ValueTech 256GB

ValueTech 256GB
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Effective Speed -48%Effective Speed -48%Average Score -46%Read -13%, Write -27%, 4K Read -64%, 4K Write -34%, Mixed -20%, 4K Mixed -143%, SusWrite -22%Peak Score -20%Read -3%, Write -13%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -92%, SusWrite 11%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -149%DQ Read -44%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -542%, ADQ Read -130%, ADQ Write -7%, ADQ Mixed -588%, Age 156%, AS-SSD Total -24%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 66.5% (726^th of 1072)

Based on 36 user benchmarks. Model: ValueTech

Poor: 42%Average: 66.5% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The ValueTech 256GB averaged 33.4% 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 271MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 65.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ValueTech 256GB is 42.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ValueTech 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 142MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 37.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 36 samples)

Rank 72666.5%

Min	Avg	Max
284	Read 406	493
12	Write 318	431
41.5	Mixed 298	406
18.1	SusWrite 243	430
70.8% 316 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.5	4K Read 20.9	34.6
6.2	4K Write 65.6	106
0.5	4K Mixed 18.5	30.4
90.1% 35 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.9	DQ Read 142	255
67.3	DQ Write 271	325
1.7	DQ Mixed 37.8	51.6
76.5% 150 MB/s

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

IRN-User, 5 months ago.

194GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0302B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 317 321 339 282 272 MB/s

54.1% Above average

Write 333

Mixed 347

SusWrite 261

76% 341 MB/s

4K Read 13.7

4K Write 36

4K Mixed 13.2

57% 21 MB/s

DQ Read 59.7

DQ Write 126

DQ Mixed 37.3

44% 74.4 MB/s

BGD-User, 3 months ago.

39GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0324A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 258 288 307 261 216 MB/s

44.8% Average

Write 241

Mixed 259

SusWrite 230

59% 263 MB/s

4K Read 13.8

4K Write 36.3

4K Mixed 0.7

41% 16.9 MB/s

DQ Read 108

DQ Write 202

DQ Mixed 1.1

44% 104 MB/s

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell Precision 3510

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	431x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	69x
Core i5-6440HQIntelBench 66%, 4,172 samples	51x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	579x
HD P530 (Server Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 5,499 samples	29x
Radeon R9 M360AMDBench 9%, 1,374 samples	11x

SSD
ValueTech 256GBBench 67%, 36 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	84x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	62x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 1x8GBMicronBench 39%, 4,454 samples	51x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

ValueTech 256GB

Average Bench: 66.5% (726^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 66.5% (726th of 1072)

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