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SP600 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 80% (486th of 1072)

Based on 4,724 user benchmarks.  Models: ADATA SP600, ADATA SP 600
Poor: 56%Average: 80% Great: 97%

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Very good average bench

The Adata SP600 256GB averaged just 19.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Adata SP600 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 125MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata SP600 256GB is 41%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Adata SP600 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 222MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 223MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,724 samples)
Rank 48680%
Min Avg Max
311 Read 410 486
106 Write 240 308
125 Mixed 222 274
91.4 SusWrite 223 300
61% 274 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.6 4K Read 27 33.2
37.6 4K Write 78.1 107
20.8 4K Mixed 35.8 46.6
128% 46.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
166 DQ Read 240 297
100 DQ Write 234 314
60.1 DQ Mixed 125 158
125% 200 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 182 183 194 199 170 MB/s
82.2% Excellent
Read 443
Write 216
Mixed 196
SusWrite 190
58% 261 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 86.6
4K Mixed 38.7
140% 51.5 MB/s
DQ Read 227
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 111
113% 184 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: 2.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 214 216 215 215 215 MB/s
76.4% Very good
Read 416
Write 216
Mixed 209
SusWrite 215
59% 264 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 69.7
4K Mixed 34.3
121% 43.4 MB/s
DQ Read 193
DQ Write 225
DQ Mixed 112
111% 176 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 70 0 0 198 233 MB/s
70.2% Very good
Read 334
Write 298
Mixed 229
SusWrite 121
55% 245 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 73.8
4K Mixed 38.4
131% 46.8 MB/s
DQ Read 209
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 126
113% 172 MB/s
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 94 110 85 93 87 MB/s
60.3% Good
Read 311
Write 155
Mixed 151
SusWrite 96.5
39% 178 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 53.3
4K Mixed 34.9
112% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 225
DQ Write 73.1
DQ Mixed 108
91% 136 MB/s
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Typical SP600 256GB Builds (Compare 405 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples226x
Core i7-2700KIntel  $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples65x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples40x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples38x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples29x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples22x
SSD
SP600 256GBAdataBench 80%, 4,724 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples25x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples15x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $451

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