SSD0256S01 256GB

SSD0256S01 256GB
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Effective Speed -46%Effective Speed -46%Average Score -48%Read -13%, Write -21%, 4K Read -79%, 4K Write -32%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -162%, SusWrite -11%Peak Score -23%Read -4%, Write -12%, 4K Read -39%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -75%, SusWrite -2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -80%DQ Read -52%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -25%, ADQ Read -105%, ADQ Write -7%, ADQ Mixed -512%, Age 104%, AS-SSD Total -30%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 67.4% (709^th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: SSD0256S01

Poor: 38%Average: 67.4% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The SSD0256S01 256GB averaged 32.5% 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 Write Speed 270MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 66.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD0256S01 256GB is 48.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD0256S01 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 159MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 42.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 70967.4%

Min	Avg	Max
271	Read 405	486
63.7	Write 335	432
18.9	Mixed 297	402
60.3	SusWrite 266	378
73.1% 326 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
6.8	4K Read 19.2	30.9
5.6	4K Write 66.6	98.1
0.5	4K Mixed 17.2	33.3
86.4% 34.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.9	DQ Read 159	241
13.4	DQ Write 270	323
0.5	DQ Mixed 42.5	264
80.7% 157 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HUN-User, 1 month ago.

166GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0722A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 148 135 135 134 133 MB/s

71.2% Very good

Write 377

Mixed 329

SusWrite 176

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 87.3

4K Mixed 19.1

107% 43.4 MB/s

DQ Read 125

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 26.1

77% 158 MB/s

ROU-User, 11 months ago.

184GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0929A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 125 89 64 21 90 MB/s

49.3% Average

Write 356

Mixed 17

SusWrite 110

49% 223 MB/s

4K Read 7.5

4K Write 40.9

4K Mixed 17.6

56% 22 MB/s

DQ Read 160

DQ Write 233

DQ Mixed 44.7

76% 146 MB/s

MAR-User, 13 months ago.

71GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0722A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 153 40 67 55 69 MB/s

48.7% Average

Write 321

Mixed 305

SusWrite 115

64% 284 MB/s

4K Read 12.9

4K Write 39.6

4K Mixed 13

57% 21.8 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 236

DQ Mixed 38.1

73% 143 MB/s

BEL-User, 12 days ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1224A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 203 273 16 18 130 MB/s

44.7% Average

Write 411

Mixed 374

SusWrite 108

78% 347 MB/s

4K Read 29.8

4K Write 15.5

4K Mixed 0.4

54% 15.2 MB/s

DQ Read 164

DQ Write 17.6

DQ Mixed 0.5

23% 60.8 MB/s

MAR-User, 11 months ago.

55GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0929A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 54 48 4.5 123 103 MB/s

32.2% Below average

Write 305

Mixed 18.6

SusWrite 88.8

44% 199 MB/s

4K Read 13.3

4K Write 8

4K Mixed 9.8

37% 10.4 MB/s

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,707x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples	13x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,581x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,410x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
SSD0256S01 256GBBench 67%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	1,169x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	264x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples	235x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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SSD0256S01 256GB

Average Bench: 67.4% (709^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 67.4% (709^th of 1072)