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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 162% (141st of 1072)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: C2000
Poor: 138%Average: 162% Great: 208%

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Outstanding average bench

The C2000 256GB averaged 62.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the C2000 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 323MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,427MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the C2000 256GB is 69.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the C2000 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 21.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 609MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 141162%
Min Avg Max
662 Read 1,427 1,667
523 Write 965 1234
50.3 Mixed 760 997
262 SusWrite 609 1,064
209% 940 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.3 4K Read 41.8 51.5
64 4K Write 126 193
9.2 4K Mixed 21.8 26.7
158% 63.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
318 DQ Read 390 506
163 DQ Write 626 955
115 DQ Mixed 323 424
297% 447 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
213GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0918A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 924 997 997 958 953 382 MB/s
181% Outstanding
Read 1,272
Write 936
Mixed 756
SusWrite 868
214% 958 MB/s
4K Read 40.1
4K Write 165
4K Mixed 24.3
179% 76.4 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 804
DQ Mixed 350
334% 508 MB/s
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0918A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1083 1110 1118 963 903 631 MB/s
172% Outstanding
Read 1,160
Write 940
Mixed 781
SusWrite 968
216% 962 MB/s
4K Read 36
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 23.2
147% 59.5 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 680
DQ Mixed 354
318% 469 MB/s
213GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0918A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 955 981 102 182 138 171 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1319
Write 963
Mixed 767
SusWrite 422
193% 868 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 166
4K Mixed 24.1
187% 78.5 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 807
DQ Mixed 346
332% 507 MB/s
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0806A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 660 155 150 152 117 364 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,627
Write 1,223
Mixed 986
SusWrite 266
228% 1,026 MB/s
4K Read 42.7
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 24
163% 64.9 MB/s
DQ Read 502
DQ Write 702
DQ Mixed 411
364% 538 MB/s
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0429A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 557 539 374 561 328 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 1551
Write 964
Mixed 825
SusWrite 431
209% 943 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 80.4
4K Mixed 20.7
125% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 318
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 164
158% 249 MB/s
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0918A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 436 125 449 133 125 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 662
Write 523
Mixed 527
SusWrite 262
110% 494 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 72.2
4K Mixed 22.1
117% 42.5 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 292
224% 304 MB/s
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Typical C2000 256GB Builds (Compare 14,539 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 23%
Surfboard

System: Default string

CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples1,019x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples958x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples906x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples486x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples458x
SSD
C2000 256GBBench 162%, 13 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples1,367x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples488x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples354x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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