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Seagate BarraCud 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 158% (154th of 1080)

Based on 26 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Seagate BarraCud
Poor: 80%Average: 158% Great: 200%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Seagate BarraCud 250GB averaged 57.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Seagate BarraCud 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 483MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 64.1MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Seagate BarraCud 250GB is 120%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Seagate BarraCud 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 358MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 91.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 26 samples)
Rank 154158%
Min Avg Max
18 Read 1,173 4,569
47.9 Write 930 1212
10.2 Mixed 735 1,235
20.2 SusWrite 358 585
178% 799 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.9 4K Read 64.1 724
3.3 4K Write 91.6 138
5.4 4K Mixed 44.1 66
202% 66.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
390 DQ Read 746 841
10.4 DQ Write 602 1,187
29.3 DQ Mixed 483 825
414% 610 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 291 258 253 253 255 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 742
Write 560
Mixed 989
SusWrite 264
144% 639 MB/s
4K Read 37.6
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 42
178% 69 MB/s
DQ Read 712
DQ Write 593
DQ Mixed 245
294% 517 MB/s
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 245 266 266 307 287 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 699
Write 542
Mixed 297
SusWrite 281
101% 455 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 43.9
174% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 702
DQ Write 481
DQ Mixed 279
293% 487 MB/s
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 296 254 176 160 189 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 435
Write 503
Mixed 481
SusWrite 226
93% 411 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 58
201% 73.3 MB/s
DQ Read 711
DQ Write 545
DQ Mixed 281
305% 512 MB/s
5GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C014 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 257 289 286 308 293 MB/s
85.4% Excellent
Read 392
Write 725
Mixed 579
SusWrite 289
113% 496 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 57.3
4K Mixed 38.8
117% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 203
189% 295 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,214,761 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3620

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples859x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples542x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $232Bench 84%, 712,312 samples273x
GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples333x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples251x
Quadro M2000NvidiaBench 21%, 5,678 samples210x
SSD
Seagate BarraCud 250GBNvmeBench 158%, 26 samples1x
RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples211x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples181x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 714 samples129x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $170

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