PNY

PRO ELITE PS 500GB

PRO ELITE PS 500GB
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Effective Speed -81%Effective Speed -81%Average Score -86%Read -24%, Write -84%, 4K Read -87%, 4K Write -193%, Mixed -43%, 4K Mixed -141%, SusWrite -31%Peak Score -36%Read 14%, Write -10%, 4K Read -59%, 4K Write -113%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -84%, SusWrite 11%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -79%DQ Read -72%, DQ Write -49%, DQ Mixed -73%, ADQ Read -159%, ADQ Write -114%, ADQ Mixed -188%, Age 82%, AS-SSD Total -56%

Average Bench: 54.5% (856^th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: PNY PNY PRO ELITE PS

Poor: 26%Average: 54.5% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The PNY PRO ELITE PS 500GB averaged 45.4% 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 90.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.4MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY PRO ELITE PS 500GB is 46.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY PRO ELITE PS 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 126MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 29.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 85654.5%

Min	Avg	Max
214	Read 369	576
45	Write 220	442
36.5	Mixed 251	385
29.7	SusWrite 227	428
59.6% 267 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.3	4K Read 18.4	27
3.2	4K Write 29.9	57.5
0.5	4K Mixed 18.7	31.7
67.6% 22.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.3	DQ Read 126	213
10.1	DQ Write 135	241
12.4	DQ Mixed 90.3	191
79% 117 MB/s

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TWN-User, 2 months ago.

68GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 120 34 48 31 31 MB/s

47.9% Average

Write 237

Mixed 295

SusWrite 52.4

51% 227 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 37.3

4K Mixed 22

80% 26.8 MB/s

DQ Read 191

DQ Write 134

DQ Mixed 91.5

88% 139 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

119GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 284 263 256 101 87 MB/s

47.5% Average

Write 166

Mixed 165

SusWrite 213

51% 229 MB/s

4K Read 19.4

4K Write 31.2

4K Mixed 10.9

60% 20.5 MB/s

DQ Read 38.7

DQ Write 50.9

DQ Mixed 40.4

32% 43.3 MB/s

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,645x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,685x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,046x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,173x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,254x

SSD
PRO ELITE PS 500GBPNYBench 55%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	811x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

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PRO ELITE PS 500GB

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