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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 63.1% (767th of 1072)

Based on 1,848 user benchmarks.  Model: Patriot Spark
Poor: 20%Average: 63.1% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The Patriot Spark 256GB averaged 36.8% 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 Mixed IO Speed 143MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.2MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Patriot Spark 256GB is 65.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Patriot Spark 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 109MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 271MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,848 samples)
Rank 76763.1%
Min Avg Max
163 Read 400 489
101 Write 286 434
29.4 Mixed 271 356
37.3 SusWrite 109 361
59.3% 266 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 24.2 35
5.28 4K Write 63.6 97.1
0.4 4K Mixed 24.7 35.2
102% 37.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.3 DQ Read 239 318
16 DQ Write 240 344
4.69 DQ Mixed 143 202
134% 208 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
109GB free
Firmware: SBFM10.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 76 76 76 75 76 MB/s
82.5% Excellent
Read 481
Write 275
Mixed 328
SusWrite 120
67% 301 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 87.7
4K Mixed 33.6
141% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 193
174% 263 MB/s
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM10.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 54 45 30 14 47 MB/s
66.4% Good
Read 465
Write 370
Mixed 330
SusWrite 66.6
68% 308 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 66.8
4K Mixed 24.3
102% 38.2 MB/s
DQ Read 286
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 188
170% 256 MB/s
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM50.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 77 5.8 107 99 67 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 430
Write 283
Mixed 316
SusWrite 73.2
61% 275 MB/s
4K Read 17.4
4K Write 57.1
4K Mixed 27.4
92% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 192
146% 200 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM10.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 63 47 46 45 46 MB/s
59% Above average
Read 473
Write 128
Mixed 333
SusWrite 48.7
54% 246 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 53
4K Mixed 18.7
97% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 87.4
DQ Mixed 68.1
82% 150 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM10.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 5.4 80 8.6 77 8 MB/s
22.6% Poor
Read 435
Write 353
Mixed 152
SusWrite 70.5
56% 253 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 0.2
3% 1.83 MB/s
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Typical Spark 256GB Builds (Compare 1,887 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B360M AORUS Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples475x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples347x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples266x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples161x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples150x
SSD
Spark 256GBPatriotBench 63%, 1,848 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples131x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples108x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 76%, 20,001 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $501

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