SSD256GBE940 256GB

SSD256GBE940 256GB
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Effective Speed +32% Effective Speed 32%Average Score +41% Read 163%, Write 90%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed 74%, 4K Mixed -49%, SusWrite 19%Peak Score +70% Read 224%, Write 126%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 18%, Mixed 112%, 4K Mixed -23%, SusWrite 11%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +82% DQ Read 111%, DQ Write 136%, DQ Mixed 63%, ADQ Read 68%, ADQ Write 40%, ADQ Mixed 16%, Age 110%, AS-SSD Total 108%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 130% (178^th of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks. Model: SSD256GBE940

Poor: 55%Average: 130% Great: 178%

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AMI Intel (2)

Outstanding average bench

The SSD256GBE940 256GB averaged 30.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD256GBE940 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 303MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,205MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD256GBE940 256GB is 122%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SSD256GBE940 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 353MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 30.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)

Rank 178130%

Min	Avg	Max
506	Read 1,205	1,643
109	Write 771	1,097
116	Mixed 625	899
255	SusWrite 353	430
164% 738 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.8	4K Read 32.5	50.6
14.2	4K Write 80.8	144
8.6	4K Mixed 30.2	47.4
131% 47.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
115	DQ Read 548	774
67.9	DQ Write 404	847
85	DQ Mixed 303	540
273% 418 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

BEL-User, 3 years ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 609 269 148 163 184 342 MB/s

173% Outstanding

Write 1,079

Mixed 876

SusWrite 286

212% 958 MB/s

4K Read 50.6

4K Write 144

4K Mixed 39.6

204% 78.1 MB/s

DQ Read 764

DQ Write 651

DQ Mixed 540

450% 652 MB/s

GRC-User, 3 years ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 537 535 362 423 445 164 MB/s

171% Outstanding

Write 617

Mixed 116

SusWrite 411

151% 696 MB/s

4K Read 47.2

4K Write 59.7

4K Mixed 45.1

161% 50.7 MB/s

DQ Read 759

DQ Write 645

DQ Mixed 502

431% 636 MB/s

BEL-User, 3 years ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 588 406 187 218 185 874 MB/s

168% Outstanding

Write 1,092

Mixed 899

SusWrite 410

222% 1,002 MB/s

4K Read 40.6

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 36.4

168% 63.4 MB/s

DQ Read 744

DQ Write 552

DQ Mixed 482

405% 593 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

205GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 709 633 459 210 132 MB/s

153% Outstanding

Write 958

Mixed 808

SusWrite 430

196% 879 MB/s

4K Read 44.9

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 40.9

192% 73.8 MB/s

DQ Read 668

DQ Write 67.9

DQ Mixed 85

134% 274 MB/s

BEL-User, 3 years ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 315 251 126 369 157 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 557

Mixed 609

SusWrite 255

131% 589 MB/s

4K Read 17

4K Write 84.2

4K Mixed 23

100% 41.4 MB/s

DQ Read 731

DQ Write 471

DQ Mixed 215

264% 473 MB/s

USA-User, 16 months ago.

192GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 182 530 498 168 500 MB/s

91.7% Outstanding

Write 745

Mixed 646

SusWrite 398

152% 679 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 38.5

4K Mixed 19.3

76% 26 MB/s

DQ Read 175

DQ Write 159

DQ Mixed 111

99% 148 MB/s

USA-User, 18 months ago.

192GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 441 518 453 420 291 MB/s

72.4% Very good

Write 680

Mixed 489

SusWrite 427

128% 568 MB/s

4K Read 13.4

4K Write 26.4

4K Mixed 11.7

49% 17.2 MB/s

DQ Read 115

DQ Write 81.2

DQ Mixed 103

76% 99.8 MB/s

PRT-User, 9 months ago.

114GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0614B0G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 103 233 383 316 367 MB/s

55.3% Above average

Write 109

Mixed 363

SusWrite 284

70% 316 MB/s

4K Read 8.8

4K Write 14.2

4K Mixed 8.6

32% 10.5 MB/s

DQ Read 200

DQ Write 160

DQ Mixed 161

126% 174 MB/s

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Desktop 35%

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Workstation 4%

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System: AMI Intel

CPU
Celeron N4120IntelBench 33%, 2,420 samples	89x
Celeron N5095IntelBench 43%, 1,699 samples	50x
Celeron N5095AIntelBench 40%, 431 samples	35x

GPU
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	161x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 2%, 4,536 samples	85x
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	37x

SSD
SSD256GBE940 256GBBench 130%, 9 samples	1x

RAM
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	145x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	28x
DDR4 NB 16G 2666 1x16GBUnknownBench 33%, 35 samples	25x

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AMI Intel (2)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

SSD256GBE940 256GB

Average Bench: 130% (178^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 130% (178th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 130% (178^th of 1072)