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Intel SSDSC2BB300G4

S3500 Series 300GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 78.8% (506th of 1072)

Based on 488 user benchmarks.  Model: INTEL SSDSC2BB300G4
Poor: 61%Average: 78.8% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The Intel S3500 Series 300GB averaged 21.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel S3500 Series 300GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 230MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.7MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel S3500 Series 300GB is 30.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel S3500 Series 300GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 258MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 299MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 488 samples)
Rank 50678.8%
Min Avg Max
290 Read 337 372
274 Write 319 343
203 Mixed 258 280
210 SusWrite 299 339
68.3% 303 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16 4K Read 26.7 32.6
36.4 4K Write 72 101
20.1 4K Mixed 30.2 36.3
117% 43 MB/s
Min Avg Max
174 DQ Read 275 302
105 DQ Write 231 258
123 DQ Mixed 230 252
178% 245 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: D2010370
SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 325 327 294 286 284 MB/s
89.5% Excellent
Read 361
Write 341
Mixed 282
SusWrite 308
73% 323 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 94.2
4K Mixed 36
144% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 251
195% 268 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: D2010370
SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 301 301 336 315 284 MB/s
88.8% Excellent
Read 359
Write 338
Mixed 275
SusWrite 310
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 92.4
4K Mixed 35.4
143% 53.3 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 251
193% 264 MB/s
230GB free
Firmware: D2010370
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 334 334 338 338 284 MB/s
83.4% Excellent
Read 343
Write 290
Mixed 208
SusWrite 316
65% 290 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 77.4
4K Mixed 32.4
126% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 238
186% 257 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: D2010355
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 232 223 214 208 191 MB/s
74.5% Very good
Read 334
Write 334
Mixed 263
SusWrite 225
65% 289 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 30.9
114% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 297
DQ Write 252
DQ Mixed 252
195% 267 MB/s
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: D2010370
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 173 167 211 211 203 MB/s
36.9% Below average
Read 214
Write 293
Mixed 233
SusWrite 205
54% 236 MB/s
4K Read 8.2
4K Write 16.5
4K Mixed 9
33% 11.2 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 99.9
DQ Mixed 125
95% 129 MB/s
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Gaming 23%
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Desktop 68%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples960x
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples412x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples264x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples166x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples149x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples141x
SSD
S3500 Series 300GBIntel  $128Bench 79%, 488 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples34x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $316

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