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SSD 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 194% (102nd of 1072)

Based on 1,865 user benchmarks.  Model: PCIe SSD
Poor: 93%Average: 194% Great: 311%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pcie SSD 500GB averaged 94.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pcie SSD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 681MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 826MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pcie SSD 500GB is 218%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pcie SSD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 759MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 45.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,865 samples)
Rank 102194%
Min Avg Max
487 Read 1,117 1,963
500 Write 1,398 2,392
276 Mixed 1,039 1,809
130 SusWrite 759 1,738
243% 1,078 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.3 4K Read 45.6 60.7
47.9 4K Write 145 274
24.3 4K Mixed 62 87
225% 84.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
350 DQ Read 701 1,429
210 DQ Write 826 1,436
145 DQ Mixed 681 1,264
536% 736 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
410GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ELFMH0.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2350 2400 772 728 723 731 MB/s
268% Outstanding
Read 1,873
Write 2,598
Mixed 2,110
SusWrite 1284
445% 1,966 MB/s
4K Read 61.3
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 80.6
264% 89.9 MB/s
DQ Read 942
DQ Write 524
DQ Mixed 781
568% 749 MB/s
414GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ELFMH0.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2360 1903 716 721 717 723 MB/s
252% Outstanding
Read 1,767
Write 2,554
Mixed 2089
SusWrite 1,190
430% 1,900 MB/s
4K Read 58.2
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 76.6
250% 84.9 MB/s
DQ Read 904
DQ Write 493
DQ Mixed 754
546% 717 MB/s
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMC0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1069 414 161 99 74 67 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 1,123
Write 1,128
Mixed 1,018
SusWrite 314
201% 896 MB/s
4K Read 57.9
4K Write 174
4K Mixed 77.2
279% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 460
DQ Write 777
DQ Mixed 558
440% 598 MB/s
371GB free
Firmware: EDFMC0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1139 1114 1124 1134 1125 944 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 1,025
Write 1,165
Mixed 1,000
SusWrite 1,096
242% 1,072 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 49
4K Mixed 44.8
146% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 458
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 241
193% 279 MB/s
371GB free
Firmware: EDFMC0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1211 1202 1184 1173 1020 405 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,072
Write 1,208
Mixed 999
SusWrite 1,032
243% 1,078 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 48.4
4K Mixed 44.5
148% 45.4 MB/s
DQ Read 455
DQ Write 135
DQ Mixed 261
201% 284 MB/s
126GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMF0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 19 20 84 18 19 MB/s
7.97% Terrible
Read 135
Write 1,014
Mixed 24.3
SusWrite 27.5
69% 300 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
3% 0.77 MB/s
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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,634x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,258x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,408x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,233x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,071x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,465x
SSD
SSD 500GBPcieBench 194%, 1,865 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples769x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples724x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples645x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $838

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