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Patriot 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 170% (1st of 639)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 174c PID 55aa Model: Patriot Patriot
Poor: 170%Average: 170% Great: 170%

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Outstanding average bench

The Patriot Patriot 480GB averaged 70.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Patriot Patriot 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 31.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 26.1MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this USB perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 241MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 1170%
Min Avg Max
240 Read 241 242
230 Write 233 236
174 Mixed 178 182
274% 218 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.7 4K Read 17.3 18
25.9 4K Write 26.1 26.2
8.72 4K Mixed 9.05 9.37
1,258% 17.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.9 DQ Read 18.3 18.6
27.9 DQ Write 31.8 35.6
9.06 DQ Mixed 9.15 9.24
1,459% 19.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
255GB free, PID 55aa
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
170% Outstanding
Read 242
Write 236
Mixed 174
273% 218 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 25.9
4K Mixed 9.37
1,261% 17.3 MB/s
DQ Read 17.9
DQ Write 35.6
DQ Mixed 9.24
1,592% 20.9 MB/s
256GB free, PID 55aa
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
170% Outstanding
Read 240
Write 230
Mixed 182
274% 218 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 26.2
4K Mixed 8.72
1,256% 17.6 MB/s
DQ Read 18.6
DQ Write 27.9
DQ Mixed 9.06
1,326% 18.5 MB/s
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Typical Patriot 480GB Builds (Compare 157 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
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Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 59%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples118x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples18x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples14x
GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples24x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples21x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples17x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples6x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples6x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL  $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $823

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