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FA100 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 158% (153rd of 1080)

Based on 369 user benchmarks.  Model: Acer SSD FA100 256GB
Poor: 64%Average: 158% Great: 243%

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Outstanding average bench

The Acer FA100 256GB averaged 58.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Acer FA100 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 213MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 568MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Acer FA100 256GB is 178%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Acer FA100 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 501MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 47.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 369 samples)
Rank 153158%
Min Avg Max
478 Read 1,099 1,800
180 Write 902 1,610
178 Mixed 843 1,478
89.5 SusWrite 501 848
187% 836 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19 4K Read 47.8 67.2
26.6 4K Write 117 200
17.3 4K Mixed 47.1 74.4
195% 70.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
91 DQ Read 542 969
88.2 DQ Write 568 1,079
73.9 DQ Mixed 213 294
254% 441 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.4.8.67
SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 294 191 260 162 175 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 880
Write 339
Mixed 380
SusWrite 233
101% 458 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 45
204% 78.2 MB/s
DQ Read 450
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 226
210% 327 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.4.8.67
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 137 107 109 111 105 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 832
Write 331
Mixed 388
SusWrite 140
93% 423 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 44.5
199% 76.3 MB/s
DQ Read 454
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 159
171% 290 MB/s
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.4.8.67
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 121 114 111 102 106 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 795
Write 154
Mixed 204
SusWrite 126
69% 320 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 92
4K Mixed 44.7
167% 59 MB/s
DQ Read 452
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 210
205% 330 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.4.7.41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 706 772 654 161 209 84 MB/s
97.3% Outstanding
Read 783
Write 1049
Mixed 827
SusWrite 431
174% 773 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 30.9
4K Mixed 24.9
81% 25.7 MB/s
DQ Read 501
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 204
182% 285 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.Z.J.2X
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 232 221 213 237 179 MB/s
95.7% Outstanding
Read 756
Write 294
Mixed 373
SusWrite 228
91% 413 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 29.4
145% 63.4 MB/s
DQ Read 90.3
DQ Write 281
DQ Mixed 113
107% 162 MB/s
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.4.6.29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 202 198 176 177 183 MB/s
86.9% Excellent
Read 669
Write 275
Mixed 308
SusWrite 192
80% 361 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 67
4K Mixed 23.8
103% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 493
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 174
188% 319 MB/s
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Typical FA100 256GB Builds (Compare 986 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
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Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER - $193

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples229x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples219x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples124x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples164x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples67x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples61x
SSD
FA100 256GBAcerBench 158%, 369 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples59x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples34x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $508

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