M.2

256GB 256GB

256GB 256GB
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Effective Speed -60%Effective Speed -60%Average Score -58%Read -18%, Write -24%, 4K Read -101%, 4K Write -52%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -159%, SusWrite -26%Peak Score -28%Read -4%, Write -16%, 4K Read -53%, 4K Write -32%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -73%, SusWrite -5%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -64%DQ Read -86%, DQ Write -12%, DQ Mixed -72%, ADQ Read -163%, ADQ Write -12%, ADQ Mixed -235%, Age 110%, AS-SSD Total -42%

Average Bench: 61.4% (783^rd of 1072)

Based on 142 user benchmarks. Model: M.2 256GB

Poor: 37%Average: 61.4% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The M.2 256GB 256GB averaged 38.5% 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 258MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 77.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M.2 256GB 256GB is 43.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the M.2 256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 124MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 236MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 142 samples)

Rank 78361.4%

Min	Avg	Max
300	Read 386	487
177	Write 328	417
174	Mixed 284	369
105	SusWrite 236	367
69.1% 308 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
6.47	4K Read 17.1	28
6.81	4K Write 57.8	92.4
2.2	4K Mixed 17.4	33.7
78.7% 30.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
70.2	DQ Read 124	197
91.8	DQ Write 258	320
11.7	DQ Mixed 77.6	193
91.3% 153 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

RUS-User, 3 months ago.

233GB free

Firmware: HPS2227R

SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 461 457 462 459 458 MB/s

96.1% Outstanding

Write 462

Mixed 401

SusWrite 459

103% 456 MB/s

4K Read 31

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 13.9

137% 60.4 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 15.3

67% 146 MB/s

EGY-User, 4 months ago.

189GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0919A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 371 347 372 383 377 MB/s

84.3% Excellent

Write 408

Mixed 390

SusWrite 368

92% 407 MB/s

4K Read 28

4K Write 52

4K Mixed 23.5

100% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 286

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 48.7

105% 215 MB/s

IND-User, 1 month ago.

192GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8442c31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 320 232 117 93 78 MB/s

57.3% Above average

Write 318

Mixed 303

SusWrite 193

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 16.4

4K Write 42.8

4K Mixed 19

72% 26.1 MB/s

DQ Read 136

DQ Write 203

DQ Mixed 172

129% 170 MB/s

IND-User, 4 months ago.

48GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227P

SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 238 298 223 245 276 MB/s

52.1% Above average

Write 228

Mixed 272

SusWrite 256

62% 275 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 31.5

4K Mixed 6.9

50% 18.3 MB/s

DQ Read 169

DQ Write 210

DQ Mixed 13

59% 131 MB/s

PAK-User, 1 month ago.

99GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP2818D4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 213 224 216 114 130 MB/s

49.4% Average

Write 339

Mixed 273

SusWrite 179

63% 281 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 46.5

4K Mixed 2.9

66% 24.7 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 178

DQ Mixed 4

47% 111 MB/s

IDN-User, 10 days ago.

209GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227I

SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 305 267 296 309 324 MB/s

48.9% Average

Write 318

Mixed 162

SusWrite 303

58% 258 MB/s

4K Read 11.7

4K Write 33.1

4K Mixed 7.4

45% 17.4 MB/s

DQ Read 173

DQ Write 160

DQ Mixed 12.6

52% 115 MB/s

IDN-User, 3 months ago.

126GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227I

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 237 274 326 364 377 MB/s

40.7% Average

Write 170

Mixed 98.7

SusWrite 289

41% 181 MB/s

4K Read 9.1

4K Write 13

4K Mixed 2.7

24% 8.27 MB/s

DQ Read 177

DQ Write 258

DQ Mixed 12.8

67% 149 MB/s

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System: Dell Latitude 7480

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Core i7-7600UIntelBench 50%, 13,451 samples	1,210x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	952x
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples	790x

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HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	2,114x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,495x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	99x

SSD
256GB 256GBM.2Bench 61%, 142 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	600x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	234x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1R 1x8GBUnknownBench 36%, 2,497 samples	172x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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