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C100 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 46.4% (905th of 1072)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Model: M.2 C100 256GB
Poor: 27%Average: 46.4% Great: 68%

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Below average average bench

The M.2 C100 256GB averaged 53.5% 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. Sequential Read Speed 407MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 342MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M.2 C100 256GB is 41%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the M.2 C100 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 14.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 7.57MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 90546.4%
Min Avg Max
318 Read 407 499
274 Write 342 425
8.7 Mixed 206 349
66.6 SusWrite 152 332
61.6% 277 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.3 4K Read 14.8 23.8
5.2 4K Write 44.1 93.1
0.3 4K Mixed 7.57 20.2
55.5% 22.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.1 DQ Read 89 128
12.8 DQ Write 150 291
0.3 DQ Mixed 14.4 37.6
40.5% 84.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0628A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 388 376 404 199 75 MB/s
77.2% Very good
Read 473
Write 395
Mixed 349
SusWrite 303
85% 380 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 93.1
4K Mixed 19
110% 45.3 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 233
DQ Mixed 28.4
62% 124 MB/s
187GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0628A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 351 143 111 96 120 MB/s
68% Good
Read 449
Write 374
Mixed 321
SusWrite 197
75% 336 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 81.8
4K Mixed 20.2
105% 41.8 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 201
DQ Mixed 28.6
58% 113 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0628A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 80 159 116 140 61 MB/s
45.5% Average
Read 462
Write 380
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 150
58% 261 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 33
4K Mixed 1.2
53% 18.9 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 52.2
DQ Mixed 10.9
27% 57.9 MB/s
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U1014A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 195 12 115 36 50 MB/s
45.4% Average
Read 394
Write 354
Mixed 324
SusWrite 85.2
65% 289 MB/s
4K Read 8.8
4K Write 72.6
4K Mixed 9.5
64% 30.3 MB/s
DQ Read 127
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 0.4
37% 88.9 MB/s
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 187 12 50 18 13 MB/s
27.1% Poor
Read 439
Write 363
Mixed 8.7
SusWrite 66.6
48% 219 MB/s
4K Read 11.3
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 0.4
20% 5.63 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,875,272 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 81%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 79%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING - $140

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples1,409x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples540x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $189Bench 74%, 142,983 samples533x
GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples321x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples228x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples207x
SSD
C100 256GBM.2Bench 46%, 15 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples246x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples156x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $595

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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