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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 63.8% (755th of 1072)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: MaxMem-256GB
Poor: 43%Average: 63.8% Great: 93%

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Above average average bench

The MaxMem-256GB 256GB averaged 36.2% 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 Random Read Speed 23.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 70.4MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MaxMem-256GB 256GB is 49.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MaxMem-256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 215MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 156MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 75563.8%
Min Avg Max
197 Read 379 513
14.6 Write 309 442
23.9 Mixed 280 398
31.4 SusWrite 215 424
66.3% 296 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.7 4K Read 23.4 33.3
7.8 4K Write 54.6 103
0.8 4K Mixed 21.4 38.1
91.8% 33.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.2 DQ Read 156 232
5.6 DQ Write 216 329
0.1 DQ Mixed 70.4 172
85.5% 147 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFQBB.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 355 389 425 431 433 MB/s
88% Excellent
Read 377
Write 386
Mixed 330
SusWrite 386
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 63.7
4K Mixed 34.5
123% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 171
153% 229 MB/s
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFQBB.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 392 400 434 6.5 7.7 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 340
Write 390
Mixed 318
SusWrite 266
74% 328 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 54.8
4K Mixed 30.5
106% 36.9 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 168
157% 239 MB/s
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1127B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 95 51 38 38 MB/s
61.2% Good
Read 370
Write 320
Mixed 308
SusWrite 79.1
60% 269 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 66.7
4K Mixed 26.2
111% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 44.2
72% 137 MB/s
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1128B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 89 7.7 68 3.9 18 MB/s
47.4% Average
Read 415
Write 277
Mixed 305
SusWrite 31.4
57% 257 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 47.1
4K Mixed 13.8
69% 26 MB/s
DQ Read 75.4
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 0.1
56% 128 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1128B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 140 6.8 71 2.5 13 MB/s
43.5% Average
Read 406
Write 332
Mixed 320
SusWrite 39.4
61% 275 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 50.5
4K Mixed 16.7
77% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 74.4
DQ Write 5.6
DQ Mixed 0.1
10% 26.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,784,984 SSDs tested

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Typical MaxMem-256GB 256GB Builds (Compare 129 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI H61MA-E35 (MS-7740)

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples17x
Core i3-2100Intel  $49Bench 51%, 63,701 samples14x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples11x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples19x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples11x
SSD
MaxMem-256GB 256GBBench 64%, 18 samples1x
RAM
ST51264BA1339.16FM 2x4GBCrucialBench 49%, 1,344 samples3x
ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 46%, 6,862 samples3x
9905403-447.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,649 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $250

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