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TOSHIBA-RC500 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 172% (129th of 1072)

Based on 4,418 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA-RC500
Poor: 112%Average: 172% Great: 233%

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Outstanding average bench

The TOSHIBA-RC500 500GB averaged 72.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the TOSHIBA-RC500 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 833MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,110MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TOSHIBA-RC500 500GB is 122%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the TOSHIBA-RC500 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 634MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 794MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,418 samples)
Rank 129172%
Min Avg Max
279 Read 794 1,223
962 Write 1,357 1,562
208 Mixed 813 1,285
358 SusWrite 634 965
204% 900 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.1 4K Read 39.8 51.2
63.9 4K Write 118 163
24 4K Mixed 52.4 69.3
190% 70 MB/s
Min Avg Max
750 DQ Read 1,110 1,408
406 DQ Write 847 1,245
295 DQ Mixed 833 1,219
663% 930 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFA12.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 730 502 469 520 519 487 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1229
Write 1,563
Mixed 435
SusWrite 538
211% 941 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 61.7
202% 74.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1331
DQ Write 946
DQ Mixed 1,087
826% 1,121 MB/s
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFA12.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 620 498 386 400 447 362 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 431
Write 1,417
Mixed 235
SusWrite 452
144% 634 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 34.6
139% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 939
DQ Write 931
DQ Mixed 468
480% 779 MB/s
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFA12.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 381 442 344 328 310 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 305
Write 1,140
Mixed 202
SusWrite 359
114% 501 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 73.4
4K Mixed 35.1
127% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 861
DQ Write 622
DQ Mixed 404
393% 629 MB/s
403GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFA12.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 491 510 542 540 425 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 506
Write 679
Mixed 588
SusWrite 500
129% 568 MB/s
4K Read 8.7
4K Write 9.2
4K Mixed 8.6
29% 8.83 MB/s
DQ Read 71.3
DQ Write 47.7
DQ Mixed 56
43% 58.3 MB/s
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Gaming 71%
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Desktop
Desktop 82%
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Workstation 65%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-K

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples875x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples745x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples207x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples319x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples294x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples272x
SSD
TOSHIBA-RC500 500GBBench 172%, 4,418 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples138x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples119x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $479

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