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Adata ASU800SS-256GT-C

Ultimate SU800 256GB

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

Average Bench: 91.8% (259th of 1021)

Based on 19,488 user benchmarks.  Models: ADATA SU800, ADAT SU800
Poor: 58%Average: 91.8% Great: 120%

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Excellent average bench

The Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB averaged just 8.1% 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 202MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.4MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB is 62.5%. 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 296MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 359MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,488 samples)
Rank 25991.8%
Min Avg Max
356 Read 471 516
137 Write 380 473
85.9 Mixed 359 450
76.2 SusWrite 296 466
84.5% 377 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.9 4K Read 29.8 39.1
25.8 4K Write 78.7 118
20.7 4K Mixed 40.4 55.4
139% 49.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
145 DQ Read 270 389
44.6 DQ Write 266 361
61.7 DQ Mixed 202 284
170% 246 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0427AC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 246 322 347 360 370 MB/s
76% Very good
Read 432
Write 387
Mixed 342
SusWrite 322
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 48.6
4K Mixed 32
105% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 133
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 151
110% 141 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 26,445,873 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $90 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $100

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $160Bench 73%, 247,842 samples13,610x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $320Bench 73%, 137,078 samples5,594x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $189Bench 76%, 92,343 samples5,133x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $252Bench 57%, 877,208 samples6,386x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $415Bench 78%, 846,070 samples3,635x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 32%, 587,316 samples3,450x
SSD
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata  $40Bench 92%, 19,488 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 82%, 345,080 samples3,432x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 85%, 226,313 samples1,154x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $73Bench 85%, 123,414 samples1,055x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $627

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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...

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USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

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

COL-User
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Excellent

5 months ago.

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

Foxbit
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Excellent

22 months ago.

Really good SSD for the money

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Intel Core i5-9400F $165Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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