PNY

CS3030 2TB SSD

CS3030 2TB SSD
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Effective Speed +146% Effective Speed 146%Average Score +191% Read 182%, Write 410%, 4K Read 13%, 4K Write 75%, Mixed 296%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite 321%Peak Score +210% Read 216%, Write 445%, 4K Read 17%, 4K Write 81%, Mixed 320%, 4K Mixed 44%, SusWrite 346%Value & Sentiment -1,512%User Rating -13%, Market Share -3,011%Nice To Haves +283% DQ Read 347%, DQ Write 310%, DQ Mixed 372%, ADQ Read 253%, ADQ Write 228%, ADQ Mixed 296%, Age 173%, AS-SSD Total 288%

Average Bench: 244% (50^th of 1058)

Based on 1,957 user benchmarks. Model: PNY CS3030 2TB SSD

Poor: 151%Average: 244% Great: 311%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS3030 2TB SSD averaged 144.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS3030 2TB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,032MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,069MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS3030 2TB SSD is 159%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS3030 2TB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 154MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,957 samples)

Rank 50244%

Min	Avg	Max
698	Read 1,304	1,603
1,049	Write 2,069	2,649
639	Mixed 1,429	1,780
677	SusWrite 1,264	1,724
344% 1,516 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.1	4K Read 39.1	50.3
68.1	4K Write 154	217
30.2	4K Mixed 63.7	83.7
222% 85.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
55.5	DQ Read 1,141	1,640
146	DQ Write 944	1,468
73.6	DQ Mixed 1,032	1,562
776% 1,039 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 19 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: CS303132

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2720 2765 1519 1105 1100 1101 MB/s

318% Outstanding

Write 2,002

Mixed 1,763

SusWrite 1,718

398% 1,757 MB/s

4K Read 45.8

4K Write 198

4K Mixed 80.3

277% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 1,623

DQ Write 1,325

DQ Mixed 1,437

1,086% 1,462 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: CS303132

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1898 2766 1928 1099 1071 1036 MB/s

296% Outstanding

Write 2,334

Mixed 1,713

SusWrite 1633

406% 1,791 MB/s

4K Read 42.6

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 75.2

261% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 1,507

DQ Write 1,028

DQ Mixed 1,256

941% 1,264 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303132

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2333 2469 1226 1049 1081 1094 MB/s

271% Outstanding

Write 2,307

Mixed 1,538

SusWrite 1542

384% 1,695 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 156

4K Mixed 68.4

233% 88.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,280

DQ Write 899

DQ Mixed 1,084

811% 1,087 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

921GB free

Firmware: CS303132

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2528 2509 1058 1063 1058 1040 MB/s

270% Outstanding

Write 2,214

Mixed 1,612

SusWrite 1,543

383% 1,688 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 65.4

212% 77.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,337

DQ Write 1,128

DQ Mixed 1,186

901% 1,217 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: CS303125

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1745 947 943 955 950 950 MB/s

266% Outstanding

Write 2,335

Mixed 1,597

SusWrite 1,082

369% 1,632 MB/s

4K Read 38.1

4K Write 214

4K Mixed 69.1

260% 107 MB/s

DQ Read 1,479

DQ Write 1,204

DQ Mixed 1366

1,016% 1,350 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 day ago.

1TB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS303226

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1068 1078 1049 1067 1068 1066 MB/s

246% Outstanding

Write 1,893

Mixed 1,472

SusWrite 1066

319% 1,409 MB/s

4K Read 35.1

4K Write 231

4K Mixed 68.6

263% 112 MB/s

DQ Read 1279

DQ Write 1061

DQ Mixed 1,168

876% 1,170 MB/s

ARM-User, 3 days ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: CS303132

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2187 2280 1313 971 963 961 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 2003

Mixed 1,456

SusWrite 1,446

350% 1,543 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 56.7

197% 75.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,076

DQ Write 884

DQ Mixed 958

723% 973 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

2TB free

Firmware: CS303225

SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 304 409 333 420 317 MB/s

50.7% Above average

Write 540

Mixed 727

SusWrite 362

111% 489 MB/s

4K Read 11.2

4K Write 14.8

4K Mixed 9.9

38% 12 MB/s

DQ Read 115

DQ Write 71.5

DQ Mixed 107

76% 97.9 MB/s

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Gaming 151%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 174%

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Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 ACE (MS-7C35) - $370

CPU
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $456Bench 87%, 242,633 samples	2,781x
Ryzen 9 3950XAMD $690Bench 88%, 48,345 samples	957x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $310Bench 87%, 646,253 samples	912x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $1,376Bench 172%, 291,832 samples	911x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 117%, 505,105 samples	785x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $770Bench 137%, 204,376 samples	745x

SSD
CS3030 2TB SSDPNYBench 244%, 1,957 samples	1x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 53,930 samples	499x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $330Bench 88%, 107,106 samples	249x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 109%, 9,142 samples	246x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $2,202

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183
Intel Core i7-11700K $346	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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CS3030 2TB SSD

Average Bench: 244% (50^th of 1058)

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CS3030 2TB SSD

Average Bench: 244% (50th of 1058)

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