SUPERSONIC256 256GB

SUPERSONIC256 256GB
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Effective Speed -33%Effective Speed -33%Average Score -36%Read 5%, Write -6%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -163%, SusWrite 0%Peak Score +47% Read 166%, Write 93%, 4K Read -1%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed 89%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite 52%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -4%DQ Read 16%, DQ Write 74%, DQ Mixed 8%, ADQ Read -100%, ADQ Write -1%, ADQ Mixed -211%, Age 141%, AS-SSD Total 40%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 74.1% (592^nd of 1072)

Based on 502 user benchmarks. Model: SUPERSONIC256

Poor: 41%Average: 74.1% Great: 162%

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Good average bench

The SUPERSONIC256 256GB averaged 25.8% 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 287MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 83.7MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SUPERSONIC256 256GB is 121%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SUPERSONIC256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 163MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 17.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 502 samples)

Rank 59274.1%

Min	Avg	Max
304	Read 478	1,349
191	Write 381	937
63.7	Mixed 344	800
64.3	SusWrite 297	587
84% 375 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.82	4K Read 22.7	42.4
22.1	4K Write 66	110
1.6	4K Mixed 17.1	36.5
91.3% 35.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
79.2	DQ Read 163	425
85.7	DQ Write 287	625
1.12	DQ Mixed 83.7	359
103% 178 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SAU-User, 1 month ago.

178GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0330A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 376 384 395 392 113 MB/s

73.6% Very good

Write 380

Mixed 380

SusWrite 314

87% 387 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 56

4K Mixed 20.7

90% 32.9 MB/s

DQ Read 105

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 44.5

76% 143 MB/s

IRN-User, 18 days ago.

189GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0808A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 390 381 215 175 174 MB/s

69.2% Good

Write 366

Mixed 376

SusWrite 281

83% 369 MB/s

4K Read 21.7

4K Write 47.1

4K Mixed 17.8

81% 28.9 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 33.5

80% 159 MB/s

GBR-User, 16 days ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0430A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 298 310 237 208 245 MB/s

58.4% Above average

Write 296

Mixed 306

SusWrite 263

69% 309 MB/s

4K Read 16.3

4K Write 43.7

4K Mixed 11.3

62% 23.8 MB/s

DQ Read 127

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 32.8

75% 149 MB/s

DZA-User, 7 days ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0808A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 140 24 28 19 11 MB/s

47.2% Average

Write 313

Mixed 76.2

SusWrite 58.4

52% 235 MB/s

4K Read 32.8

4K Write 43.5

4K Mixed 0.1

73% 25.5 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 93.1

DQ Mixed 35.7

45% 80.6 MB/s

PAK-User, 2 days ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 8A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 53 39 35 41 39 MB/s

33.2% Below average

Write 84.6

Mixed 68.5

SusWrite 41

33% 153 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 17.7

4K Mixed 0.2

46% 13.9 MB/s

DQ Read 84.9

DQ Write 3.2

DQ Mixed 26.4

24% 38.2 MB/s

IND-User, 1 month ago.

85GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1102A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 7.8 6 5.5 80 5.5 MB/s

18.3% Very poor

Write 239

Mixed 286

SusWrite 18.7

49% 222 MB/s

4K Read 5.9

4K Write 6.1

4K Mixed 0.4

13% 4.13 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Latitude E5470

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	1,283x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	486x
Core i5-6440HQIntelBench 66%, 4,172 samples	452x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	2,043x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,031x
Radeon R7 M360AMDBench 6%, 820 samples	8x

SSD
SUPERSONIC256 256GBBench 74%, 502 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	562x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	347x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 1x8GBMicronBench 39%, 4,454 samples	279x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

SUPERSONIC256 256GB

Average Bench: 74.1% (592^nd of 1072)

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