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2242-256GB SSD 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 85.8% (390th of 1072)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: M.2 2242-256GB SSD
Poor: 66%Average: 85.8% Great: 97%

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Very good average bench

The M.2 2242-256GB SSD 256GB averaged just 14.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the M.2 2242-256GB SSD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 87.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M.2 2242-256GB SSD 256GB is 31.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the M.2 2242-256GB SSD 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 34.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 153MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 39085.8%
Min Avg Max
388 Read 470 520
319 Write 378 415
29.7 Mixed 332 378
157 SusWrite 345 406
85.6% 381 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.1 4K Read 29 36.1
21.4 4K Write 87.9 116
11.6 4K Mixed 24.8 29.2
122% 47.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
137 DQ Read 153 200
165 DQ Write 280 320
1.3 DQ Mixed 34.6 51.9
77.8% 156 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0506A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 408 414 387 416 415 MB/s
98.5% Outstanding
Read 520
Write 415
Mixed 351
SusWrite 406
95% 423 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 27.1
148% 57.7 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 34.9
77% 153 MB/s
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0506A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 387 392 383 405 409 MB/s
94.5% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 402
Mixed 367
SusWrite 392
94% 417 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 25.8
137% 54.7 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 34.2
80% 159 MB/s
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0506A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 391 400 405 407 411 MB/s
93.7% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 385
Mixed 354
SusWrite 387
92% 409 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 27.3
132% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 200
DQ Write 257
DQ Mixed 34.2
80% 164 MB/s
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0506A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 383 396 403 403 407 MB/s
92.3% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 390
Mixed 378
SusWrite 386
93% 416 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 27
133% 53.3 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 257
DQ Mixed 34.2
72% 143 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0413A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 156 109 114 119 113 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 435
Write 375
Mixed 355
SusWrite 157
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 62.5
4K Mixed 23
105% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 146
DQ Write 165
DQ Mixed 20.6
53% 111 MB/s
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Gaming 98%
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Desktop 98%
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Workstation 90%
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Motherboard: Biostar B550MH

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples84x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples45x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD  $134Bench 86%, 14,368 samples33x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples44x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples29x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples24x
SSD
2242-256GB SSD 256GBM.2Bench 86%, 14 samples1x
RAM
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples18x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples16x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $369

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