Memory

Ghost M.2 256GB

Ghost M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed -67%Effective Speed -67%Average Score -80%Read -12%, Write -40%, 4K Read -86%, 4K Write -59%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed -291%, SusWrite -30%Peak Score -34%Read -7%, Write -9%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -35%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -139%, SusWrite -13%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -143%DQ Read -85%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -360%, ADQ Read -144%, ADQ Write -30%, ADQ Mixed -607%, Age 136%, AS-SSD Total -40%

Average Bench: 58.8% (814^th of 1072)

Based on 33 user benchmarks. Model: Memory Ghost M.2 256GB

Poor: 42%Average: 58.8% Great: 76%

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Average average bench

The Memory Ghost M.2 256GB averaged 41.1% 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 Write Speed 222MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 55.2MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Memory Ghost M.2 256GB is 33.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Memory Ghost M.2 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 11.5MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 134MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 33 samples)

Rank 81458.8%

Min	Avg	Max
296	Read 410	475
2.7	Write 290	443
79.1	Mixed 254	384
41.5	SusWrite 228	342
65.9% 295 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
6.5	4K Read 18.5	35.1
7.4	4K Write 55.2	90.4
3.5	4K Mixed 11.5	24.4
71.9% 28.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
61.5	DQ Read 134	198
17.2	DQ Write 222	314
0.2	DQ Mixed 36.8	72
67.8% 131 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

VNM-User, 5 months ago.

207GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1103A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 436 450 452 452 453 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 440

Mixed 403

SusWrite 449

101% 448 MB/s

4K Read 47.3

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 26.9

170% 64.8 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 34.4

81% 163 MB/s

LKA-User, 4 months ago.

146GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 379 389 436 364 260 MB/s

78.5% Very good

Write 308

Mixed 378

SusWrite 333

83% 371 MB/s

4K Read 33.3

4K Write 82

4K Mixed 10.1

107% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 167

DQ Write 269

DQ Mixed 12.8

68% 150 MB/s

VNM-User, 25 days ago.

169GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 163 39 193 66 41 MB/s

57.6% Above average

Write 353

Mixed 358

SusWrite 111

70% 311 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 54.4

4K Mixed 12.9

85% 31.2 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 33.9

77% 154 MB/s

VNM-User, 4 months ago.

47GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 242 262 263 257 259 MB/s

56.7% Above average

Write 202

Mixed 208

SusWrite 255

55% 244 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 57.5

4K Mixed 10.5

69% 28.2 MB/s

DQ Read 158

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 67.4

87% 153 MB/s

LKA-User, 3 months ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 240 270 195 279 70 MB/s

55.4% Above average

Write 375

Mixed 290

SusWrite 208

70% 314 MB/s

4K Read 18.8

4K Write 49.6

4K Mixed 8.7

66% 25.7 MB/s

DQ Read 174

DQ Write 215

DQ Mixed 13.3

60% 134 MB/s

LKA-User, 5 months ago.

42GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 34 55 187 220 187 MB/s

49.1% Average

Write 62.7

Mixed 285

SusWrite 128

47% 211 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 49.5

4K Mixed 8.4

66% 25.6 MB/s

DQ Read 141

DQ Write 216

DQ Mixed 7.7

54% 122 MB/s

LKA-User, 6 months ago.

191GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 123 155 209 100 235 MB/s

28.2% Poor

Write 305

Mixed 246

SusWrite 162

54% 242 MB/s

4K Read 12.8

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 5.3

28% 6.97 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 62%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Acer Nitro AN515-52

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples	3,722x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	1,728x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	1x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	2,889x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,501x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	686x

SSD
Ghost M.2 256GBMemoryBench 59%, 33 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	600x
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 19,360 samples	409x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 73,050 samples	278x

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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
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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

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Average Bench: 58.8% (814^th of 1072)

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