Lexar

500GB SSD 500GB

500GB SSD 500GB
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Effective Speed +75% Effective Speed 75%Average Score +88% Read 237%, Write 150%, 4K Read 43%, 4K Write 27%, Mixed 103%, 4K Mixed -34%, SusWrite 91%Peak Score +144% Read 279%, Write 221%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 54%, Mixed 179%, 4K Mixed -12%, SusWrite 256%Value & Sentiment -253%User Rating -14%, Market Share -493%Nice To Haves +97% DQ Read 146%, DQ Write 168%, DQ Mixed 98%, ADQ Read 68%, ADQ Write 90%, ADQ Mixed -19%, Age 77%, AS-SSD Total 145%

Average Bench: 172% (129^th of 1072)

Based on 5,765 user benchmarks. Model: Lexar 500GB SSD

Poor: 92%Average: 172% Great: 246%

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Outstanding average bench

The Lexar 500GB SSD 500GB averaged 72.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lexar 500GB SSD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,543MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 218MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lexar 500GB SSD 500GB is 154%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Lexar 500GB SSD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.5MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 565MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,765 samples)

Rank 129172%

Min	Avg	Max
884	Read 1,543	1,920
94.2	Write 1,012	1,557
60.8	Mixed 727	1,179
106	SusWrite 565	1,379
214% 962 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.2	4K Read 49.1	56.4
23.2	4K Write 111	189
6.39	4K Mixed 33.5	51.9
176% 64.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
192	DQ Read 548	903
34.8	DQ Write 550	959
43.1	DQ Mixed 218	657
255% 439 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IRN-User, 6 days ago.

380GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 839 1449 1561 1196 1118 800 MB/s

239% Outstanding

Write 96.9

Mixed 168

SusWrite 1,160

174% 798 MB/s

4K Read 42.8

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 46

178% 63.5 MB/s

DQ Read 900

DQ Write 1,056

DQ Mixed 659

585% 872 MB/s

SGP-User, 18 hrs ago.

331GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 594 416 265 355 634 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 928

Mixed 1,094

SusWrite 477

238% 1,072 MB/s

4K Read 49.4

4K Write 169

4K Mixed 50.4

229% 89.6 MB/s

DQ Read 892

DQ Write 797

DQ Mixed 591

513% 760 MB/s

ITA-User, 3 days ago.

158GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V2.11.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 715 502 474 509 513 514 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 1,350

Mixed 969

SusWrite 538

263% 1,183 MB/s

4K Read 50.2

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 40.1

197% 74.1 MB/s

DQ Read 315

DQ Write 567

DQ Mixed 61.8

154% 315 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 days ago.

229GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1.0.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 349 352 363 363 364 MB/s

175% Outstanding

Write 928

Mixed 895

SusWrite 398

208% 939 MB/s

4K Read 56.4

4K Write 159

4K Mixed 42.7

224% 86.1 MB/s

DQ Read 340

DQ Write 681

DQ Mixed 62.8

175% 362 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 day ago.

218GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1.0.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 593 352 363 365 365 366 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 1,285

Mixed 919

SusWrite 401

228% 1,023 MB/s

4K Read 44.8

4K Write 95.8

4K Mixed 35.8

164% 58.8 MB/s

DQ Read 231

DQ Write 802

DQ Mixed 62.3

180% 365 MB/s

PHL-User, 15 hrs ago.

304GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0709E0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 409 35 437 722 654 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 675

Mixed 609

SusWrite 382

138% 617 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 76.4

4K Mixed 17.7

113% 42.3 MB/s

DQ Read 365

DQ Write 425

DQ Mixed 270

238% 353 MB/s

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-P

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Core i7-11700KIntel $270Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	1,913x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	1,533x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	734x

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RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,071x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	857x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	831x

SSD
500GB SSD 500GBLexarBench 172%, 5,765 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	328x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	255x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $594

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Lexar

500GB SSD 500GB

Average Bench: 172% (129^th of 1072)

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500GB SSD 500GB

Average Bench: 172% (129th of 1072)

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