BW-NV2 256GB

BW-NV2 256GB
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Effective Speed +58% Effective Speed 58%Average Score +56% Read 219%, Write 78%, 4K Read 30%, 4K Write 19%, Mixed 75%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite 17%Peak Score +96% Read 239%, Write 138%, 4K Read 37%, 4K Write 70%, Mixed 145%, 4K Mixed -13%, SusWrite 55%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +104% DQ Read 113%, DQ Write 173%, DQ Mixed 64%, ADQ Read 119%, ADQ Write 93%, ADQ Mixed 42%, Age 100%, AS-SSD Total 127%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 156% (147^th of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks. Model: BW-NV2

Poor: 114%Average: 156% Great: 184%

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Outstanding average bench

The BW-NV2 256GB averaged 55.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the BW-NV2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 369MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,457MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the BW-NV2 256GB is 70.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the BW-NV2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 346MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 30.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)

Rank 147156%

Min	Avg	Max
834	Read 1,457	1,716
104	Write 723	1,152
85	Mixed 629	1,038
162	SusWrite 346	599
174% 789 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.8	4K Read 44.7	58.9
16.9	4K Write 104	208
8.6	4K Mixed 30.9	51.5
163% 60 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
466	DQ Read 715	780
47.2	DQ Write 558	979
71.5	DQ Mixed 369	543
349% 547 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MAR-User, 2 months ago.

45GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1111A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 633 520 536 880 1024 1086 MB/s

201% Outstanding

Write 53.8

Mixed 48

SusWrite 780

137% 637 MB/s

4K Read 56.1

4K Write 98.9

4K Mixed 32.5

179% 62.5 MB/s

DQ Read 774

DQ Write 778

DQ Mixed 451

428% 668 MB/s

MEX-User, 16 months ago.

67GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 154 125 417 769 128 MB/s

159% Outstanding

Write 568

Mixed 1,036

SusWrite 286

198% 898 MB/s

4K Read 50.7

4K Write 173

4K Mixed 21.4

196% 81.8 MB/s

DQ Read 755

DQ Write 72.7

DQ Mixed 334

264% 387 MB/s

USA-User, 20 months ago.

86GB free

Firmware: S0614B0G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 163 131 166 163 161 MB/s

124% Outstanding

Write 160

Mixed 110

SusWrite 162

97% 457 MB/s

4K Read 48.2

4K Write 19.6

4K Mixed 19.8

109% 29.2 MB/s

DQ Read 780

DQ Write 401

DQ Mixed 71.5

192% 418 MB/s

GRC-User, 14 months ago.

225GB free

Firmware: S0614B0G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 705 696 515 159 124 145 MB/s

99% Outstanding

Write 635

Mixed 573

SusWrite 391

136% 608 MB/s

4K Read 13.8

4K Write 55.9

4K Mixed 17.3

73% 29 MB/s

DQ Read 565

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 414

318% 437 MB/s

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Intel X79

CPU
Xeon E5-2689 0IntelBench 71%, 6,987 samples	339x
Xeon E5-2650 v2IntelBench 67%, 5,123 samples	268x
Xeon E5-2640 0IntelBench 65%, 3,274 samples	143x

GPU
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	126x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	114x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	108x

SSD
BW-NV2 256GBBench 156%, 25 samples	1x

RAM
M393B5170GB0- 2x4GBSamsungBench 52%, 1,540 samples	127x
M393B1K70DH0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 1,683 samples	62x
HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GBHynixBench 67%, 393 samples	58x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $130

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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

BW-NV2 256GB

Average Bench: 156% (147^th of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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Motherboard: Intel X79

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BW-NV2 256GB

Average Bench: 156% (147th of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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Motherboard: Intel X79

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Average Bench: 156% (147^th of 1072)