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CS2060 256GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 110% (211th of 1071)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS2060 256GB SSD
Poor: 68%Average: 110% Great: 153%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS2060 256GB SSD averaged 10.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS2060 256GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 299MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 577MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS2060 256GB SSD is 85.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS2060 256GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 296MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 550MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 211110%
Min Avg Max
144 Read 626 871
138 Write 550 723
108 Mixed 568 757
52.8 SusWrite 296 725
114% 510 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.6 4K Read 30.2 42.7
24.7 4K Write 90.6 118
5.8 4K Mixed 40.1 52.2
145% 53.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
90.4 DQ Read 577 625
134 DQ Write 440 688
39.6 DQ Mixed 299 535
281% 439 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
126GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8TM14.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 309 226 234 253 172 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 730
Write 671
Mixed 332
SusWrite 233
110% 491 MB/s
4K Read 14
4K Write 72
4K Mixed 40.9
112% 42.3 MB/s
DQ Read 612
DQ Write 471
DQ Mixed 167
226% 417 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8TM14.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 148 120 108 99 101 MB/s
94.5% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 443
Mixed 676
SusWrite 134
98% 438 MB/s
4K Read 6.2
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 50.1
132% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 617
DQ Write 440
DQ Mixed 222
249% 426 MB/s
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8TM14.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 207 234 432 370 690 MB/s
79.6% Very good
Read 216
Write 105
Mixed 324
SusWrite 360
57% 251 MB/s
4K Read 8.1
4K Write 58.9
4K Mixed 33.2
86% 33.4 MB/s
DQ Read 558
DQ Write 390
DQ Mixed 262
253% 403 MB/s
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Typical CS2060 256GB SSD Builds (Compare 7,329 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 124%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 116%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI - $140

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,356x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples929x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples728x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples531x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples467x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples426x
SSD
CS2060 256GB SSDPNYBench 110%, 50 samples1x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples364x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples318x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples292x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $623

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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