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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% (302nd of 1058)

Based on 32,136 user benchmarks.  Models: ADATA SU800, ADAT SU800
Poor: 58%Average: 91% Great: 121%

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Excellent average bench

The Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB averaged just 8.9% 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 197MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.9MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB is 62.7%. 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 282MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 354MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32,136 samples)
Rank 30291%
Min Avg Max
372 Read 468 515
148 Write 375 471
91.6 Mixed 354 448
77.9 SusWrite 282 464
82.8% 370 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.2 4K Read 29.6 40.3
26.9 4K Write 78.4 115
23.4 4K Mixed 40.9 56.8
139% 49.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
139 DQ Read 270 386
41.1 DQ Write 267 360
48.9 DQ Mixed 197 282
168% 245 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1021A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 216 87 68 64 87 MB/s
95.9% Outstanding
Read 518
Write 486
Mixed 442
SusWrite 112
87% 389 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 50.9
177% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 258
206% 285 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 43,100,489 SSDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $90 @ launch in Sep '16
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Gaming 51%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 49%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $68

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $236Bench 84%, 848,644 samples9,006x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $186Bench 77%, 651,473 samples7,806x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $310Bench 81%, 461,886 samples3,000x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 55%, 696,893 samples4,907x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 248,852 samples2,771x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 46%, 336,609 samples2,389x
SSD
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata  $38Bench 91%, 32,136 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 84%, 418,103 samples2,556x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $91Bench 83%, 494,248 samples1,876x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 45,555 samples1,043x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $641

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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...

Added 4 years ago.
USA-User
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Poor (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

17 months ago.

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

Foxbit
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Excellent

2 years ago.

Really good SSD for the money

krossblades
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Good

8 months ago.

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