M.2

2280 SATA SSD 256GB

2280 SATA SSD 256GB
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Effective Speed -80%Effective Speed -80%Average Score -75%Read -35%, Write -79%, 4K Read -41%, 4K Write -68%, Mixed -52%, 4K Mixed -133%, SusWrite -115%Peak Score -74%Read -34%, Write -36%, 4K Read -54%, 4K Write -104%, Mixed -34%, 4K Mixed -145%, SusWrite -113%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -87%DQ Read -141%, DQ Write -53%, DQ Mixed -110%, ADQ Read -191%, ADQ Write -74%, ADQ Mixed -162%, Age 124%, AS-SSD Total -85%

Average Bench: 54.8% (854^th of 1071)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: M.2 2280 SATA SSD

Poor: 48%Average: 54.8% Great: 59%

Average average bench

The M.2 2280 SATA SSD 256GB averaged 45.1% 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 Mixed IO Speed 99.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.3MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 138MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 112MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 85454.8%

Min	Avg	Max
311	Read 340	378
132	Write 227	356
169	Mixed 236	317
72.4	SusWrite 138	182
52.4% 235 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19	4K Read 24.3	27.9
38.4	4K Write 52	60.1
8.7	4K Mixed 19.3	23.8
89.1% 31.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
92.6	DQ Read 112	152
132	DQ Write 166	234
30.5	DQ Mixed 99.3	158
86.3% 126 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 years ago.

40GB free

Firmware: SBFQ

SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 122 119 122 121 122 MB/s

58.7% Above average

Write 197

Mixed 230

SusWrite 148

50% 222 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 54.4

4K Mixed 23.8

98% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 106

DQ Write 234

DQ Mixed 158

124% 166 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: PAFE

SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 126 129 128 129 129 MB/s

57.9% Above average

Write 222

Mixed 226

SusWrite 148

52% 232 MB/s

4K Read 27.9

4K Write 55.2

4K Mixed 23.4

102% 35.5 MB/s

DQ Read 92.6

DQ Write 132

DQ Mixed 149

102% 124 MB/s

USA-User, 13 months ago.

238GB free

Firmware: SBFQ

SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 158 158 156 157 157 MB/s

55.2% Above average

Write 356

Mixed 317

SusWrite 182

69% 308 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 38.4

4K Mixed 21.3

76% 26.2 MB/s

DQ Read 98

DQ Write 145

DQ Mixed 59.9

63% 101 MB/s

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