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X150 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 76.5% (542nd of 1071)

Based on 1,662 user benchmarks.  Model: EMTEC X150 480GB
Poor: 44%Average: 76.5% Great: 99%

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Good average bench

The Emtec X150 480GB averaged 23.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Emtec X150 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 139MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.5MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Emtec X150 480GB is 54.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Emtec X150 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 226MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 281MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,662 samples)
Rank 54276.5%
Min Avg Max
192 Read 391 493
64.8 Write 281 451
56.8 Mixed 291 397
47 SusWrite 226 446
66.5% 297 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.8 4K Read 30.5 40.6
16.8 4K Write 69.3 103
10.3 4K Mixed 30.2 44.4
122% 43.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
63.4 DQ Read 217 309
19.9 DQ Write 245 352
15.4 DQ Mixed 139 227
130% 200 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
359GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM6B.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 313 115 71 67 70 MB/s
88.5% Excellent
Read 476
Write 202
Mixed 325
SusWrite 160
64% 291 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 94.5
4K Mixed 37.5
157% 57 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 183
162% 242 MB/s
278GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 372 117 94 88 82 MB/s
85.4% Excellent
Read 460
Write 397
Mixed 328
SusWrite 190
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 70
4K Mixed 37.5
136% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 284
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 214
187% 276 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: SBFM6B.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 338 101 84 81 82 MB/s
81.6% Excellent
Read 485
Write 343
Mixed 342
SusWrite 169
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 75.5
4K Mixed 30.9
130% 46.7 MB/s
DQ Read 267
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 198
172% 253 MB/s
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMBB.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 74 146 31 49 32 MB/s
73.7% Very good
Read 400
Write 309
Mixed 357
SusWrite 102
65% 292 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 69
4K Mixed 35.2
128% 45 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 203
172% 248 MB/s
302GB free
Firmware: V4.25.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 372 379 397 391 388 MB/s
70.6% Very good
Read 408
Write 367
Mixed 317
SusWrite 363
82% 364 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 55.5
4K Mixed 13.2
80% 30.3 MB/s
DQ Read 185
DQ Write 217
DQ Mixed 25.1
68% 142 MB/s
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V4.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 150 129 123 70 70 MB/s
60.1% Good
Read 458
Write 255
Mixed 240
SusWrite 113
59% 267 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 62.5
4K Mixed 21.8
96% 35.7 MB/s
DQ Read 174
DQ Write 97.5
DQ Mixed 33.5
52% 102 MB/s
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Typical X150 480GB Builds (Compare 3,199 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 64%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX (MS-7B84)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $102Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples844x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $193Bench 73%, 446,215 samples427x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $82Bench 63%, 104,122 samples179x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $228Bench 71%, 428,800 samples215x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples192x
RX 580AMD  $189Bench 52%, 861,249 samples164x
SSD
X150 480GBEmtecBench 77%, 1,662 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples197x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $46Bench 84%, 287,720 samples118x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples85x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $373

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