ROG

ESD-S1C 500GB

ESD-S1C 500GB
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Effective Speed -29%Effective Speed -29%Average Score -31%Read -24%, Write -12%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -132%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -44%, SusWrite 18%Peak Score -29%Read -19%, Write -18%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -120%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -37%, SusWrite 6%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -32%DQ Read -29%, DQ Write -54%, DQ Mixed -31%, ADQ Read -79%, ADQ Write -64%, ADQ Mixed -44%, Age 81%, AS-SSD Total -38%

Average Bench: 76.4% (546^th of 1072)

Based on 261 user benchmarks. Model: ROG ESD-S1C

Poor: 57%Average: 76.4% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The ROG ESD-S1C 500GB averaged 23.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ROG ESD-S1C 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 181MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ROG ESD-S1C 500GB is 35.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ROG ESD-S1C 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 37.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 182MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 261 samples)

Rank 54676.4%

Min	Avg	Max
293	Read 370	424
282	Write 363	411
269	Mixed 346	396
224	SusWrite 351	412
80.7% 358 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.1	4K Read 28.7	38.5
25.5	4K Write 37.8	55.7
16.8	4K Mixed 31.2	42.5
103% 32.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
105	DQ Read 182	285
99	DQ Write 176	232
103	DQ Mixed 181	252
136% 180 MB/s

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SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 342 327 357 369 373 MB/s

75.8% Very good

Write 362

Mixed 358

SusWrite 350

82% 361 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 34.3

4K Mixed 27.5

90% 28.6 MB/s

DQ Read 289

DQ Write 225

DQ Mixed 258

193% 257 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asus B150M-A - $285

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	254x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	243x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	130x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	119x

SSD
ESD-S1C 500GBROGBench 76%, 261 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	39x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	27x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $788

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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

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ESD-S1C 500GB

Average Bench: 76.4% (546^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 76.4% (546th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 76.4% (546^th of 1072)