Pcie

SSD 256GB

SSD 256GB
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Effective Speed +54% Effective Speed 54%Average Score +68% Read 134%, Write 119%, 4K Read 17%, 4K Write 55%, Mixed 123%, 4K Mixed 18%, SusWrite 12%Peak Score +107% Read 204%, Write 156%, 4K Read 30%, 4K Write 76%, Mixed 189%, 4K Mixed 41%, SusWrite 52%Value & Sentiment -390%User Rating -14%, Market Share -767%Nice To Haves +121% DQ Read 147%, DQ Write 206%, DQ Mixed 161%, ADQ Read 97%, ADQ Write 102%, ADQ Mixed 100%, Age 6%, AS-SSD Total 152%

Average Bench: 152% (154^th of 1072)

Based on 15,792 user benchmarks. Model: PCIe SSD

Poor: 80%Average: 152% Great: 214%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pcie SSD 256GB averaged 51.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pcie SSD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 520MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 585MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pcie SSD 256GB is 135%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pcie SSD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 333MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15,792 samples)

Rank 154152%

Min	Avg	Max
452	Read 1,070	1,538
292	Write 888	1,243
238	Mixed 802	1,225
143	SusWrite 333	590
173% 773 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15	4K Read 40	55.8
55.5	4K Write 136	215
20.2	4K Mixed 53.2	81.9
201% 76.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
342	DQ Read 642	905
186	DQ Write 585	1,097
202	DQ Mixed 520	863
416% 583 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 1 day ago.

10GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 48 53 53 53 53 MB/s

597% Outstanding

Write 49.5

Mixed 60.7

SusWrite 50.9

396% 1,908 MB/s

4K Read 731

4K Write 3

4K Mixed 6

1,116% 247 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 day ago.

139GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFM90.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1227 1225 440 150 103 92 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 1,248

Mixed 1,091

SusWrite 539

223% 991 MB/s

4K Read 51

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 70.5

236% 83.7 MB/s

DQ Read 562

DQ Write 960

DQ Mixed 670

534% 731 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

65GB free

Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 232 246 220 184 229 MB/s

173% Outstanding

Write 720

Mixed 688

SusWrite 242

170% 770 MB/s

4K Read 44

4K Write 151

4K Mixed 66

231% 87.1 MB/s

DQ Read 706

DQ Write 606

DQ Mixed 719

522% 677 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

238GB free

Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 997 994 629 301 300 301 MB/s

170% Outstanding

Write 999

Mixed 1063

SusWrite 587

221% 987 MB/s

4K Read 34.6

4K Write 76.9

4K Mixed 46.2

152% 52.6 MB/s

DQ Read 708

DQ Write 865

DQ Mixed 714

559% 762 MB/s

USA-User, 21 hrs ago.

61GB free

Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 225 281 263 260 273 MB/s

161% Outstanding

Write 872

Mixed 1,074

SusWrite 315

202% 910 MB/s

4K Read 36.3

4K Write 95

4K Mixed 54.3

175% 61.9 MB/s

DQ Read 708

DQ Write 716

DQ Mixed 719

538% 714 MB/s

TUR-User, 2 days ago.

144GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFM20.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 990 338 93 92 98 203 MB/s

151% Outstanding

Write 1,172

Mixed 946

SusWrite 302

199% 886 MB/s

4K Read 40.1

4K Write 83.6

4K Mixed 52.9

173% 58.9 MB/s

DQ Read 791

DQ Write 711

DQ Mixed 769

572% 757 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

12GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 69 66 62 60 MB/s

45.3% Average

Write 77.4

Mixed 143

SusWrite 57.5

52% 243 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 2.6

52% 11.8 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	5,007x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	3,179x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,945x

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RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,314x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,302x

SSD
SSD 256GBPcieBench 152%, 15,792 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	960x

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Total price: $604

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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

Pcie

SSD 256GB

Average Bench: 152% (154^th of 1072)

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