Shark

256GB NVMe M.2 256GB

256GB NVMe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +62% Effective Speed 62%Average Score +55% Read 220%, Write 64%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 29%, Mixed 45%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite 5%Peak Score +236% Read 612%, Write 149%, 4K Read 591%, 4K Write 65%, Mixed 148%, 4K Mixed -13%, SusWrite 101%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +112% DQ Read 114%, DQ Write 184%, DQ Mixed 65%, ADQ Read 127%, ADQ Write 94%, ADQ Mixed 41%, Age 85%, AS-SSD Total 185%

Average Bench: 159% (144^th of 1072)

Based on 36 user benchmarks. Model: Shark 256GB NVMe M.2

Poor: 121%Average: 159% Great: 196%

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Outstanding average bench

The Shark 256GB NVMe M.2 256GB averaged 59.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Shark 256GB NVMe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 367MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,462MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Shark 256GB NVMe M.2 256GB is 74.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Shark 256GB NVMe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 312MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 521MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 36 samples)

Rank 144159%

Min	Avg	Max
632	Read 1,462	3,608
26.3	Write 665	1,206
38.5	Mixed 521	1,048
31	SusWrite 312	779
163% 740 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.8	4K Read 52.2	297
2.2	4K Write 113	202
0.7	4K Mixed 34.6	51.4
183% 66.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
322	DQ Read 741	784
24.7	DQ Write 559	1,017
21.4	DQ Mixed 367	545
351% 556 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DNK-User, 6 months ago.

12GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 15 81 18 187 16 MB/s

151% Outstanding

Write 30.8

Mixed 870

SusWrite 73.4

165% 768 MB/s

4K Read 37.5

4K Write 83.5

4K Mixed 32.6

143% 51.2 MB/s

DQ Read 715

DQ Write 183

DQ Mixed 60.9

146% 320 MB/s

DNK-User, 1 month ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 156 331 68 110 63 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 238

Mixed 118

SusWrite 168

104% 489 MB/s

4K Read 38.3

4K Write 40.4

4K Mixed 13.5

97% 30.7 MB/s

DQ Read 772

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 538

388% 515 MB/s

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,465x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples	1,308x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	1,008x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	950x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	736x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	654x

SSD
256GB NVMe M.2 256GBSharkBench 159%, 36 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	293x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	226x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	204x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $324

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Shark

256GB NVMe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 159% (144^th of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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Shark

256GB NVMe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 159% (144th of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $70

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Average Bench: 159% (144^th of 1072)