Corsair CSSD-N256GB3-BK

Neutron 256GB

Neutron 256GB
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Effective Speed -24%Effective Speed -24%Average Score -30%Read -9%, Write -13%, 4K Read -72%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -70%, SusWrite 5%Peak Score -32%Read -4%, Write -16%, 4K Read -81%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -82%, SusWrite 9%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -172%, Value -264%Nice To Haves -14%DQ Read -1%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -29%, ADQ Read -11%, ADQ Write -10%, ADQ Mixed -21%, Age -31%, AS-SSD Total -8%

Average Bench: 79.2% (494^th of 1072)

Based on 1,100 user benchmarks. Model: Corsair Neutron SSD

Poor: 55%Average: 79.2% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The Corsair Neutron 256GB averaged 20.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Corsair Neutron 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 215MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 263MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Neutron 256GB is 42.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Corsair Neutron 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 290MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 311MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,100 samples)

Rank 49479.2%

Min	Avg	Max
248	Read 419	488
216	Write 359	417
193	Mixed 290	330
142	SusWrite 311	423
77.4% 345 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.1	4K Read 19.9	23.8
33.1	4K Write 70.6	100
17.4	4K Mixed 26.5	32
102% 39 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.6	DQ Read 293	364
89.2	DQ Write 263	345
49.7	DQ Mixed 215	256
179% 257 MB/s

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USA-User, 24 days ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M311

SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 248 289 356 226 344 MB/s

84.9% Excellent

Write 383

Mixed 321

SusWrite 281

80% 355 MB/s

4K Read 20.6

4K Write 83.1

4K Mixed 31.6

116% 45.1 MB/s

DQ Read 336

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 218

194% 292 MB/s

PHL-User, 1 month ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M306

SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 252 252 246 198 129 MB/s

61.8% Good

Write 341

Mixed 226

SusWrite 227

66% 294 MB/s

4K Read 13.1

4K Write 40.8

4K Mixed 21

68% 25 MB/s

DQ Read 275

DQ Write 229

DQ Mixed 239

183% 248 MB/s

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 - $300

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FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	379x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	82x

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GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	29x

SSD
Neutron 256GBCorsair $255Bench 79%, 1,100 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	11x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $885

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Corsair CSSD-N256GB3-BK

Neutron 256GB

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