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M.2 NVME 256GB

M.2 NVME 256GB
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Effective Speed -45%Effective Speed -45%Average Score -50%Read -33%, Write -50%, 4K Read -35%, 4K Write -130%, Mixed -37%, 4K Mixed -65%, SusWrite 2%Peak Score +5% Read 63%, Write 1%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -58%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed -15%, SusWrite 50%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -38%DQ Read -55%, DQ Write -39%, DQ Mixed -23%, ADQ Read -116%, ADQ Write -98%, ADQ Mixed -72%, Age 135%, AS-SSD Total -34%

Average Bench: 67.7% (703^rd of 1072)

Based on 29 user benchmarks. Model: External M.2 NVME

Poor: 44%Average: 67.7% Great: 100%

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Above average average bench

The External M.2 NVME 256GB averaged 32.2% 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 151MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.5MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External M.2 NVME 256GB is 56.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the External M.2 NVME 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 151MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 38MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 29 samples)

Rank 70367.7%

Min	Avg	Max
164	Read 345	825
8	Write 270	492
45.1	Mixed 262	431
84.7	SusWrite 302	581
66.2% 295 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.1	4K Read 25.5	38.9
5.8	4K Write 38	77.6
2.4	4K Mixed 27.3	50.6
93.7% 30.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
73.8	DQ Read 151	237
7.4	DQ Write 146	257
14.2	DQ Mixed 151	270
113% 150 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MYS-User, 6 months ago.

76GB free

Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 255 252 258 220 271 MB/s

91.7% Outstanding

Write 626

Mixed 486

SusWrite 265

107% 474 MB/s

4K Read 36.5

4K Write 59.2

4K Mixed 39.6

137% 45.1 MB/s

DQ Read 279

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 290

213% 279 MB/s

ALB-User, 5 months ago.

135GB free

Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 574 565 559 554 575 MB/s

74.8% Very good

Write 668

Mixed 376

SusWrite 565

114% 504 MB/s

4K Read 20

4K Write 30.2

4K Mixed 16.6

68% 22.3 MB/s

DQ Read 80.6

DQ Write 80.1

DQ Mixed 58.5

50% 73.1 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

156GB free

Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 408 408 406 406 405 MB/s

73.7% Very good

Write 275

Mixed 267

SusWrite 407

66% 290 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 46.3

4K Mixed 31.2

102% 34.2 MB/s

DQ Read 182

DQ Write 192

DQ Mixed 238

165% 204 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

139GB free

Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 401 401 403 302 265 MB/s

69.3% Good

Write 319

Mixed 263

SusWrite 362

66% 290 MB/s

4K Read 24.2

4K Write 41.5

4K Mixed 29.6

97% 31.8 MB/s

DQ Read 184

DQ Write 193

DQ Mixed 241

167% 206 MB/s

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-7366

CPU
Xeon X3350IntelBench 49%, 25 samples	5x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	5x
Core2 6300Intel $40Bench 34%, 5,234 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	8x
GTX 650 Ti BoostNvidia $140Bench 17%, 15,701 samples	3x
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	2x

SSD
M.2 NVME 256GBExternalBench 68%, 29 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	19x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	1x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	1x

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