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MKNSSDHL500GB-D8 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 177% (125th of 1072)

Based on 974 user benchmarks.  Model: MKNSSDHL500GB-D8
Poor: 105%Average: 177% Great: 229%

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Outstanding average bench

The Mushkin MKNSSDHL500GB-D8 500GB averaged 76.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Mushkin MKNSSDHL500GB-D8 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 379MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,537MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Mushkin MKNSSDHL500GB-D8 500GB is 124%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Mushkin MKNSSDHL500GB-D8 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 29.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 542MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 974 samples)
Rank 125177%
Min Avg Max
1,023 Read 1,537 1,858
122 Write 1,118 1,559
113 Mixed 798 1,178
146 SusWrite 542 1,053
222% 998 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.3 4K Read 46.2 57.6
29.8 4K Write 135 213
9 4K Mixed 29.4 51.3
179% 70.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
368 DQ Read 742 929
64 DQ Write 634 1,062
63.1 DQ Mixed 379 644
368% 585 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
273GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 649 616 684 921 1114 1034 MB/s
168% Outstanding
Read 1,414
Write 1,368
Mixed 911
SusWrite 836
254% 1,132 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 89.8
4K Mixed 22.1
130% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 740
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 152
204% 385 MB/s
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 627 331 324 194 226 MB/s
149% Outstanding
Read 1,401
Write 487
Mixed 181
SusWrite 377
133% 611 MB/s
4K Read 48.1
4K Write 69.7
4K Mixed 22.9
139% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 727
DQ Write 613
DQ Mixed 391
369% 577 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 510 292 318 384 285 96 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 1,330
Write 804
Mixed 730
SusWrite 314
176% 794 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 21.8
144% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 735
DQ Write 714
DQ Mixed 429
403% 626 MB/s
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0214B0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 471 472 349 61 503 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 720
Write 563
Mixed 526
SusWrite 411
124% 555 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 95.4
4K Mixed 23.2
134% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 690
DQ Write 488
DQ Mixed 381
341% 520 MB/s
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Gaming 79%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,668x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,466x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples1,029x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples767x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples560x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples548x
SSD
MKNSSDHL500GB-D8 500GBMushkinBench 177%, 974 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples637x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples559x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples440x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $417

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