SSD 256GB

SSD 256GB
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Effective Speed -39%Effective Speed -39%Average Score -36%Read -9%, Write -11%, 4K Read -68%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -130%, SusWrite -7%Peak Score -40%Read -8%, Write -19%, 4K Read -88%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -20%, 4K Mixed -149%, SusWrite 9%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -238%DQ Read -214%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -868%, ADQ Read -199%, ADQ Write -5%, ADQ Mixed -713%, Age 168%, AS-SSD Total -61%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 70.6% (662^nd of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks. Model: IONN SSD

Poor: 49%Average: 70.6% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The Ionn SSD 256GB averaged 29.4% 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 274MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 74.7MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 109MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 32MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)

Rank 66270.6%

Min	Avg	Max
351	Read 418	469
306	Write 365	409
269	Mixed 325	352
114	SusWrite 277	423
77.7% 346 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.5	4K Read 20.4	22.9
41.2	4K Write 74.7	115
17.1	4K Mixed 19.6	23.4
95.5% 38.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
101	DQ Read 109	117
126	DQ Write 274	324
30.7	DQ Mixed 32	34.2
70.2% 139 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ZAF-User, 17 months ago.

238GB free

Firmware: S0628A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 403 420 432 433 431 MB/s

90.8% Outstanding

Write 409

Mixed 352

SusWrite 423

93% 412 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 23.4

126% 53.8 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 32.4

75% 150 MB/s

IDN-User, 2 years ago.

207GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0628A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 375 377 359 386 382 MB/s

78.6% Very good

Write 386

Mixed 346

SusWrite 370

88% 393 MB/s

4K Read 18.8

4K Write 85.1

4K Mixed 17.1

96% 40.3 MB/s

DQ Read 101

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 31.6

75% 149 MB/s

ZAF-User, 18 months ago.

238GB free

Firmware: S0628A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 339 331 371 359 350 MB/s

71.1% Very good

Write 363

Mixed 324

SusWrite 353

79% 349 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 63.9

4K Mixed 19.3

85% 33.6 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 34.2

79% 156 MB/s

ZAF-User, 4 months ago.

201GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0628A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 87 26 197 70 52 MB/s

63.5% Good

Write 364

Mixed 331

SusWrite 123

70% 316 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 68.2

4K Mixed 20.5

96% 37.1 MB/s

DQ Read 112

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 30.7

75% 150 MB/s

IDN-User, 2 years ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0628A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 124 25 208 59 33 MB/s

48.8% Average

Write 306

Mixed 269

SusWrite 114

58% 260 MB/s

4K Read 20.3

4K Write 41.2

4K Mixed 17.5

75% 26.3 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 126

DQ Mixed 31.1

47% 88.8 MB/s

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asrock H61M-HVS - $64

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	52x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	43x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	32x

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HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	72x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	36x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x

SSD
SSD 256GBIonnBench 71%, 5 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	17x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	12x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	11x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $361

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Average Bench: 70.6% (662^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 70.6% (662nd of 1072)

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