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CS3030 500GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 195% (102nd of 1072)

Based on 12,500 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS3030 500GB SSD
Poor: 119%Average: 195% Great: 266%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS3030 500GB SSD averaged 94.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS3030 500GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 878MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 895MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS3030 500GB SSD is 146%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS3030 500GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 608MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,500 samples)
Rank 102195%
Min Avg Max
422 Read 1,190 1,783
554 Write 1,732 2,329
460 Mixed 1,120 1,677
370 SusWrite 608 889
262% 1,163 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.5 4K Read 44.6 53.6
61.5 4K Write 157 238
30.3 4K Mixed 61.7 84.6
230% 87.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
477 DQ Read 923 1,453
353 DQ Write 895 1,607
374 DQ Mixed 878 1,367
668% 899 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
290GB free
Firmware: CS303134
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2088 2113 1921 783 785 783 MB/s
276% Outstanding
Read 1514
Write 1,898
Mixed 1637
SusWrite 1,412
365% 1,615 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 164
4K Mixed 73.2
248% 93.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,357
DQ Write 1,011
DQ Mixed 1,187
886% 1,185 MB/s
281GB free
Firmware: CS303226
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1214 556 550 547 555 551 MB/s
228% Outstanding
Read 1,364
Write 2259
Mixed 1,467
SusWrite 662
325% 1,438 MB/s
4K Read 47.7
4K Write 204
4K Mixed 81.2
284% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 686
DQ Write 1,334
DQ Mixed 993
760% 1,004 MB/s
445GB free
Firmware: CS303226
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2126 777 511 515 516 506 MB/s
214% Outstanding
Read 1,276
Write 1,970
Mixed 1,410
SusWrite 825
310% 1,370 MB/s
4K Read 50
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 66.8
233% 83.8 MB/s
DQ Read 704
DQ Write 1,146
DQ Mixed 1,016
744% 955 MB/s
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS303226
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1024 545 456 410 378 372 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 1,161
Write 2,286
Mixed 1,356
SusWrite 531
302% 1,333 MB/s
4K Read 43.2
4K Write 164
4K Mixed 71.3
244% 92.9 MB/s
DQ Read 641
DQ Write 824
DQ Mixed 340
366% 602 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: CS303321
SusWrite @10s intervals: 585 325 337 319 341 337 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 1,602
Write 1,723
Mixed 1,196
SusWrite 374
274% 1,224 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 42.6
153% 61.9 MB/s
DQ Read 878
DQ Write 583
DQ Mixed 934
642% 798 MB/s
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Gaming 99%
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Desktop 100%
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Workstation 90%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C56) - $140

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples4,864x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples2,920x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples1,523x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,421x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,363x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples1,234x
SSD
CS3030 500GB SSDPNYBench 195%, 12,500 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples906x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples757x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples422x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $627

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