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480GB 256GB

480GB 256GB
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Effective Speed -63%Effective Speed -63%Average Score -69%Read -9%, Write -52%, 4K Read -42%, 4K Write -66%, Mixed -69%, 4K Mixed -198%, SusWrite -47%Peak Score -18%Read 20%, Write -12%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -12%, 4K Mixed -100%, SusWrite 11%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -224%DQ Read -65%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -678%, ADQ Read -122%, ADQ Write -74%, ADQ Mixed -949%, Age 136%, AS-SSD Total -28%

Average Bench: 60.4% (800^th of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks. Model: SSD 480GB

Poor: 31%Average: 60.4% Great: 97%

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Above average average bench

The SSD 480GB 256GB averaged 39.5% 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. 4K Random Read Speed 24.1MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 421MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 480GB 256GB is 65.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SSD 480GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 24.8MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 202MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)

Rank 80060.4%

Min	Avg	Max
291	Read 421	608
15.6	Write 266	433
18.7	Mixed 212	377
15.5	SusWrite 202	428
61.2% 275 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13	4K Read 24.1	37.4
0	4K Write 52.8	107
0.5	4K Mixed 15.1	29.1
83.7% 30.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.5	DQ Read 147	222
4.2	DQ Write 166	327
0.1	DQ Mixed 24.8	42.6
55.2% 113 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 19 days ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1127B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 402 420 424 430 427 MB/s

93.5% Outstanding

Write 433

Mixed 355

SusWrite 415

93% 413 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 28.3

134% 54.3 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 39.2

84% 166 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

100GB free

Firmware: S1127B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 421 423 417 422 424 MB/s

91.5% Outstanding

Write 423

Mixed 361

SusWrite 423

94% 418 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 88.6

4K Mixed 27.4

125% 48 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 39.7

81% 160 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VE0R5312

SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 316 347 369 387 387 MB/s

72.9% Very good

Write 324

Mixed 296

SusWrite 348

74% 328 MB/s

4K Read 17.6

4K Write 61.4

4K Mixed 26.5

93% 35.2 MB/s

DQ Read 153

DQ Write 257

DQ Mixed 135

122% 181 MB/s

GBR-User, 17 days ago.

39GB free

Firmware: S1127B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 12 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 MB/s

72.8% Very good

Write 429

Mixed 366

SusWrite 45.3

73% 328 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 28

132% 52.5 MB/s

DQ Read 192

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 41

93% 188 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1127B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 31 14 2.2 16 33 MB/s

33% Below average

Write 75.6

Mixed 25

SusWrite 19.1

28% 130 MB/s

4K Read 23.8

4K Write 14.6

4K Mixed 1.5

46% 13.3 MB/s

DQ Read 144

DQ Write 12

DQ Mixed 0.2

20% 51.9 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

54GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1127B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 32 5 1.1 22 32 MB/s

26.6% Poor

Write 114

Mixed 26.6

SusWrite 15.5

25% 117 MB/s

4K Read 16.6

4K Write 15.3

4K Mixed 2

36% 11.3 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 4.2

DQ Mixed 0.1

19% 50.9 MB/s

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7010

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	3,930x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	3,553x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	1,613x

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HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	2,193x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	986x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	935x

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480GB 256GBSSDBench 60%, 25 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	226x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	158x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	152x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

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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
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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480GB 256GB

Average Bench: 60.4% (800^th of 1072)

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