PNY

CS900 500GB SSD

CS900 500GB SSD
BENCHMARKS (16,267)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -32%Effective Speed -32%Average Score -36%Read -21%, Write -68%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write -38%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite -37%Peak Score -14%Read -4%, Write -12%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -39%, SusWrite 14%Value & Sentiment -56%User Rating -13%, Market Share -98%Nice To Haves -14%DQ Read -17%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -47%, ADQ Read -46%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -58%, Age 87%, AS-SSD Total -12%

Average Bench: 74.8% (577^th of 1072)

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

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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 57774.8%

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

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

123GB free

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 459 150 108 107 107 MB/s

93.9% Outstanding

Write 223

Mixed 359

SusWrite 226

71% 320 MB/s

4K Read 37.5

4K Write 81.4

4K Mixed 42

154% 53.6 MB/s

DQ Read 284

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 220

192% 282 MB/s

ARG-User, 2 hrs ago.

151GB free

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 448 238 215 108 290 MB/s

87.7% Excellent

Write 104

Mixed 176

SusWrite 290

49% 221 MB/s

4K Read 35

4K Write 75.4

4K Mixed 42.5

147% 51 MB/s

DQ Read 226

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 213

175% 247 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

386GB free

Firmware: CS900613

SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 322 97 100 100 100 MB/s

86.6% Excellent

Write 265

Mixed 336

SusWrite 182

69% 311 MB/s

4K Read 36.9

4K Write 77.9

4K Mixed 37.9

146% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 261

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 205

176% 256 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

43GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 96 53 56 9.8 55 MB/s

74.3% Very good

Write 271

Mixed 345

SusWrite 62.7

62% 280 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 70.4

4K Mixed 33.5

129% 45.4 MB/s

DQ Read 284

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 12.5

89% 205 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

465GB free

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 420 237 105 104 103 MB/s

71.8% Very good

Write 392

Mixed 341

SusWrite 217

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 23.8

4K Write 46

4K Mixed 23.5

90% 31.1 MB/s

DQ Read 314

DQ Write 313

DQ Mixed 205

184% 278 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

389GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS9006B5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 100 101 72 34 MB/s

54.2% Above average

Write 143

Mixed 214

SusWrite 101

51% 233 MB/s

4K Read 37.3

4K Write 9.2

4K Mixed 14.3

80% 20.3 MB/s

DQ Read 252

DQ Write 9.7

DQ Mixed 18

41% 93.1 MB/s

USA-User, 36 mins ago.

380GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS9006B5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 101 100 101 66 30 MB/s

40.9% Average

Write 165

Mixed 199

SusWrite 79.1

48% 218 MB/s

4K Read 29.8

4K Write 7.7

4K Mixed 12

65% 16.5 MB/s

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Gaming 77%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M/ac

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $113Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	570x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	252x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $123Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	249x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $339Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	276x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $378Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	223x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $429Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	158x

SSD
CS900 500GB SSDPNYBench 75%, 16,267 samples	217x

RAM
CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 40,300 samples	193x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	170x
7EH64AA# 2x8GBUnknownBench 86%, 1,823 samples	83x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $452

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CS900 500GB SSD

Average Bench: 74.8% (577^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 74.8% (577th of 1072)

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