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ADATA SWORDFISH 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 171% (133rd of 1072)

Based on 167 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe ADATA SWORDFISH
Poor: 102%Average: 171% Great: 218%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme ADATA SWORDFISH 250GB averaged 70.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme ADATA SWORDFISH 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 510MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,508MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme ADATA SWORDFISH 250GB is 116%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme ADATA SWORDFISH 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 503MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 35.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 167 samples)
Rank 133171%
Min Avg Max
797 Read 1,508 1,989
268 Write 806 1,135
434 Mixed 818 1,071
145 SusWrite 503 848
201% 909 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.78 4K Read 35.3 52
59.7 4K Write 117 176
16.4 4K Mixed 49.7 69.8
179% 67.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
233 DQ Read 473 763
264 DQ Write 616 906
327 DQ Mixed 510 712
395% 533 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
233GB free
Firmware: VC0S032E Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 898 885 887 893 890 MB/s
235% Outstanding
Read 1,589
Write 905
Mixed 1,010
SusWrite 889
245% 1,098 MB/s
4K Read 51.5
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 72.4
267% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 655
DQ Write 908
DQ Mixed 699
551% 754 MB/s
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S032V Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1093 1098 1102 1095 942 123 MB/s
201% Outstanding
Read 2,002
Write 1,069
Mixed 992
SusWrite 909
276% 1243 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 84.2
4K Mixed 43.9
154% 54.5 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 577
DQ Mixed 328
270% 375 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: VC0S0285 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 486 515 516 504 363 MB/s
188% Outstanding
Read 1,662
Write 812
Mixed 896
SusWrite 491
214% 965 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 139
4K Mixed 52.9
196% 76.1 MB/s
DQ Read 527
DQ Write 884
DQ Mixed 627
498% 679 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: VC0S0285 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 654 629 614 648 604 638 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 1,515
Write 797
Mixed 783
SusWrite 631
207% 932 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 68.5
4K Mixed 33.9
118% 42.7 MB/s
DQ Read 525
DQ Write 514
DQ Mixed 570
414% 536 MB/s
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN5959 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 278 273 280 277 280 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 810
Write 282
Mixed 330
SusWrite 278
94% 425 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 35.8
162% 63.9 MB/s
DQ Read 305
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 274
210% 285 MB/s
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Typical ADATA SWORDFISH 250GB Builds (Compare 3,360 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 65%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 55%
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Motherboard: MSI B365M PRO-VH (MS-7C31)

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples1,483x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples533x
Core i5-9400Intel  $161Bench 86%, 22,187 samples167x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples290x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples279x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples213x
SSD
ADATA SWORDFISH 250GBNvmeBench 171%, 167 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples245x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples81x
DDR4 2666 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 2,111 samples78x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $411

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