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USB 3.0 to SATA-¢ó 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 31% (698th of 1015)

Based on 81 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY USB 3.0 to SATA-¢ó
Poor: 13%Average: 31% Great: 63%

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Poor average bench

The PNY USB 3.0 to SATA-¢ó 500GB averaged 69.0% 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 Random Mixed IO Speed 2.54MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.7MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY USB 3.0 to SATA-¢ó 500GB is 50.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY USB 3.0 to SATA-¢ó 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 34.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 49.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 81 samples)
Rank 69831%
Min Avg Max
17 Read 53 113
20.4 Write 49.6 108
16.3 Mixed 34.6 60.5
14.9 SusWrite 53.3 113
35% 47.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.21 4K Read 2.7 7.69
0.51 4K Write 3.28 7.7
0.4 4K Mixed 2.54 7.58
455% 2.84 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
295GB free
Firmware: 0209
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 31 30 30 30 30 MB/s
25.1% Poor
Read 53.9
Write 30.8
Mixed 30
SusWrite 30.5
27% 36.3 MB/s
4K Read 8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 4.9
922% 5.1 MB/s
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System: Asus P10S-M WS Series

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples25x
Xeon E3-1270 v5IntelBench 78%, 1,290 samples4x
Xeon E3-1245 v6IntelBench 82%, 562 samples4x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $472Bench 148%, 619,642 samples14x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples5x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples4x
SSD
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 79%, 12,369 samples7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples3x
SSDPEKKW010T8 1TBIntelBench 248%, 3,058 samples3x
RAM
Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 5,199 samples18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples3x
M391A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 73%, 178 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $599

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