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Sabrent SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-500

Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 274% (44th of 1072)

Based on 9,893 user benchmarks.  Model: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB
Poor: 154%Average: 274% Great: 390%

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Outstanding average bench

The Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 174.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,025MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,125MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 236%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 1,072MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,893 samples)
Rank 44274%
Min Avg Max
828 Read 1,929 2,405
1,255 Write 2,125 2,418
477 Mixed 1,690 2,010
357 SusWrite 1,072 2,383
383% 1,704 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.6 4K Read 47.7 59.3
82.3 4K Write 183 285
43.2 4K Mixed 74.7 93.9
265% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
711 DQ Read 1,284 1,641
310 DQ Write 960 1,738
378 DQ Mixed 1,025 1,597
793% 1,090 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
239GB free
Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2353 2212 2381 1019 493 466 MB/s
282% Outstanding
Read 1,862
Write 2,405
Mixed 1,883
SusWrite 1,487
431% 1,909 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 73.6
235% 84.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,135
DQ Write 830
DQ Mixed 994
740% 986 MB/s
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT401.4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 681 420 427 449 367 388 MB/s
247% Outstanding
Read 2,348
Write 2,407
Mixed 1,978
SusWrite 455
402% 1,797 MB/s
4K Read 54.6
4K Write 167
4K Mixed 78.7
272% 100 MB/s
DQ Read 1,146
DQ Write 716
DQ Mixed 662
566% 841 MB/s
309GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT401.4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 825 487 492 487 490 492 MB/s
240% Outstanding
Read 2,260
Write 2,409
Mixed 1,930
SusWrite 546
400% 1,786 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 67.5
214% 76.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,378
DQ Write 828
DQ Mixed 1,214
874% 1,140 MB/s
331GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 674 480 483 494 485 492 MB/s
206% Outstanding
Read 1,761
Write 2,141
Mixed 1,768
SusWrite 518
348% 1,547 MB/s
4K Read 39.7
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 63.4
205% 74.4 MB/s
DQ Read 998
DQ Write 794
DQ Mixed 519
491% 770 MB/s
288GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 742 452 435 473 438 309 MB/s
199% Outstanding
Read 2,115
Write 2,134
Mixed 1,797
SusWrite 475
365% 1,630 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 64
4K Mixed 54.4
168% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,246
DQ Write 243
DQ Mixed 404
384% 631 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT401.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 484 408 119 304 313 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 664
Write 1,611
Mixed 474
SusWrite 312
173% 765 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 51.1
203% 78.2 MB/s
DQ Read 742
DQ Write 486
DQ Mixed 623
462% 617 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $192

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,636x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,260x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,408x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,233x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,072x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,465x
SSD
Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSabrent  $60Bench 274%, 9,893 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: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $897

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USA-User
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3 years ago.

This drive has faster read/writes than just about every other drive. Conversely, it's also half the cost. Sabrent is really transforming its company to the top.

ColdSpy
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Average

4 years ago.

The entry level NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD as this PCIe 4.0 SSD comes cheaper than any other PCIe 4.0 SSD in the market but you'll get half the capacity of regular Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB and performs a little slower than the mentioned SSD. This SSD appeals to niche market as use case for this PCIe 4.0 SSD is limited outside of application requiring high sequential R/W and 4K R/W so consumers (or prosumers, in storage hungry cases) may be looking for higher capacity SSD at same price instead.

SquirrelMonster
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Excellent

3 years ago.

It is great for windows and some small games and files that one would be using a lot.

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