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Effective Speed -1,713%Effective Speed -1,713%Average Score -4,759%Read -1,056%, Write -1,595%, 4K Read -504%, 4K Write -2,428%, Mixed -2,978%, 4K Mixed -22,013%, SusWrite -2,739%Peak Score Read -1,417%, Write -2,051%, 4K Read -910%, 4K Write -2,358%, Mixed -1,550%, 4K Mixed -24,209%, SusWrite -2,872%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves DQ Read -2,641%, DQ Write -10,062%, DQ Mixed -11,364%, ADQ Read -1,951%, ADQ Write -6,920%, ADQ Mixed -15,693%, Age -191%, AS-SSD Total -2,621%

Average Bench: 30.1% (1024^th of 1080)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: GeIL R3_ 256GB

Poor: 19%Average: 30.1% Great: 36%

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Poor average bench

The Geil R3_ 256GB averaged 69.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 363MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 14.7MB/s

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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 Random Mixed IO Speed 0.5MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 17.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 102430.1%

Min	Avg	Max
317	Read 363	391
245	Write 275	299
9.8	Mixed 105	283
40	SusWrite 111	154
47.2% 213 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.4	4K Read 14.7	19
0.1	4K Write 8.2	15.4
0.2	4K Mixed 0.5	0.9
27.3% 7.81 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
82.3	DQ Read 83.4	84.6
17	DQ Write 17.9	18.7
0.5	DQ Mixed 9.4	18.3
17.5% 36.9 MB/s

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SRB-User, 3 years ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S091

SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 114 33 42 5.8 36 MB/s

60.1% Good

Write 24.9

Mixed 281

SusWrite 50.4

41% 187 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 81.5

4K Mixed 24.6

116% 44.5 MB/s

DQ Read 83

DQ Write 215

DQ Mixed 0.3

43% 99.4 MB/s

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Desktop 41%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asrock N68C-GS UCC

CPU
Athlon II X4 630AMDBench 45%, 7,197 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 B25AMDBench 52%, 210 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	2x
R9 290AMD $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples	1x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	1x

SSD
R3_ 256GBGeilBench 30%, 3 samples	2x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	3x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

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R3_ 256GB

Average Bench: 30.1% (1024^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 30.1% (1024th of 1080)

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