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 -45%User Rating -14%, Market Share -76%Nice To Haves -15%DQ Read -17%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -47%, ADQ Read -46%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -58%, Age 77%, 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

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

IDN-User, 6 hrs ago.

103GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900615

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 297 339 105 105 105 MB/s

91.1% Outstanding

Write 331

Mixed 346

SusWrite 211

76% 342 MB/s

4K Read 36.6

4K Write 78.6

4K Mixed 40.6

149% 51.9 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 319

DQ Mixed 215

184% 269 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

64GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900KA3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 404 38 27 26 27 MB/s

81.9% Excellent

Write 442

Mixed 344

SusWrite 138

76% 337 MB/s

4K Read 31.2

4K Write 90.3

4K Mixed 37.9

144% 53.1 MB/s

DQ Read 219

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 169

159% 243 MB/s

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

170GB free

Firmware: CS900KA3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 355 350 358 369 374 MB/s

80.3% Excellent

Write 263

Mixed 299

SusWrite 355

71% 317 MB/s

4K Read 23

4K Write 65

4K Mixed 28.2

105% 38.7 MB/s

DQ Read 218

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 171

159% 241 MB/s

USA-User, 16 hrs ago.

139GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CS900E13

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 94 75 58 34 31 MB/s

49.7% Average

Write 99.7

Mixed 174

SusWrite 67.2

35% 159 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 62.2

4K Mixed 9.8

86% 32.8 MB/s

DQ Read 246

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 101

106% 177 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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	607x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	272x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	259x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	285x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	247x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	168x

SSD
CS900 500GB SSDPNYBench 75%, 16,267 samples	224x

RAM
CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 40,300 samples	202x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	179x
7EH64AA# 2x8GBUnknownBench 86%, 1,823 samples	87x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $407

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