Patriot

Scorch M2 256GB

Scorch M2 256GB
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Effective Speed +8% Effective Speed 8%Average Score +12% Read 49%, Write 42%, 4K Read -1%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 51%, 4K Mixed -21%, SusWrite -33%Peak Score +40% Read 71%, Write 87%, 4K Read 1%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 96%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite 34%Value & Sentiment -868%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,722%Nice To Haves +72% DQ Read 93%, DQ Write 101%, DQ Mixed 81%, ADQ Read 78%, ADQ Write 54%, ADQ Mixed 64%, Age 25%, AS-SSD Total 78%

Average Bench: 107% (225^th of 1072)

Based on 3,923 user benchmarks. Model: Patriot Scorch M2

Poor: 64%Average: 107% Great: 151%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Patriot Scorch M2 256GB averaged 6.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Patriot Scorch M2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 426MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 582MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Patriot Scorch M2 256GB is 86.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Patriot Scorch M2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 223MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 542MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,923 samples)

Rank 225107%

Min	Avg	Max
399	Read 680	864
204	Write 574	906
183	Mixed 542	831
53.7	SusWrite 223	518
113% 505 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.5	4K Read 34	43.5
35.5	4K Write 83.1	124
16.5	4K Mixed 37.3	53
143% 51.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
343	DQ Read 582	707
105	DQ Write 445	719
125	DQ Mixed 426	598
343% 485 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

POL-User, 9 days ago.

206GB free

Firmware: E8FM11.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 11 1.9 1 1 MB/s

291% Outstanding

Write 28

Mixed 61.6

SusWrite 5.9

192% 926 MB/s

4K Read 363

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 2.9

555% 123 MB/s

AUS-User, 9 days ago.

101GB free

Firmware: E8FM11.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 250 248 239 250 238 MB/s

137% Outstanding

Write 613

Mixed 808

SusWrite 289

143% 640 MB/s

4K Read 33.1

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 53.2

184% 69.9 MB/s

DQ Read 658

DQ Write 602

DQ Mixed 580

449% 614 MB/s

USA-User, 7 days ago.

67GB free

Firmware: E8FM12.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 851 563 92 97 92 91 MB/s

127% Outstanding

Write 701

Mixed 550

SusWrite 298

126% 561 MB/s

4K Read 39

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 43

179% 68.1 MB/s

DQ Read 698

DQ Write 526

DQ Mixed 392

353% 539 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

105GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FM12.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 504 58 73 79 91 89 MB/s

123% Outstanding

Write 676

Mixed 648

SusWrite 149

124% 553 MB/s

4K Read 42.6

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 40.5

178% 66.7 MB/s

DQ Read 696

DQ Write 710

DQ Mixed 383

376% 596 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FM11.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 259 243 261 261 261 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 373

Mixed 469

SusWrite 296

89% 395 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 81.1

4K Mixed 45.5

155% 54.1 MB/s

DQ Read 692

DQ Write 620

DQ Mixed 589

460% 633 MB/s

LTU-User, 2 days ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FM12.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 174 173 173 179 176 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 281

Mixed 333

SusWrite 199

83% 376 MB/s

4K Read 32.3

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 33.5

158% 63.3 MB/s

DQ Read 410

DQ Write 278

DQ Mixed 520

340% 402 MB/s

PHL-User, 17 days ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FM12.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 17 19 354 14 17 MB/s

94.2% Outstanding

Write 644

Mixed 561

SusWrite 120

106% 474 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 87.1

4K Mixed 26.6

123% 47.3 MB/s

DQ Read 626

DQ Write 608

DQ Mixed 517

416% 584 MB/s

DEU-User, 12 days ago.

36GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FM12.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 19 31 39 38 33 MB/s

66.1% Good

Write 265

Mixed 321

SusWrite 30.4

64% 288 MB/s

4K Read 29.8

4K Write 41

4K Mixed 24.8

99% 31.9 MB/s

DQ Read 554

DQ Write 20.2

DQ Mixed 41.5

92% 205 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Pro4

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	997x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	896x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	313x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	322x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	238x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	198x

SSD
Scorch M2 256GBPatriotBench 107%, 3,923 samples	1x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	316x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	256x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	249x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $323

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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

Patriot

Scorch M2 256GB

Average Bench: 107% (225^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Pro4

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Average Bench: 107% (225th of 1072)

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