Average Bench: 62.1% (777th of 1072)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: ADATA SC685
Poor: 52%Average: 62.1% Great: 73%

Above average average bench

The Adata SC685 250GB averaged 37.8% 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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 84MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.7MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata SC685 250GB is 21%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Adata SC685 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 93.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 98.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Min Avg Max
317 Read 392 476
101 Write 331 466
158 Mixed 348 431
73.7 SusWrite 281 422
76% 338 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.7 4K Read 21.7 24
27.2 4K Write 34.9 38.1
17.8 4K Mixed 22.9 26.4
80.7% 26.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.1 DQ Read 93.5 110
65.6 DQ Write 98.7 130
5.6 DQ Mixed 84 122
66.5% 92.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
233GB free
Firmware: 9301
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 397 391 391 389 371 MB/s
Read 387
Write 390
Mixed 379
SusWrite 390
87% 387 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 37.8
4K Mixed 25.2
86% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 101
DQ Write 98.6
DQ Mixed 103
76% 101 MB/s
103GB free
Firmware: 9301
SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 309 351 357 377 214 MB/s
Read 336
Write 334
Mixed 328
SusWrite 321
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 14.1
4K Write 19.6
4K Mixed 15.3
51% 16.3 MB/s
DQ Read 73.5
DQ Write 71.2
DQ Mixed 73.2
55% 72.6 MB/s
47GB free
Firmware: 9301
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 235 168 97 96 96 MB/s
Read 337
Write 266
Mixed 287
SusWrite 160
59% 263 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 30.7
4K Mixed 18.2
66% 22.2 MB/s
DQ Read 91.2
DQ Write 105
DQ Mixed 100
75% 98.8 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,803,565 SSDs tested

Typical SC685 250GB Builds (Compare 133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Asus X542UAR

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