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SPECTRIX S40G 512GB

SPECTRIX S40G 512GB
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Effective Speed +113% Effective Speed 113%Average Score +118% Read 327%, Write 138%, 4K Read 30%, 4K Write 31%, Mixed 175%, 4K Mixed 34%, SusWrite 90%Peak Score +183% Read 467%, Write 210%, 4K Read 37%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 242%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite 244%Value & Sentiment -861%User Rating -11%, Market Share -1,711%Nice To Haves +178% DQ Read 245%, DQ Write 162%, DQ Mixed 291%, ADQ Read 171%, ADQ Write 112%, ADQ Mixed 183%, Age 65%, AS-SSD Total 193%

Average Bench: 209% (90^th of 1072)

Based on 26,235 user benchmarks. Model: XPG SPECTRIX S40G

Poor: 75%Average: 209% Great: 309%

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Outstanding average bench

The XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB averaged 109.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 737MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,953MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB is 234%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 563MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 26,235 samples)

Rank 90209%

Min	Avg	Max
425	Read 1,953	2,873
300	Write 965	1,504
267	Mixed 989	1,448
141	SusWrite 563	1,330
247% 1,118 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.6	4K Read 44.6	58.7
32.1	4K Write 115	170
18.2	4K Mixed 60.2	81.8
205% 73.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
296	DQ Read 884	1,265
184	DQ Write 611	937
156	DQ Mixed 737	1,295
553% 744 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ISR-User, 18 hrs ago.

391GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VB411D43

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1390 996 1264 786 609 831 MB/s

287% Outstanding

Write 1,503

Mixed 1,417

SusWrite 980

371% 1,674 MB/s

4K Read 50.8

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 66.4

217% 73.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,214

DQ Write 957

DQ Mixed 1,270

900% 1,147 MB/s

HND-User, 11 hrs ago.

388GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VB421D65

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1417 1416 1418 1422 1423 1130 MB/s

282% Outstanding

Write 1,439

Mixed 1,158

SusWrite 1,371

346% 1,550 MB/s

4K Read 56.4

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 68.4

244% 86.4 MB/s

DQ Read 698

DQ Write 830

DQ Mixed 910

645% 812 MB/s

TUR-User, 5 hrs ago.

324GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VB411D48

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1261 584 366 363 406 360 MB/s

277% Outstanding

Write 1,471

Mixed 1,433

SusWrite 557

351% 1,591 MB/s

4K Read 56.6

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 77.8

254% 88.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1222

DQ Write 934

DQ Mixed 1,126

829% 1094 MB/s

ITA-User, 14 hrs ago.

414GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VB421D70

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1329 1366 1339 1334 1375 1377 MB/s

271% Outstanding

Write 1,360

Mixed 1268

SusWrite 1,353

340% 1,524 MB/s

4K Read 53

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 66.6

225% 77.3 MB/s

DQ Read 722

DQ Write 820

DQ Mixed 993

687% 845 MB/s

POL-User, 19 hrs ago.

192GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VB421D57

SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 96 161 168 155 161 MB/s

202% Outstanding

Write 620

Mixed 707

SusWrite 174

221% 1,023 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 59.7

171% 63.2 MB/s

DQ Read 973

DQ Write 534

DQ Mixed 454

418% 654 MB/s

POL-User, 5 hrs ago.

346GB free

Firmware: VB431D51

SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 564 585 620 591 599 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 620

Mixed 795

SusWrite 572

185% 832 MB/s

4K Read 43.3

4K Write 19.3

4K Mixed 25.7

109% 29.4 MB/s

DQ Read 508

DQ Write 165

DQ Mixed 193

180% 289 MB/s

IND-User, 3 hrs ago.

133GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VB411D62

SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 92 166 155 159 153 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 501

Mixed 918

SusWrite 160

142% 639 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 57.2

4K Mixed 42.5

110% 38.7 MB/s

DQ Read 415

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 355

270% 365 MB/s

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Gaming 79%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 75%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

SSD
SPECTRIX S40G 512GBXPGBench 209%, 26,235 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $497

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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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SPECTRIX S40G 512GB

Average Bench: 209% (90^th of 1072)

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SPECTRIX S40G 512GB

Average Bench: 209% (90th of 1072)

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