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SPECTRIX S40G 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 238% (56th of 1058)

Based on 1,937 user benchmarks.  Model: XPG SPECTRIX S40G
Poor: 88%Average: 238% Great: 342%

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Outstanding average bench

The XPG SPECTRIX S40G 2TB averaged 137.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the XPG SPECTRIX S40G 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 888MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,108MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the XPG SPECTRIX S40G 2TB is 254%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the XPG SPECTRIX S40G 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 120MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 42.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,937 samples)
Rank 56238%
Min Avg Max
387 Read 2,108 2,903
350 Write 1,057 1,516
364 Mixed 1,092 1,481
178 SusWrite 839 1,496
282% 1,274 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.9 4K Read 42.6 59.3
36.4 4K Write 120 182
17.2 4K Mixed 60.5 85.2
206% 74.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
345 DQ Read 1,092 1,540
169 DQ Write 626 942
182 DQ Mixed 888 1,414
653% 869 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
848GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB421D57
SusWrite @10s intervals: 652 772 1055 1077 1011 1040 MB/s
292% Outstanding
Read 2673
Write 1,098
Mixed 1,242
SusWrite 934
328% 1,487 MB/s
4K Read 53.7
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 74.5
248% 87.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,504
DQ Write 806
DQ Mixed 1,407
979% 1,239 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: VB411D41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1212 1214 1223 1220 1212 1223 MB/s
286% Outstanding
Read 2,554
Write 1,252
Mixed 1,291
SusWrite 1,217
350% 1,579 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 63.6
209% 74.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,182
DQ Write 824
DQ Mixed 1,049
771% 1018 MB/s
721GB free
Firmware: VB411D62
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1147 1145 1136 1129 1099 1138 MB/s
254% Outstanding
Read 2,153
Write 1,155
Mixed 1,288
SusWrite 1,132
319% 1,432 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 62.6
205% 70.3 MB/s
DQ Read 904
DQ Write 666
DQ Mixed 811
599% 794 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: VB411D45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 955 1025 455 460 473 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 2,478
Write 1,261
Mixed 994
SusWrite 664
298% 1,349 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 90.5
4K Mixed 55
172% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 782
DQ Write 170
DQ Mixed 215
225% 389 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB411D45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 591 594 589 558 595 610 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 797
Write 548
Mixed 564
SusWrite 590
140% 624 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 59.7
4K Mixed 36
117% 40.6 MB/s
DQ Read 655
DQ Write 381
DQ Mixed 553
402% 530 MB/s
47GB free
Firmware: VB411D45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 9.7 9.7 69 128 132 MB/s
90.2% Outstanding
Read 328
Write 478
Mixed 382
SusWrite 108
73% 324 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 10.2
125% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,119
DQ Write 496
DQ Mixed 543
472% 719 MB/s
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Gaming 102%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 105%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $150

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $285Bench 84%, 727,883 samples12,053x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $549Bench 86%, 321,104 samples6,615x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $179Bench 82%, 1,192,841 samples4,945x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $500Bench 118%, 582,676 samples4,664x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $365Bench 105%, 424,650 samples4,645x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 154%, 406,951 samples2,797x
SSD
SPECTRIX S40G 2TBXPGBench 238%, 1,937 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $69Bench 85%, 606,492 samples2,034x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $77Bench 85%, 332,225 samples1,655x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 103%, 74,163 samples1,295x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,004

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