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CS900 500GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 74.8% (586th of 1080)

Based on 16,267 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS900 500GB SSD
Poor: 46%Average: 74.8% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The PNY CS900 500GB SSD averaged 25.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 165MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS900 500GB SSD is 49.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY CS900 500GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 216MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 241MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 16,267 samples)
Rank 58674.8%
Min Avg Max
190 Read 379 488
82.1 Write 241 433
84.9 Mixed 289 380
82.1 SusWrite 216 442
62.8% 281 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16 4K Read 29.3 39
16.7 4K Write 63.7 92.2
11.4 4K Mixed 30.9 41.8
118% 41.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.5 DQ Read 224 315
15.6 DQ Write 250 355
14.4 DQ Mixed 165 225
144% 213 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
60GB free
Firmware: CS900615
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 408 184 108 109 109 MB/s
88.4% Excellent
Read 454
Write 114
Mixed 264
SusWrite 225
58% 264 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 72.4
4K Mixed 39.4
142% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 207
177% 258 MB/s
214GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS9006B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 3.8 3.9 288 114 108 MB/s
82.5% Excellent
Read 466
Write 326
Mixed 323
SusWrite 96.7
67% 303 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 90.3
4K Mixed 35.9
149% 54.2 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 180
165% 251 MB/s
399GB free
Firmware: CS900615
SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 417 254 105 119 371 MB/s
74.9% Very good
Read 415
Write 109
Mixed 216
SusWrite 280
57% 255 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 47.4
4K Mixed 26.5
95% 32.5 MB/s
DQ Read 235
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 201
171% 247 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: CS900J13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 49 51 53 49 49 MB/s
74.5% Very good
Read 436
Write 464
Mixed 388
SusWrite 95.6
78% 346 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 68.9
4K Mixed 35.5
125% 44.2 MB/s
DQ Read 253
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 201
174% 255 MB/s
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900J13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 26 46 29 24 MB/s
34.4% Below average
Read 340
Write 216
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 36.6
36% 164 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 19.7
4K Mixed 12.9
60% 18 MB/s
DQ Read 21
DQ Write 14.9
DQ Mixed 16.3
13% 17.4 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,603,753 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M/ac

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples636x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $136Bench 86%, 635,419 samples286x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 73%, 179,588 samples273x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples297x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples261x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 319,148 samples177x
SSD
CS900 500GB SSDPNYBench 75%, 16,267 samples232x
RAM
CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 40,300 samples213x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples190x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 74,390 samples90x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 137% - Outstanding Total price: $230

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