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Effective Speed -140%Effective Speed -140%Average Score -137%Read -244%, Write -129%, 4K Read -126%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -142%, 4K Mixed -65%, SusWrite -228%Peak Score -186%Read -258%, Write -142%, 4K Read -264%, 4K Write -54%, Mixed -152%, 4K Mixed -157%, SusWrite -273%Value & Sentiment -966%User Rating -37%, Market Share -1,896%Nice To Haves -65%DQ Read -35%, DQ Write -24%, DQ Mixed -27%, ADQ Read -47%, ADQ Write -27%, ADQ Mixed -36%, Age -273%, AS-SSD Total -53%

Average Bench: 228% (84^th of 1080)

Based on 12,276 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS3030 1TB SSD

Poor: 157%Average: 228% Great: 286%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS3030 1TB SSD averaged 127.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS3030 1TB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,089MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,024MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS3030 1TB SSD is 129%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS3030 1TB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.5MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 966MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12,276 samples)

Rank 84228%

Min	Avg	Max
340	Read 1,217	1,656
981	Write 2,024	2,648
492	Mixed 1,333	1,858
615	SusWrite 966	1,226
314% 1,385 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.9	4K Read 39.5	52.9
82.9	4K Write 167	248
32.2	4K Mixed 66.9	85.6
234% 91 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
60.5	DQ Read 1,167	1,714
430	DQ Write 990	1,532
461	DQ Mixed 1,089	1,642
813% 1,082 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

229GB free

Firmware: CS303226

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1768 963 950 953 902 789 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 2071

Mixed 1,312

SusWrite 1,054

315% 1,387 MB/s

4K Read 39.1

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 63.3

203% 73.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,332

DQ Write 1,012

DQ Mixed 1,214

896% 1,186 MB/s

FRA-User, 23 hrs ago.

706GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303225

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1081 936 898 865 927 842 MB/s

223% Outstanding

Write 1,926

Mixed 1,388

SusWrite 925

319% 1,415 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 66.5

226% 85.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,044

DQ Write 741

DQ Mixed 913

676% 899 MB/s

FRA-User, 8 hrs ago.

160GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303320

SusWrite @10s intervals: 840 702 712 646 656 566 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 2199

Mixed 1,010

SusWrite 687

302% 1,339 MB/s

4K Read 38.8

4K Write 85.5

4K Mixed 39.7

155% 54.7 MB/s

DQ Read 721

DQ Write 471

DQ Mixed 598

445% 597 MB/s

USA-User, 10 hrs ago.

583GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303321

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1069 493 799 961 849 769 MB/s

153% Outstanding

Write 1,997

Mixed 587

SusWrite 823

203% 877 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 129

4K Mixed 42.7

168% 67 MB/s

DQ Read 1,214

DQ Write 960

DQ Mixed 1,179

857% 1,117 MB/s

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Gaming 159%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 160%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $299

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $165Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,184x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $166Bench 98%, 65,928 samples	1,751x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $124Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,275x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $792Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	933x
RTX 3070Nvidia $395Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	901x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	715x

SSD
CS3030 1TB SSDPNYBench 228%, 12,276 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	308x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $57Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	306x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	280x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,298

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
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CS3030 1TB SSD