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Effective Speed -15%Effective Speed -15%Average Score -13%Read 19%, Write 9%, 4K Read -36%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -71%, SusWrite 8%Peak Score +127% Read 191%, Write 220%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 152%, 4K Mixed -4%, SusWrite 262%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +72% DQ Read 183%, DQ Write 164%, DQ Mixed 60%, ADQ Read -49%, ADQ Write 1%, ADQ Mixed -79%, Age 141%, AS-SSD Total 155%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 85.5% (397^th of 1072)

Based on 67 user benchmarks. Model: 1TB

Poor: 27%Average: 85.5% Great: 245%

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Very good average bench

The 1TB 1TB averaged just 14.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 1TB 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 145MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 293MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1TB 1TB is 217%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the 1TB 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 319MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 219MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 67 samples)

Rank 39785.5%

Min	Avg	Max
296	Read 544	1,476
60.7	Write 442	1,554
6	Mixed 368	1,068
1.88	SusWrite 319	1,401
93.7% 418 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.5	4K Read 25.2	53.5
4.46	4K Write 71.9	177
0.9	4K Mixed 26.4	56.1
110% 41.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
58.4	DQ Read 219	1,037
77.5	DQ Write 293	945
0.3	DQ Mixed 145	529
140% 219 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 5 days ago.

954GB free

Firmware: V8301c70

SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 374 276 154 204 275 MB/s

69.2% Good

Write 359

Mixed 332

SusWrite 276

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 20.3

4K Write 52.5

4K Mixed 26.8

93% 33.2 MB/s

DQ Read 123

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 168

131% 175 MB/s

GBR-User, 22 days ago.

777GB free

Firmware: V8301c70

SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 205 4.7 136 121 95 MB/s

62.1% Good

Write 354

Mixed 323

SusWrite 151

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 56

4K Mixed 27.3

96% 34.8 MB/s

DQ Read 124

DQ Write 220

DQ Mixed 173

131% 172 MB/s

GBR-User, 26 days ago.

763GB free

Firmware: V8301c70

SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 367 368 366 199 157 MB/s

59.5% Above average

Write 337

Mixed 312

SusWrite 303

72% 319 MB/s

4K Read 18.7

4K Write 18.5

4K Mixed 25.1

70% 20.8 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 128

DQ Mixed 173

116% 139 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 month ago.

883GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0221B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 217 240 249 254 MB/s

48.4% Average

Write 267

Mixed 254

SusWrite 219

59% 264 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 41.5

4K Mixed 12.6

69% 24.7 MB/s

DQ Read 23.6

DQ Write 79.9

DQ Mixed 20.3

25% 41.3 MB/s

USA-User, 11 days ago.

850GB free (System drive)

SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 13 31 24 20 28 MB/s

43.2% Average

Write 176

Mixed 134

SusWrite 24.7

36% 165 MB/s

4K Read 21.3

4K Write 50.8

4K Mixed 19.6

84% 30.6 MB/s

DQ Read 65.2

DQ Write 77.8

DQ Mixed 54.5

46% 65.8 MB/s

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7010

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	3,923x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	3,541x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	1,609x

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HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	2,190x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	984x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	933x

SSD
1TB 1TBBench 85%, 67 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

1TB 1TB

Average Bench: 85.5% (397^th of 1072)

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