M.2

2280 SATA SSD 256GB

2280 SATA SSD 256GB
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Effective Speed -56%Effective Speed -56%Average Score -57%Read -33%, Write -70%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -42%, Mixed -50%, 4K Mixed -85%, SusWrite -98%Peak Score -49%Read -20%, Write -41%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed -35%, 4K Mixed -76%, SusWrite -104%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -42%DQ Read -68%, DQ Write -13%, DQ Mixed -93%, ADQ Read -118%, ADQ Write -25%, ADQ Mixed -77%, Age 95%, AS-SSD Total -39%

Average Bench: 63.2% (766^th of 1072)

Based on 151 user benchmarks. Model: M.2 2280 SATA SSD

Poor: 40%Average: 63.2% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The M.2 2280 SATA SSD 256GB averaged 36.8% 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 147MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.6MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M.2 2280 SATA SSD 256GB is 39.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the M.2 2280 SATA SSD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 150MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 239MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 151 samples)

Rank 76663.2%

Min	Avg	Max
295	Read 345	423
108	Write 239	345
144	Mixed 239	314
99.5	SusWrite 150	190
54.3% 243 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.9	4K Read 27.6	33.5
26.8	4K Write 61.6	88.2
7.16	4K Mixed 24.3	33.2
106% 37.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
89.4	DQ Read 150	218
91	DQ Write 231	318
67	DQ Mixed 147	172
124% 176 MB/s

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

ARG-User, 4 months ago.

155GB free (System drive)

Firmware: PAFEC2.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 147 148 159 161 163 MB/s

70.4% Very good

Write 271

Mixed 262

SusWrite 159

60% 269 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 61.4

4K Mixed 27.8

110% 38.9 MB/s

DQ Read 213

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 171

157% 235 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 months ago.

163GB free

Firmware: SBFQE1.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 148 127 127 129 127 MB/s

58.3% Above average

Write 232

Mixed 231

SusWrite 152

52% 235 MB/s

4K Read 28.2

4K Write 53.6

4K Mixed 23.3

101% 35 MB/s

DQ Read 91.2

DQ Write 159

DQ Mixed 159

111% 136 MB/s

BGR-User, 3 months ago.

165GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFQE1.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 97 74 95 76 92 MB/s

42.4% Average

Write 118

Mixed 141

SusWrite 83.7

36% 162 MB/s

4K Read 24

4K Write 50.2

4K Mixed 7.3

72% 27.2 MB/s

DQ Read 102

DQ Write 115

DQ Mixed 73.8

65% 97.1 MB/s

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Desktop 33%

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Workstation 4%

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System: AMI Intel

CPU
Celeron N4120IntelBench 33%, 2,420 samples	89x
Celeron N5095IntelBench 43%, 1,699 samples	49x
Celeron N5095AIntelBench 40%, 431 samples	34x

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UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	161x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 2%, 4,536 samples	83x
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	37x

SSD
2280 SATA SSD 256GBM.2Bench 63%, 151 samples	1x

RAM
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	145x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	28x
DDR4 NB 16G 2666 1x16GBUnknownBench 33%, 35 samples	23x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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