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Ultimate SU800 256GB

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Controller: Silicon Motion SM2258. Flash Memory: Micron 3D TLC NAND. Release date: Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 89.7% (322nd of 1058)

Based on 36,208 user benchmarks.  Models: ADATA SU800, ADAT SU800
Poor: 58%Average: 89.7% Great: 117%

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Very good average bench

The Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB averaged just 10.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 177MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.8MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB is 58.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 256MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 352MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 36,208 samples)
Rank 32289.7%
Min Avg Max
373 Read 473 516
169 Write 363 471
165 Mixed 352 444
79.8 SusWrite 256 458
80.8% 361 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.6 4K Read 29.7 40.4
30.9 4K Write 80.7 116
22.9 4K Mixed 40.8 56.7
140% 50.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
102 DQ Read 262 384
48.5 DQ Write 258 359
46 DQ Mixed 177 280
156% 232 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0427ANR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 444 450 455 450 458 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 490
Write 448
Mixed 442
SusWrite 446
103% 457 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 81.4
4K Mixed 47.6
153% 53.8 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 285
238% 342 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1021A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 290 51 51 68 81 MB/s
57.6% Above average
Read 446
Write 73
Mixed 22.9
SusWrite 94.6
34% 159 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 10
4K Mixed 25.9
73% 19.5 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 175
150% 219 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 49,561,048 SSDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $90 @ launch in Sep '16
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Typical Ultimate SU800 256GB Builds (Compare 46,960 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 50%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 49%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $297Bench 82%, 1,019,302 samples10,853x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $243Bench 76%, 701,280 samples9,327x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $400Bench 81%, 467,627 samples3,565x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $260Bench 54%, 776,865 samples5,768x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 321,694 samples3,274x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $390Bench 89%, 508,135 samples2,829x
SSD
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata  $35Bench 90%, 36,208 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 566,994 samples3,024x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 83%, 538,368 samples2,200x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 82%, 60,711 samples1,244x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $737

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 Comments

SSDrivePro
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Official site www.adata.com/...

Controller: Silicon Motion SM2258. Flash Memory: Micron 3D TLC NAND

Intelligent SLC caching and DRAM cache buffer...

Added 4 years ago.
USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 months ago.

Have one in my laptop speeds are very close to advertised (96%) for such a low price

COL-User
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2,622

Excellent

24 months ago.

Is a very good product, i bouth one and this SSD got better my pc

DOM-User
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1,284

Excellent

1 month ago.

Having mine for around 4 years

krossblades
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42

Good

15 months ago.

Sleeper SSD

Foxbit
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Excellent

3 years ago.

Really good SSD for the money

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