PNY

CS900 250GB SSD

CS900 250GB SSD
BENCHMARKS (2,686)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -32%Effective Speed -32%Average Score -32%Read -14%, Write -36%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write -36%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite -66%Peak Score -10%Read -5%, Write -5%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -34%, Mixed -0%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite 14%Value & Sentiment -396%User Rating -14%, Market Share -778%Nice To Haves -9%DQ Read -2%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -39%, ADQ Read -31%, ADQ Write -11%, ADQ Mixed -52%, Age 71%, AS-SSD Total -5%

Average Bench: 74.7% (580^th of 1072)

Based on 2,686 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS900 250GB SSD

Poor: 42%Average: 74.7% Great: 105%

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Good average bench

The PNY CS900 250GB SSD averaged 25.2% 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 171MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.3MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS900 250GB SSD is 63.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS900 250GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 179MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 298MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,686 samples)

Rank 58074.7%

Min	Avg	Max
290	Read 401	481
96.4	Write 298	460
123	Mixed 310	422
72.9	SusWrite 179	443
66.4% 297 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
6.41	4K Read 29.3	39.2
23.9	4K Write 64.5	91.5
14.8	4K Mixed 31.7	44.9
119% 41.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
119	DQ Read 250	359
61.2	DQ Write 260	356
26.9	DQ Mixed 171	238
152% 227 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 days ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 243 192 106 106 106 MB/s

81.2% Excellent

Write 208

Mixed 345

SusWrite 127

64% 286 MB/s

4K Read 38.5

4K Write 75.1

4K Mixed 40.4

150% 51.3 MB/s

DQ Read 262

DQ Write 133

DQ Mixed 12.1

58% 136 MB/s

IDN-User, 5 days ago.

157GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 106 83 82 82 82 MB/s

72.5% Very good

Write 185

Mixed 338

SusWrite 126

60% 271 MB/s

4K Read 30.2

4K Write 56.8

4K Mixed 31

116% 39.3 MB/s

DQ Read 275

DQ Write 266

DQ Mixed 196

167% 245 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

199GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900613

SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 53 124 28 107 44 MB/s

70.4% Very good

Write 191

Mixed 330

SusWrite 76.7

58% 262 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 74.3

4K Mixed 30.1

119% 43.9 MB/s

DQ Read 255

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 6.8

74% 174 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

72GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 163 141 48 89 48 MB/s

66% Good

Write 240

Mixed 331

SusWrite 105

62% 278 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 57.7

4K Mixed 24.3

105% 36.9 MB/s

DQ Read 252

DQ Write 220

DQ Mixed 5.9

67% 159 MB/s

VEN-User, 2 days ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 191 84 70 110 68 MB/s

61.1% Good

Write 271

Mixed 280

SusWrite 110

56% 250 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 45.9

4K Mixed 28.8

103% 34 MB/s

DQ Read 210

DQ Write 199

DQ Mixed 160

132% 190 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

139GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900LA5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 63 64 63 62 66 MB/s

47.9% Average

Write 96.7

Mixed 121

SusWrite 64.2

36% 167 MB/s

4K Read 25.4

4K Write 22.5

4K Mixed 19.6

76% 22.5 MB/s

DQ Read 199

DQ Write 48.2

DQ Mixed 76.3

68% 108 MB/s

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 9020

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	3,459x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	2,217x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	1,851x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	3,548x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	709x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	682x

SSD
CS900 250GB SSDPNYBench 75%, 2,686 samples	1x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	253x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	182x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	171x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $150

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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PNY

CS900 250GB SSD

Average Bench: 74.7% (580^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 74.7% (580th of 1072)

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