DQ Write 199

DQ Mixed 91.1

84% 125 MB/s

TUR-User, 4 years ago.

144GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0605C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 173 149 102 92 128 MB/s

50.2% Above average

Write 185

Mixed 46

SusWrite 141

41% 187 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 19.5

4K Mixed 18.2

60% 18.4 MB/s

DQ Read 123

DQ Write 224

DQ Mixed 109

101% 152 MB/s

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH P67

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	578x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	233x
Core i7-2600Intel $190Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	129x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	107x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	101x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x

SSD
ESA3SMI2HTTBT480GB 480GBBench 81%, 7 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	61x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	38x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $519

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

ESA3SMI2HTTBT480GB 480GB

Average Bench: 80.7% (476^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH P67

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ESA3SMI2HTTBT480GB 480GB

Average Bench: 80.7% (476th of 1072)

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