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CT500MX50 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 65.3% (737th of 1072)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID CT500MX500SSD4
Poor: 54%Average: 65.3% Great: 77%

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Above average average bench

The Amd-raid CT500MX50 500GB averaged 34.6% 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 Mixed IO Speed 121MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 221MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid CT500MX50 500GB is 22.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Amd-raid CT500MX50 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 99.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 290MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 73765.3%
Min Avg Max
326 Read 413 479
268 Write 374 418
330 Mixed 376 427
127 SusWrite 290 420
81.7% 363 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.6 4K Read 17.3 23.3
13.1 4K Write 46.2 74.3
8.3 4K Mixed 21.3 29.1
78% 28.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
76.3 DQ Read 99.5 121
122 DQ Write 221 274
55.2 DQ Mixed 121 144
103% 147 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
453GB free
Firmware: M3CR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 393 394 391 394 392 MB/s
80.1% Excellent
Read 470
Write 396
Mixed 403
SusWrite 392
93% 415 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 61.3
4K Mixed 27.5
101% 36.9 MB/s
DQ Read 95.7
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 122
98% 135 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: M3CR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 383 378 389 382 394 MB/s
76.9% Very good
Read 425
Write 391
Mixed 400
SusWrite 382
90% 399 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 49.1
4K Mixed 25.7
90% 31.9 MB/s
DQ Read 112
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 144
124% 177 MB/s
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 358 355 299 368 367 MB/s
67.4% Good
Read 431
Write 402
Mixed 390
SusWrite 351
89% 394 MB/s
4K Read 15.3
4K Write 38.3
4K Mixed 19.3
68% 24.3 MB/s
DQ Read 97.4
DQ Write 248
DQ Mixed 131
112% 159 MB/s
453GB free
Firmware: M3CR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 284 296 321 329 329 MB/s
61% Good
Read 423
Write 326
Mixed 362
SusWrite 298
79% 352 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 38
4K Mixed 19.2
67% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 80.1
DQ Write 147
DQ Mixed 102
81% 110 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 349 332 360 369 373 MB/s
56.7% Above average
Read 394
Write 332
Mixed 330
SusWrite 347
79% 351 MB/s
4K Read 11
4K Write 18.9
4K Mixed 12
42% 14 MB/s
DQ Read 76.3
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 108
95% 137 MB/s
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 315 310 383 384 386 MB/s
54.5% Above average
Read 326
Write 310
Mixed 338
SusWrite 339
74% 329 MB/s
4K Read 12.7
4K Write 28.4
4K Mixed 11.1
48% 17.4 MB/s
DQ Read 88.8
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 82.4
78% 119 MB/s
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Typical CT500MX50 500GB Builds (Compare 1,761 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-GAMING/BR

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples325x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD  $139Bench 86%, 14,368 samples140x
Ryzen 5 3400GAMD  $98Bench 68%, 93,718 samples118x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples101x
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples98x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples94x
SSD
CT500MX50 500GBAmd-raidBench 65%, 12 samples1x
RAM
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples73x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples65x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GBTeamBench 78%, 7,481 samples60x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $407

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