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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 68% (699th of 1072)

Based on 36 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD Smartbuy 256GB
Poor: 51%Average: 68% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The SSD Smartbuy 256GB averaged 32.0% 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. Sequential Read Speed 462MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 59MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD Smartbuy 256GB is 28.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SSD Smartbuy 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 126MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 15.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 36 samples)
Rank 69968%
Min Avg Max
213 Read 462 505
124 Write 335 461
41 Mixed 271 470
104 SusWrite 278 430
75.1% 336 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.63 4K Read 19.5 23.9
1.96 4K Write 59 94
0.32 4K Mixed 15.6 23.3
80.6% 31.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.9 DQ Read 126 143
10.5 DQ Write 184 231
7.76 DQ Mixed 43.1 64.8
63.9% 118 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
45GB free
Firmware: S8FM06.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 154 183 27 157 22 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 497
Write 328
Mixed 231
SusWrite 145
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 83.1
4K Mixed 22.6
109% 43.1 MB/s
DQ Read 141
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 64.8
83% 145 MB/s
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 324 343 413 13 164 MB/s
67% Good
Read 493
Write 384
Mixed 256
SusWrite 218
75% 338 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 66.1
4K Mixed 21.6
95% 36.4 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 97.2
DQ Mixed 61.8
62% 99.8 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 186 109 217 331 86 MB/s
63% Good
Read 483
Write 197
Mixed 170
SusWrite 198
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 51.8
4K Mixed 20.6
85% 31 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 42.9
56% 100 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 182 106 364 131 208 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 419
Write 204
Mixed 217
SusWrite 172
56% 253 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 73.2
4K Mixed 16.2
86% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 141
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 34.2
68% 135 MB/s
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Gaming 45%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Asrock X470 Gaming K4

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples121x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples55x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples44x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples27x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples23x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples22x
SSD
Smartbuy 256GBSSDBench 68%, 36 samples1x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples25x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $377

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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