Pcie

NVME 256G 256GB

NVME 256G 256GB
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Effective Speed +55% Effective Speed 55%Average Score +81% Read 173%, Write 165%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 30%, Mixed 150%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite -9%Peak Score +85% Read 220%, Write 133%, 4K Read 25%, 4K Write 54%, Mixed 139%, 4K Mixed 34%, SusWrite -8%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +84% DQ Read 80%, DQ Write 91%, DQ Mixed 53%, ADQ Read 44%, ADQ Write 104%, ADQ Mixed 85%, Age 131%, AS-SSD Total 86%

Average Bench: 152% (153^rd of 1072)

Based on 39 user benchmarks. Model: PCIE NVME 256G

Poor: 107%Average: 152% Great: 185%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pcie NVME 256G 256GB averaged 52.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pcie NVME 256G 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 482MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 590MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pcie NVME 256G 256GB is 78.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pcie NVME 256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 273MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 470MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 39 samples)

Rank 153152%

Min	Avg	Max
528	Read 1,250	1,620
548	Write 1,074	1,132
479	Mixed 898	1012
57.8	SusWrite 273	359
195% 874 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.5	4K Read 43.6	53.9
39.3	4K Write 114	188
17.9	4K Mixed 57.3	77.9
200% 71.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
353	DQ Read 470	661
339	DQ Write 590	684
352	DQ Mixed 482	506
377% 514 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IDN-User, 1 month ago.

171GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.8.0412 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 302 316 291 289 292 MB/s

168% Outstanding

Write 1,123

Mixed 924

SusWrite 298

199% 890 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 155

4K Mixed 71.8

235% 89.2 MB/s

DQ Read 596

DQ Write 644

DQ Mixed 501

410% 580 MB/s

FRA-User, 25 days ago.

174GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.8.0412 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 244 271 272 245 270 MB/s

148% Outstanding

Write 1,121

Mixed 974

SusWrite 290

203% 907 MB/s

4K Read 41.4

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 56.1

190% 67 MB/s

DQ Read 360

DQ Write 624

DQ Mixed 499

377% 495 MB/s

IND-User, 1 month ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.8.0412 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 273 260 254 272 247 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 1,122

Mixed 923

SusWrite 296

191% 854 MB/s

4K Read 45.7

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 62.1

211% 75.1 MB/s

DQ Read 351

DQ Write 586

DQ Mixed 494

367% 477 MB/s

IND-User, 3 months ago.

160GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.8.0412 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 641 249 269 247 255 267 MB/s

139% Outstanding

Write 1,121

Mixed 630

SusWrite 321

184% 827 MB/s

4K Read 46.4

4K Write 98.5

4K Mixed 23

152% 56 MB/s

DQ Read 550

DQ Write 638

DQ Mixed 443

376% 544 MB/s

DEU-User, 20 days ago.

194GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.8.0412 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 299 311 300 298 299 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 1,129

Mixed 499

SusWrite 326

175% 784 MB/s

4K Read 18.6

4K Write 39.4

4K Mixed 19.8

74% 25.9 MB/s

DQ Read 364

DQ Write 509

DQ Mixed 498

359% 457 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.8.0412 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 311 296 295 296 290 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 875

Mixed 627

SusWrite 319

146% 649 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 53.7

4K Mixed 35.2

115% 38.8 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 238

210% 314 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 months ago.

185GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.8.0412 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 299 298 299 298 299 MB/s

94.4% Outstanding

Write 1101

Mixed 446

SusWrite 331

150% 669 MB/s

4K Read 19.2

4K Write 64.6

4K Mixed 21.1

90% 35 MB/s

DQ Read 391

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 345

256% 340 MB/s

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 22%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $119Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	222x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	160x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	123x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	144x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	92x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	66x

SSD
NVME 256G 256GBPcieBench 152%, 39 samples	1x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	46x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	36x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $119

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Pcie

NVME 256G 256GB

Average Bench: 152% (153^rd of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H

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NVME 256G 256GB

Average Bench: 152% (153rd of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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