Patriot

P300 256GB

P300 256GB
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Effective Speed +49% Effective Speed 49%Average Score +59% Read 200%, Write 108%, 4K Read 37%, 4K Write 51%, Mixed 90%, 4K Mixed -98%, SusWrite 22%Peak Score +82% Read 218%, Write 161%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 68%, Mixed 126%, 4K Mixed -83%, SusWrite 60%Value & Sentiment -868%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,722%Nice To Haves +80% DQ Read 110%, DQ Write 170%, DQ Mixed 14%, ADQ Read 17%, ADQ Write 102%, ADQ Mixed 4%, Age 95%, AS-SSD Total 125%

Average Bench: 147% (160^th of 1072)

Based on 1,221 user benchmarks. Model: Patriot P300 256GB

Poor: 95%Average: 147% Great: 185%

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Outstanding average bench

The Patriot P300 256GB averaged 47.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Patriot P300 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 270MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,372MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Patriot P300 256GB is 89.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Patriot P300 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 363MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 22.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,221 samples)

Rank 160147%

Min	Avg	Max
895	Read 1,372	1,612
86.7	Write 844	1,265
116	Mixed 682	956
151	SusWrite 363	618
181% 815 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30	4K Read 46.9	53.2
36.6	4K Write 132	206
8.43	4K Mixed 22.7	31.9
170% 67.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
235	DQ Read 382	772
70.6	DQ Write 584	967
69.5	DQ Mixed 270	379
264% 412 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

SRB-User, 18 days ago.

106GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0214B0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 326 405 689 963 1080 MB/s

183% Outstanding

Write 279

Mixed 852

SusWrite 730

183% 828 MB/s

4K Read 44.8

4K Write 143

4K Mixed 27.3

178% 71.6 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 908

DQ Mixed 261

308% 515 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 days ago.

121GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1111A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 319 506 356 330 514 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 940

Mixed 812

SusWrite 381

196% 882 MB/s

4K Read 42.9

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 23.6

156% 60.6 MB/s

DQ Read 391

DQ Write 571

DQ Mixed 333

293% 432 MB/s

SRB-User, 10 days ago.

105GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1111A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 286 373 109 175 365 MB/s

145% Outstanding

Write 846

Mixed 813

SusWrite 300

187% 842 MB/s

4K Read 41

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 23.8

154% 59.9 MB/s

DQ Read 387

DQ Write 760

DQ Mixed 331

320% 493 MB/s

SRB-User, 3 days ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1111A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 278 354 65 109 111 MB/s

140% Outstanding

Write 905

Mixed 805

SusWrite 178

178% 802 MB/s

4K Read 52.6

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 25.4

188% 73.5 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 640

DQ Mixed 99.7

190% 371 MB/s

GRC-User, 11 days ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1111A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 193 246 320 195 246 MB/s

127% Outstanding

Write 937

Mixed 751

SusWrite 267

186% 839 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 84.9

4K Mixed 18.3

134% 48.9 MB/s

DQ Read 395

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 338

260% 355 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 days ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1111A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 300 278 84 110 111 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 870

Mixed 744

SusWrite 195

168% 755 MB/s

4K Read 41.4

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 21.3

152% 59.9 MB/s

DQ Read 398

DQ Write 257

DQ Mixed 96.3

134% 251 MB/s

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,436x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	750x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	452x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	645x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	449x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

SSD
P300 256GBPatriotBench 147%, 1,221 samples	1x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	515x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $354

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Patriot

P300 256GB

Average Bench: 147% (160^th of 1072)

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P300 256GB

Average Bench: 147% (160th of 1072)

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