AK-800-256GB 256GB

AK-800-256GB 256GB
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Effective Speed -25%Effective Speed -25%Average Score -19%Read -3%, Write -2%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -91%, SusWrite -5%Peak Score -23%Read -3%, Write -15%, 4K Read -35%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -103%, SusWrite 10%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -66%DQ Read -41%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -73%, ADQ Read -124%, ADQ Write -5%, ADQ Mixed -434%, Age 184%, AS-SSD Total -23%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 79% (497^th of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks. Model: AK-800-256GB

Poor: 43%Average: 79% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The AK-800-256GB 256GB averaged 20.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AK-800-256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 84.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.5MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AK-800-256GB 256GB is 52.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the AK-800-256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 146MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 283MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)

Rank 49779%

Min	Avg	Max
310	Read 445	494
333	Write 399	423
277	Mixed 346	408
16.4	SusWrite 283	427
82.7% 368 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.9	4K Read 27.5	31.8
41.8	4K Write 84.1	107
1	4K Mixed 23.6	28.7
116% 45.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
88.3	DQ Read 146	261
1.7	DQ Write 274	331
0.8	DQ Mixed 48.7	191
82.6% 156 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

RUS-User, 10 months ago.

192GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1011B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 393 406 427 431 431 MB/s

95.1% Outstanding

Write 423

Mixed 408

SusWrite 396

97% 430 MB/s

4K Read 29.8

4K Write 83.7

4K Mixed 28.7

126% 47.4 MB/s

DQ Read 261

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 43.7

103% 212 MB/s

JOR-User, 19 months ago.

238GB free

Firmware: S0924A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 403 409 409 423 418 MB/s

92.3% Outstanding

Write 400

Mixed 351

SusWrite 411

92% 409 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 91.9

4K Mixed 27.9

126% 49.1 MB/s

DQ Read 151

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 41.6

87% 171 MB/s

PAK-User, 4 months ago.

212GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ZD0R3G42

SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 344 319 314 333 336 MB/s

63.6% Good

Write 333

Mixed 277

SusWrite 323

70% 311 MB/s

4K Read 14.9

4K Write 41.8

4K Mixed 22.4

73% 26.4 MB/s

DQ Read 126

DQ Write 258

DQ Mixed 191

146% 192 MB/s

IRQ-User, 5 months ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW200326

SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 1.5 37 2 2.9 23 MB/s

42.9% Average

Write 384

Mixed 334

SusWrite 16.4

68% 306 MB/s

4K Read 31.8

4K Write 47.9

4K Mixed 1

75% 26.9 MB/s

DQ Read 105

DQ Write 1.7

DQ Mixed 1.1

14% 36 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 63%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Asus B75M-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	169x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	112x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	69x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	62x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	57x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	38x

SSD
AK-800-256GB 256GBBench 79%, 9 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	29x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	21x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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AK-800-256GB 256GB

Average Bench: 79% (497^th of 1072)

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