IM2S3138E-256GM-B 256GB

IM2S3138E-256GM-B 256GB
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Effective Speed -39%Effective Speed -39%Average Score -44%Read -9%, Write -47%, 4K Read -71%, 4K Write -54%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -88%, SusWrite -17%Peak Score -39%Read -4%, Write -64%, 4K Read -48%, 4K Write -53%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -53%, SusWrite -35%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -60%DQ Read -29%, DQ Write -25%, DQ Mixed -121%, ADQ Read -56%, ADQ Write -30%, ADQ Mixed -200%, Age 9%, AS-SSD Total -32%

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Average Bench: 70.7% (660^th of 1072)

Based on 100 user benchmarks. Model: IM2S3138E-256GM-B

Poor: 55%Average: 70.7% Great: 86%

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Good average bench

The IM2S3138E-256GM-B 256GB averaged 29.2% 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 86.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 223MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the IM2S3138E-256GM-B 256GB is 31.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the IM2S3138E-256GM-B 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 254MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 276MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 100 samples)

Rank 66070.7%

Min	Avg	Max
310	Read 421	485
207	Write 276	295
215	Mixed 283	359
168	SusWrite 254	286
69% 309 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.21	4K Read 20.1	29
25.4	4K Write 56.9	80.1
11	4K Mixed 24	38.2
91.4% 33.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.5	DQ Read 209	284
62.5	DQ Write 223	286
12.6	DQ Mixed 86.6	150
101% 173 MB/s

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

DEU-User, 5 months ago.

204GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DA001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 202 221 186 177 187 MB/s

66.2% Good

Write 289

Mixed 230

SusWrite 202

63% 282 MB/s

4K Read 19.5

4K Write 41.2

4K Mixed 26.3

85% 29 MB/s

DQ Read 252

DQ Write 240

DQ Mixed 144

136% 212 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 months ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DA002

SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 151 158 136 135 136 MB/s

58.2% Above average

Write 227

Mixed 188

SusWrite 148

52% 233 MB/s

4K Read 17.8

4K Write 40.4

4K Mixed 25.1

80% 27.8 MB/s

DQ Read 234

DQ Write 178

DQ Mixed 127

117% 180 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 months ago.

204GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DA001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 202 260 254 257 231 MB/s

56.1% Above average

Write 215

Mixed 177

SusWrite 235

53% 235 MB/s

4K Read 14.2

4K Write 32.5

4K Mixed 20.4

65% 22.4 MB/s

DQ Read 235

DQ Write 167

DQ Mixed 132

117% 178 MB/s

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7560

CPU
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples	337x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples	118x
Core i7-7500U VHIntelBench 52%, 2,074 samples	28x

GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	354x
940MXNvidiaBench 9%, 36,213 samples	129x

SSD
IM2S3138E-256GM-B 256GBBench 71%, 100 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	62x
SF4641G8CK8IWGKSEG 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 1,042 samples	50x
SF4641G8CKHIWDFSEG 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 483 samples	28x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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IM2S3138E-256GM-B 256GB

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