Adata ASU800SS-256GT-C

Ultimate SU800 256GB

▲ Ultimate SU800 256GB
BENCHMARKS (17,451)
MKT (0.2%)
BUILDS
(3)
BUY • $41

Effective Speed +3% Effective Speed 3%Average User Bench +5% Read 6%, Write 2%, 4K Read 1%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed 14%, 4K Mixed 7%, SusWrite 7%Peak Lab Bench +8% Read 4%, Write 1%, 4K Read 8%, 4K Write 0%, Mixed 17%, 4K Mixed 13%, SusWrite 15%Value & Sentiment -3%User Rating -10%, Market Share -213%, Price 132%, Value 78%Nice To Haves +9% DQ Read 11%, DQ Write 4%, DQ Mixed 12%, ADQ Read -7%, ADQ Write 1%, ADQ Mixed 5%, Age 36%, AS-SSD Total 7%

Average Bench: 96.4% (221^st of 1016)

Based on 17,451 user benchmarks. Models: ADATA SU800, ADAT SU800

Poor: 61%Average: 96.4% Great: 122%

Popular builds with this SSD

Excellent average bench

The Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB averaged just 3.6% 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 208MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 43.1MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB is 60.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 318MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 376MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 17,451 samples)

Rank 22196.4%

Min	Avg	Max
368	Read 476	516
141	Write 398	472
105	Mixed 376	449
79.2	SusWrite 318	466
87.9% 392 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.6	4K Read 31.1	40.4
26	4K Write 84.1	120
23.3	4K Mixed 43.1	57.5
147% 52.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
140	DQ Read 273	387
64.7	DQ Write 281	360
49.8	DQ Mixed 208	284
175% 254 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

MEX-User, 46 mins ago.

149GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0918B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 196 200 198 198 214 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 423

Mixed 288

SusWrite 202

79% 354 MB/s

4K Read 31.3

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 54.7

171% 62.4 MB/s

DQ Read 355

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 119

150% 268 MB/s

FRA-User, 8 mins ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0918B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 98 104 85 67 55 MB/s

98.7% Outstanding

Write 469

Mixed 424

SusWrite 109

85% 380 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 95.7

4K Mixed 53.1

177% 62.5 MB/s

DQ Read 366

DQ Write 360

DQ Mixed 114

154% 280 MB/s

HRV-User, 1 hr ago.

80GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0125A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 383 120 118 105 111 MB/s

86.5% Excellent

Write 372

Mixed 173

SusWrite 206

69% 312 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 42.1

4K Mixed 48.6

135% 41.4 MB/s

DQ Read 291

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 206

162% 228 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

136GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0427AC

SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 398 403 404 403 400 MB/s

84.8% Excellent

Write 387

Mixed 381

SusWrite 400

90% 400 MB/s

4K Read 20.9

4K Write 49.6

4K Mixed 33.4

101% 34.6 MB/s

DQ Read 230

DQ Write 271

DQ Mixed 258

192% 253 MB/s

POL-User, 1 hr ago.

161GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0427ANR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 277 277 275 277 278 MB/s

74.2% Very good

Write 362

Mixed 336

SusWrite 276

74% 330 MB/s

4K Read 22.6

4K Write 50.1

4K Mixed 34.2

105% 35.6 MB/s

DQ Read 243

DQ Write 231

DQ Mixed 219

169% 231 MB/s

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Typical Ultimate SU800 256GB Builds (Compare 36,081 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 55%

Gunboat

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 56%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $100

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $105Bench 69%, 242,718 samples	12,384x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $235Bench 68%, 135,494 samples	5,102x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $140Bench 73%, 86,934 samples	4,639x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples	5,812x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples	3,227x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 32%, 460,733 samples	3,129x

SSD
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $41Bench 96%, 17,451 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples	3,118x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 87%, 166,510 samples	1,033x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 87%, 97,491 samples	948x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $586

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1,352

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

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USA-User

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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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1,946

Excellent

1 month ago.

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

Foxbit

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34

Excellent

18 months ago.

Really good SSD for the money

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Adata ASU800SS-256GT-C

Ultimate SU800 256GB

Average Bench: 96.4% (221^st of 1016)

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Strengths

Poor consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $100

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Adata ASU800SS-256GT-C

Ultimate SU800 256GB

Average Bench: 96.4% (221st of 1016)

Popular builds with this SSD

Excellent average bench

Strengths

Poor consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

Market Share (See Leaders)

Prices

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $100

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Average Bench: 96.4% (221^st of 1016)