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SWORDFISH 250GB

SWORDFISH 250GB
BENCHMARKS (3,637)
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Effective Speed +78% Effective Speed 78%Average Score +85% Read 209%, Write 105%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write 40%, Mixed 126%, 4K Mixed 19%, SusWrite 82%Peak Score +120% Read 292%, Write 137%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 57%, Mixed 161%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 136%Value & Sentiment -423%User Rating -14%, Market Share -833%Nice To Haves +115% DQ Read 107%, DQ Write 170%, DQ Mixed 120%, ADQ Read 61%, ADQ Write 132%, ADQ Mixed 101%, Age 106%, AS-SSD Total 124%

Average Bench: 176% (127^th of 1072)

Based on 3,637 user benchmarks. Model: ADATA SWORDFISH

Poor: 82%Average: 176% Great: 233%

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Outstanding average bench

The Adata SWORDFISH 250GB averaged 75.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Adata SWORDFISH 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 524MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 669MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata SWORDFISH 250GB is 151%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Adata SWORDFISH 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 539MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,637 samples)

Rank 127176%

Min	Avg	Max
428	Read 1,413	1,987
268	Write 831	1,150
307	Mixed 813	1,103
137	SusWrite 539	913
200% 899 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7.3	4K Read 39	54.7
62.8	4K Write 123	192
16.4	4K Mixed 53.6	75.8
193% 72 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
201	DQ Read 527	760
207	DQ Write 669	966
182	DQ Mixed 524	730
416% 573 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

RUS-User, 3 days ago.

209GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V9002s45

SusWrite @10s intervals: 865 865 872 883 881 589 MB/s

214% Outstanding

Write 850

Mixed 854

SusWrite 826

239% 1,076 MB/s

4K Read 41.7

4K Write 162

4K Mixed 56.7

222% 86.7 MB/s

DQ Read 321

DQ Write 790

DQ Mixed 454

375% 522 MB/s

ARG-User, 5 days ago.

198GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC0S032V

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1084 1091 1088 1079 606 189 MB/s

206% Outstanding

Write 1,102

Mixed 1,057

SusWrite 856

275% 1,237 MB/s

4K Read 41

4K Write 94.2

4K Mixed 49.8

176% 61.7 MB/s

DQ Read 388

DQ Write 614

DQ Mixed 530

393% 511 MB/s

CZE-User, 14 hrs ago.

83GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC0S0285

SusWrite @10s intervals: 880 877 393 105 76 95 MB/s

177% Outstanding

Write 896

Mixed 977

SusWrite 404

228% 1,032 MB/s

4K Read 36.3

4K Write 92.3

4K Mixed 50.7

169% 59.8 MB/s

DQ Read 510

DQ Write 653

DQ Mixed 636

465% 600 MB/s

ARG-User, 5 days ago.

104GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SVN5959

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1025 379 267 281 282 286 MB/s

166% Outstanding

Write 1,032

Mixed 888

SusWrite 420

206% 925 MB/s

4K Read 36.2

4K Write 95.4

4K Mixed 56.9

178% 62.8 MB/s

DQ Read 631

DQ Write 706

DQ Mixed 650

495% 662 MB/s

ROU-User, 4 days ago.

109GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC0S0260

SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 222 104 96 64 90 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 280

Mixed 376

SusWrite 139

103% 475 MB/s

4K Read 6.2

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 63.6

149% 59.7 MB/s

DQ Read 754

DQ Write 269

DQ Mixed 543

393% 522 MB/s

BRA-User, 5 days ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC0S0260

SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 234 113 85 83 107 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 276

Mixed 500

SusWrite 149

109% 498 MB/s

4K Read 6

4K Write 73.9

4K Mixed 31.8

89% 37.2 MB/s

DQ Read 749

DQ Write 448

DQ Mixed 545

420% 580 MB/s

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Typical SWORDFISH 250GB Builds (Compare 5,748 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 80%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H510M-K

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,520x
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	837x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	710x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	621x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	557x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples	336x

SSD
SWORDFISH 250GBAdataBench 176%, 3,637 samples	1x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	331x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	169x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	146x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $381

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	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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SWORDFISH 250GB

Average Bench: 176% (127^th of 1072)

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Terrible consistency

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H510M-K

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SWORDFISH 250GB

Average Bench: 176% (127th of 1072)

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H510M-K

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Average Bench: 176% (127^th of 1072)