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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 143% (166th of 1074)

Based on 98 user benchmarks.  Model: SH00E256GB
Poor: 107%Average: 143% Great: 181%

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Outstanding average bench

The SH00E256GB 256GB averaged 42.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SH00E256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 286MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,310MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SH00E256GB 256GB is 73.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SH00E256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 360MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 22MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 98 samples)
Rank 166143%
Min Avg Max
735 Read 1,310 1,454
301 Write 803 966
309 Mixed 710 842
167 SusWrite 360 584
176% 796 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.8 4K Read 42.7 54.4
24.4 4K Write 135 203
13.1 4K Mixed 22 28.4
164% 66.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
225 DQ Read 389 622
57.3 DQ Write 572 921
40.7 DQ Mixed 286 357
271% 416 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0707A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 808 240 482 545 282 246 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 1,307
Write 831
Mixed 671
SusWrite 434
180% 811 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 23.4
190% 79.5 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 790
DQ Mixed 331
324% 502 MB/s
59GB free
Firmware: T0707A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 559 164 103 348 137 234 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 1,343
Write 813
Mixed 767
SusWrite 257
176% 795 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 22.1
162% 64.2 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 859
DQ Mixed 331
335% 525 MB/s
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0707A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 192 479 163 282 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 1,413
Write 716
Mixed 119
SusWrite 244
136% 623 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 94.2
4K Mixed 25.4
154% 55.5 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 240
DQ Mixed 92.3
128% 239 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111H0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 291 217 167 180 278 MB/s
97% Outstanding
Read 1,109
Write 66.7
Mixed 280
SusWrite 235
91% 423 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 54.9
4K Mixed 15.6
89% 32.3 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 173
DQ Mixed 93.3
118% 215 MB/s
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Typical SH00E256GB 256GB Builds (Compare 16,445 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 142%
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Desktop
Desktop 97%
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Workstation
Workstation 141%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS - $170

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples4,309x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples2,203x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples1,315x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,136x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,473x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,358x
SSD
SH00E256GB 256GBBench 143%, 98 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples707x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples701x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples355x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $933

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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