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XPG GAMMIX S5 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 115% (199th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID XPG GAMMIX S5
Poor: 74%Average: 115% Great: 138%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid XPG GAMMIX S5 256GB averaged 14.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid XPG GAMMIX S5 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 229MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 584MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 132MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 374MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 199115%
Min Avg Max
340 Read 870 1,199
313 Write 766 951
309 Mixed 669 839
299 SusWrite 374 447
150% 670 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.7 4K Read 25.4 29.1
60.8 4K Write 95.3 129
30.8 4K Mixed 35.5 41.7
134% 52 MB/s
Min Avg Max
103 DQ Read 132 145
285 DQ Write 584 751
188 DQ Mixed 229 246
213% 315 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 927 965 574 83 40 94 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 1,043
Write 869
Mixed 815
SusWrite 447
178% 794 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 41.7
166% 66.7 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 658
DQ Mixed 242
232% 348 MB/s
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 828 707 43 244 223 162 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 1,199
Write 951
Mixed 839
SusWrite 368
187% 839 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 36.5
140% 54.9 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 643
DQ Mixed 246
232% 344 MB/s
64GB free
Firmware: V900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 714 732 624 126 20 71 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 897
Write 933
Mixed 712
SusWrite 381
164% 731 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 88.8
4K Mixed 33.1
124% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 751
DQ Mixed 239
244% 376 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: V900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 286 301 299 305 303 MB/s
73.7% Very good
Read 340
Write 313
Mixed 309
SusWrite 299
71% 315 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 60.8
4K Mixed 30.8
107% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 103
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 188
145% 192 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,804,315 SSDs tested

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Typical XPG GAMMIX S5 256GB Builds (Compare 10,480 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,273x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,971x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples738x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,082x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples597x
SSD
XPG GAMMIX S5 256GBAmd-raidBench 115%, 4 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples570x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples442x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples253x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $331

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