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CS3030 1TB SSD

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Effective Speed -139%Effective Speed -139%Average Score -137%Read -244%, Write -131%, 4K Read -122%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -143%, 4K Mixed -65%, SusWrite -228%Peak Score -184%Read -259%, Write -143%, 4K Read -256%, 4K Write -53%, Mixed -152%, 4K Mixed -154%, SusWrite -274%Value & Sentiment -865%User Rating -37%, Market Share -1,693%Nice To Haves -62%DQ Read -35%, DQ Write -24%, DQ Mixed -28%, ADQ Read -47%, ADQ Write -27%, ADQ Mixed -36%, Age -245%, 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%

FRA-User, 1 day ago.

616GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303320

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1110 668 813 376 902 927 MB/s

242% Outstanding

Write 2,542

Mixed 1,816

SusWrite 799

366% 1,611 MB/s

4K Read 50

4K Write 191

4K Mixed 78.1

277% 106 MB/s

DQ Read 1,431

DQ Write 1,118

DQ Mixed 1,307

969% 1,285 MB/s

CHE-User, 3 days ago.

398GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303225

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1436 618 568 558 761 828 MB/s

233% Outstanding

Write 2,422

Mixed 1,263

SusWrite 795

314% 1,380 MB/s

4K Read 48.1

4K Write 194

4K Mixed 83.1

282% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 1,406

DQ Write 1,064

DQ Mixed 1,249

930% 1,240 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

391GB free

Firmware: CS303226

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1428 577 578 576 575 577 MB/s

202% Outstanding

Write 1,313

Mixed 1,675

SusWrite 718

297% 1,322 MB/s

4K Read 49

4K Write 54

4K Mixed 46.3

162% 49.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,860

DQ Write 149

DQ Mixed 360

425% 790 MB/s

DEU-User, 3 days ago.

137GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303225

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1050 725 826 746 637 647 MB/s

187% Outstanding

Write 1,118

Mixed 1,011

SusWrite 772

218% 966 MB/s

4K Read 39.6

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 63.4

202% 72.6 MB/s

DQ Read 945

DQ Write 782

DQ Mixed 873

651% 866 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 days ago.

158GB free

Firmware: CS303226

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2342 562 450 437 527 601 MB/s

155% Outstanding

Write 1,006

Mixed 759

SusWrite 820

198% 877 MB/s

4K Read 16.1

4K Write 159

4K Mixed 30.9

148% 68.6 MB/s

DQ Read 60.6

DQ Write 997

DQ Mixed 1,204

731% 754 MB/s

POL-User, 1 day ago.

80GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303320

SusWrite @10s intervals: 706 534 587 457 467 316 MB/s

143% Outstanding

Write 879

Mixed 240

SusWrite 511

104% 451 MB/s

4K Read 5.9

4K Write 206

4K Mixed 43.8

174% 85.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,462

DQ Write 868

DQ Mixed 915

748% 1,081 MB/s

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 160%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $262

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $136Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,218x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $158Bench 98%, 89,263 samples	1,769x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $105Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,288x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $501Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	949x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	916x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	718x

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

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	312x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	310x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	286x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $939

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
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CS3030 1TB SSD

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

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