PNY

CS3030 1000GB SSD

CS3030 1000GB SSD
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Effective Speed +120% Effective Speed 120%Average Score +161% Read 184%, Write 390%, 4K Read 17%, 4K Write 60%, Mixed 252%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite 183%Peak Score +198% Read 275%, Write 437%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 81%, Mixed 319%, 4K Mixed 50%, SusWrite 198%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +279% DQ Read 379%, DQ Write 323%, DQ Mixed 382%, ADQ Read 255%, ADQ Write 221%, ADQ Mixed 300%, Age 61%, AS-SSD Total 308%

Average Bench: 216% (86^th of 1072)

Based on 1,899 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS3030 1000GB SSD

Poor: 139%Average: 216% Great: 280%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS3030 1000GB SSD averaged 116.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS3030 1000GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,040MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,985MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS3030 1000GB SSD is 142%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS3030 1000GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.3MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 839MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,899 samples)

Rank 86216%

Min	Avg	Max
362	Read 1,298	1,902
752	Write 1,985	2,604
423	Mixed 1,264	1,775
476	SusWrite 839	1,155
304% 1,347 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.8	4K Read 40.3	52.4
75.4	4K Write 140	222
32.4	4K Mixed 62.8	87.3
216% 81.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
69.9	DQ Read 1,158	1,758
280	DQ Write 926	1,514
324	DQ Mixed 1,040	1,598
779% 1,041 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FRA-User, 19 days ago.

238GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303224

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 541 574 571 451 516 MB/s

247% Outstanding

Write 2,230

Mixed 1,744

SusWrite 513

343% 1,523 MB/s

4K Read 48.3

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 71.1

234% 83.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,957

DQ Write 1,568

DQ Mixed 733

829% 1,419 MB/s

IRL-User, 1 month ago.

542GB free

Firmware: CS303121

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1195 1116 962 991 998 1001 MB/s

233% Outstanding

Write 1,284

Mixed 1,141

SusWrite 1,044

267% 1,184 MB/s

4K Read 44.6

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 57.7

205% 74.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1423

DQ Write 1,078

DQ Mixed 1189

906% 1,230 MB/s

UKR-User, 4 days ago.

520GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303121

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1131 652 640 818 670 832 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 2,263

Mixed 1,584

SusWrite 790

361% 1,603 MB/s

4K Read 37

4K Write 95.1

4K Mixed 53.3

175% 61.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,234

DQ Write 903

DQ Mixed 1063

796% 1,067 MB/s

DEU-User, 13 days ago.

145GB free

Firmware: CS303224

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1725 728 806 755 649 725 MB/s

217% Outstanding

Write 2,261

Mixed 1,323

SusWrite 898

320% 1,413 MB/s

4K Read 37.1

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 58.3

201% 76 MB/s

DQ Read 1,089

DQ Write 1,309

DQ Mixed 1,597

1,093% 1,332 MB/s

DEU-User, 30 days ago.

353GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303121

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1113 459 769 718 734 590 MB/s

167% Outstanding

Write 1,971

Mixed 761

SusWrite 730

215% 932 MB/s

4K Read 37.2

4K Write 149

4K Mixed 46.9

195% 77.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,441

DQ Write 958

DQ Mixed 1126

860% 1,175 MB/s

FRA-User, 15 days ago.

212GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303121

SusWrite @10s intervals: 912 288 289 308 278 23 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 1,556

Mixed 1,287

SusWrite 349

236% 1,046 MB/s

4K Read 44.3

4K Write 96.6

4K Mixed 20

144% 53.6 MB/s

DQ Read 920

DQ Write 594

DQ Mixed 829

599% 781 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 month ago.

545GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303121

SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 633 814 668 710 624 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 1,640

Mixed 745

SusWrite 707

202% 884 MB/s

4K Read 30.8

4K Write 59.6

4K Mixed 47

138% 45.8 MB/s

DQ Read 476

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 423

304% 396 MB/s

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO - $299

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,613x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	2,473x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,143x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	682x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	577x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	481x

SSD
CS3030 1000GB SSDPNYBench 216%, 1,899 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	315x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	285x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	245x

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Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $798

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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CS3030 1000GB SSD

Average Bench: 216% (86th of 1072)

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO - $299

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Average Bench: 216% (86^th of 1072)