M.2

2280 SATA 256GB SSD

2280 SATA 256GB SSD
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Effective Speed -50%Effective Speed -50%Average Score -54%Read -11%, Write -20%, 4K Read -85%, 4K Write -42%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -185%, SusWrite -14%Peak Score -28%Read -4%, Write -15%, 4K Read -37%, 4K Write -28%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -105%, SusWrite 2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -166%DQ Read -52%, DQ Write -13%, DQ Mixed -543%, ADQ Read -119%, ADQ Write -7%, ADQ Mixed -674%, Age 115%, AS-SSD Total -31%

Average Bench: 65.6% (737^th of 1072)

Based on 71 user benchmarks. Model: M.2 2280 SATA 256GB SSD

Poor: 38%Average: 65.6% Great: 83%

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Above average average bench

The M.2 2280 SATA 256GB SSD averaged 34.4% 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 269MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 61.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M.2 2280 SATA 256GB SSD is 45.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the M.2 2280 SATA 256GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 33.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 149MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 71 samples)

Rank 73765.6%

Min	Avg	Max
315	Read 413	485
254	Write 339	421
21.8	Mixed 296	404
68	SusWrite 260	396
73.3% 327 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.46	4K Read 18.6	31.3
12.1	4K Write 61.9	95.3
0.46	4K Mixed 15.8	28.4
81.2% 32.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
98.5	DQ Read 149	241
46.9	DQ Write 269	318
1.16	DQ Mixed 33.6	51.5
75.1% 151 MB/s

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VNM-User, 1 month ago.

92GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0722A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 288 314 313 306 253 MB/s

54.8% Above average

Write 284

Mixed 294

SusWrite 295

69% 308 MB/s

4K Read 10.5

4K Write 28.6

4K Mixed 10.6

45% 16.6 MB/s

DQ Read 129

DQ Write 278

DQ Mixed 30.4

72% 146 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

168GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0904A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 118 182 40 52 57 MB/s

34.8% Below average

Write 344

Mixed 20.9

SusWrite 127

50% 226 MB/s

4K Read 12.8

4K Write 14.5

4K Mixed 0.5

28% 9.27 MB/s

DQ Read 120

DQ Write 20.7

DQ Mixed 44

39% 61.6 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Dell Latitude 5480

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	675x
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples	624x
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples	448x

GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1,210x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	958x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	727x

SSD
2280 SATA 256GB SSDM.2Bench 66%, 71 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	611x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 4,259 samples	180x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	169x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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2280 SATA 256GB SSD

Average Bench: 65.6% (737^th of 1072)

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