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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.

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Average Bench: 94.3% (213th of 1000)

Based on 11,945 user benchmarks.  Models: ADATA SU800, ADAT SU800
Poor: 55%Average: 94.3% Great: 121%

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Excellent average bench

The Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB averaged just 5.6% 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 204MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 42.1MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB is 66%. 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 310MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 368MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,945 samples)
Rank 21394.3%
Min Avg Max
355 Read 470 515
101 Write 390 471
87.7 Mixed 368 445
75 SusWrite 310 462
86.2% 384 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.3 4K Read 30.3 40
24.9 4K Write 81.3 120
22.3 4K Mixed 42.1 56.5
143% 51.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
52.2 DQ Read 265 386
44.4 DQ Write 280 358
45.8 DQ Mixed 204 282
172% 250 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0125A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 446 418 120 155 60 MB/s
95.7% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 468
Mixed 422
SusWrite 275
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 84.3
4K Mixed 43
146% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 255
204% 283 MB/s
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0427AC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 392 375 390 392 390 MB/s
86.7% Excellent
Read 460
Write 389
Mixed 389
SusWrite 381
91% 405 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 60.9
4K Mixed 35.9
120% 41.4 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 189
137% 177 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 14,374,785 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $90 @ launch in Sep '16
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Typical Ultimate SU800 256GB Builds (Compare 27,348 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $79

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $108Bench 82%, 165,555 samples9,904x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $162Bench 85%, 90,328 samples4,058x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $147Bench 87%, 56,786 samples3,665x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $208Bench 70%, 570,243 samples4,687x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $145Bench 38%, 354,124 samples2,540x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $314Bench 98%, 573,744 samples2,405x
SSD
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata  $35Bench 94%, 11,945 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $90Bench 86%, 166,861 samples2,456x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $85Bench 92%, 84,434 samples792x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $86Bench 91%, 51,870 samples700x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 123% - Outstanding Total price: $520

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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 2 years ago.
USA-User
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Good (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

Foxbit
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Excellent

10 months ago.

Really good SSD for the money

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163
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