Gloway

VAL480NVMe-M.2/80 480GB

VAL480NVMe-M.2/80 480GB
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Effective Speed +87% Effective Speed 87%Average Score +94% Read 228%, Write 151%, 4K Read 60%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 103%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite 108%Peak Score +322% Read 566%, Write 296%, 4K Read 693%, 4K Write 82%, Mixed 269%, 4K Mixed 1%, SusWrite 347%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +144% DQ Read 231%, DQ Write 194%, DQ Mixed 99%, ADQ Read 149%, ADQ Write 114%, ADQ Mixed 44%, Age 63%, AS-SSD Total 255%

Average Bench: 184% (115^th of 1071)

Based on 40 user benchmarks. Model: GLOWAY VAL480NVMe-M.2/80

Poor: 122%Average: 184% Great: 251%

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Outstanding average bench

The Gloway VAL480NVMe-M.2/80 480GB averaged 84.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Gloway VAL480NVMe-M.2/80 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 375MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,502MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Gloway VAL480NVMe-M.2/80 480GB is 129%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Gloway VAL480NVMe-M.2/80 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 34.1MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 618MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 40 samples)

Rank 115184%

Min	Avg	Max
257	Read 1,502	3,375
41.3	Write 1,019	1,919
18.5	Mixed 727	1,563
18.8	SusWrite 618	1,731
215% 967 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
2.4	4K Read 54.8	341
2.6	4K Write 122	223
0.1	4K Mixed 34.1	59.1
191% 70.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
399	DQ Read 812	1,213
12.5	DQ Write 619	1,053
16.4	DQ Mixed 375	660
373% 602 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

AUS-User, 21 months ago.

414GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1463 1549 1361 175 288 231 MB/s

246% Outstanding

Write 1,590

Mixed 1,202

SusWrite 844

300% 1,340 MB/s

4K Read 61.2

4K Write 223

4K Mixed 53.8

280% 113 MB/s

DQ Read 902

DQ Write 1052

DQ Mixed 654

582% 869 MB/s

BRA-User, 21 months ago.

252GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.T.X.2Y Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1951 2041 1081 194 239 249 MB/s

240% Outstanding

Write 1,776

Mixed 1,563

SusWrite 959

326% 1,444 MB/s

4K Read 58.5

4K Write 171

4K Mixed 56.9

252% 95.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,213

DQ Write 905

DQ Mixed 201

383% 773 MB/s

KOR-User, 18 months ago.

372GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1314 696 1060 844 1029 339 MB/s

208% Outstanding

Write 1,433

Mixed 1,036

SusWrite 880

270% 1,201 MB/s

4K Read 50.8

4K Write 171

4K Mixed 38.1

216% 86.7 MB/s

DQ Read 733

DQ Write 748

DQ Mixed 493

439% 658 MB/s

KOR-User, 18 months ago.

353GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 684 1124 653 736 605 393 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 1452

Mixed 1,032

SusWrite 699

258% 1,149 MB/s

4K Read 48.4

4K Write 165

4K Mixed 37.7

209% 83.7 MB/s

DQ Read 738

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 18.1

150% 363 MB/s

KOR-User, 21 months ago.

321GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 225 298 295 359 615 MB/s

145% Outstanding

Write 1463

Mixed 50.5

SusWrite 359

175% 788 MB/s

4K Read 32.3

4K Write 49.3

4K Mixed 25.2

107% 35.6 MB/s

DQ Read 721

DQ Write 1,053

DQ Mixed 22.2

259% 599 MB/s

CHN-User, 18 months ago.

60GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0802C0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 500 739 536 411 174 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 678

Mixed 103

SusWrite 450

145% 661 MB/s

4K Read 47.4

4K Write 42

4K Mixed 10

107% 33.1 MB/s

DQ Read 728

DQ Write 82.8

DQ Mixed 17.4

111% 276 MB/s

CHN-User, 22 months ago.

382GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.T.F.2Y Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 271 272 275 287 271 MB/s

124% Outstanding

Write 244

Mixed 360

SusWrite 272

95% 433 MB/s

4K Read 39.1

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 39.7

190% 76.4 MB/s

DQ Read 446

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 166

178% 301 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: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	461x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
VAL480NVMe-M.2/80 480GBGlowayBench 184%, 40 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $469

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	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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VAL480NVMe-M.2/80 480GB

Average Bench: 184% (115^th of 1071)

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

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VAL480NVMe-M.2/80 480GB

Average Bench: 184% (115th of 1071)

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

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Average Bench: 184% (115^th of 1071)