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CS2040 128GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 67.6% (713th of 1080)

Based on 81 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS2040 128GB SSD
Poor: 40%Average: 67.6% Great: 84%

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Above average average bench

The PNY CS2040 128GB SSD averaged 32.3% 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 149MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.5MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS2040 128GB SSD is 43.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY CS2040 128GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 114MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 300MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 81 samples)
Rank 71367.6%
Min Avg Max
313 Read 408 481
189 Write 317 390
90.5 Mixed 300 361
63.2 SusWrite 114 226
63.6% 285 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.3 4K Read 27.5 37.7
17.5 4K Write 65.6 93.8
6.74 4K Mixed 28.1 40.9
112% 40.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
158 DQ Read 228 271
33.1 DQ Write 237 315
20.3 DQ Mixed 149 193
135% 205 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM11.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 70 115 78 71 57 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 477
Write 372
Mixed 335
SusWrite 87.7
71% 318 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 84.3
4K Mixed 33.9
141% 51.1 MB/s
DQ Read 267
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 177
163% 248 MB/s
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMBB.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 3.9 70 109 72 26 MB/s
78.3% Very good
Read 427
Write 397
Mixed 359
SusWrite 71.9
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 88.1
4K Mixed 40.2
149% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 180
154% 225 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM11.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 141 101 89 73 42 MB/s
77.3% Very good
Read 471
Write 313
Mixed 322
SusWrite 93.8
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 83.5
4K Mixed 31.8
136% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 242
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 176
158% 236 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMBB.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 5.6 110 135 29 29 MB/s
68.9% Good
Read 399
Write 379
Mixed 368
SusWrite 73.4
68% 305 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 63.4
4K Mixed 33.7
121% 42 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 179
155% 227 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMBB.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 64 38 26 28 20 MB/s
37.5% Below average
Read 392
Write 375
Mixed 22
SusWrite 81.8
48% 218 MB/s
4K Read 19.6
4K Write 16.8
4K Mixed 11.2
53% 15.9 MB/s
DQ Read 37.3
DQ Write 12.2
DQ Mixed 24.1
18% 24.5 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,569,753 SSDs tested

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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,988x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 73%, 179,588 samples853x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $105Bench 96%, 383,420 samples637x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples501x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples492x
RX 580AMD  $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples417x
SSD
CS2040 128GB SSDPNYBench 68%, 81 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples368x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples340x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples303x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 137% - Outstanding Total price: $318

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