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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 61.2% (789th of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD 250GB
Poor: 35%Average: 61.2% Great: 78%

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Above average average bench

The SSD 250GB 250GB averaged 38.7% 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 Random Read Speed 35.1MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 236MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 250GB 250GB is 43.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 250GB 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 20MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 131MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 78961.2%
Min Avg Max
310 Read 451 500
276 Write 335 365
6.8 Mixed 268 348
11.9 SusWrite 131 202
65.8% 296 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.4 4K Read 35.1 45.5
1.7 4K Write 59 89.1
1.1 4K Mixed 12 16.6
99.7% 35.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
114 DQ Read 138 177
110 DQ Write 236 270
19.9 DQ Mixed 20 20.1
62.3% 131 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW201219
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 346 351 144 9.8 14 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 497
Write 355
Mixed 345
SusWrite 202
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 86.5
4K Mixed 16.6
129% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 269
DQ Mixed 20.1
67% 141 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW201219
SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 227 66 8.3 62 7.4 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 478
Write 357
Mixed 348
SusWrite 117
72% 325 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 89.1
4K Mixed 16.3
137% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 269
DQ Mixed 20
66% 140 MB/s
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW201219
SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 161 115 3.9 4.4 38 MB/s
72% Very good
Read 500
Write 354
Mixed 342
SusWrite 96.7
72% 323 MB/s
4K Read 42.2
4K Write 86.1
4K Mixed 16.4
130% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 20
67% 141 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: FW201219
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 285 190 86 82 8.8 MB/s
68.1% Good
Read 456
Write 365
Mixed 342
SusWrite 175
75% 334 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 68.1
4K Mixed 14.2
103% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 177
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 20.1
71% 153 MB/s
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW201219
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 263 141 177 271 38 MB/s
40.6% Average
Read 310
Write 301
Mixed 225
SusWrite 182
57% 255 MB/s
4K Read 13.4
4K Write 22.2
4K Mixed 7.3
41% 14.3 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 19.9
40% 81.4 MB/s
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW201219
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 3.8 3.7 40 17 3.4 MB/s
34.7% Below average
Read 463
Write 276
Mixed 6.8
SusWrite 11.9
41% 190 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1.1
58% 13.2 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,774,755 SSDs tested

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Typical 250GB 250GB Builds (Compare 12 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: ECS IC55H-A

CPU
Core i5-750Intel  $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples6x
Xeon X3470IntelBench 69%, 8,730 samples3x
Core i5 661Intel  $80Bench 50%, 2,457 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1660Nvidia  $143Bench 68%, 230,793 samples3x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples2x
HD 5850AMDBench 15%, 15,020 samples1x
SSD
250GB 250GBSSDBench 61%, 6 samples4x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples6x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples3x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $215

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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