SQF-S25M8-256G-S8C 256GB

SQF-S25M8-256G-S8C 256GB
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Effective Speed -57%Effective Speed -57%Average Score -61%Read -10%, Write -16%, 4K Read -92%, 4K Write -63%, Mixed -62%, 4K Mixed -173%, SusWrite -14%Peak Score -47%Read -1%, Write -26%, 4K Read -84%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -158%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -158%DQ Read -166%, DQ Write -61%, DQ Mixed -365%, ADQ Read -179%, ADQ Write -52%, ADQ Mixed -360%, Age 3%, AS-SSD Total -85%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 62.8% (770^th of 1072)

Based on 32 user benchmarks. Model: SQF-S25M8-256G-S8C

Poor: 49%Average: 62.8% Great: 73%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The SQF-S25M8-256G-S8C 256GB averaged 37.1% 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 190MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 416MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SQF-S25M8-256G-S8C 256GB is 25%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SQF-S25M8-256G-S8C 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 117MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 222MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)

Rank 77062.8%

Min	Avg	Max
188	Read 416	503
191	Write 349	384
121	Mixed 222	355
68.7	SusWrite 260	382
69.8% 312 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.3	4K Read 17.9	23.4
28.1	4K Write 53.8	88.1
8.87	4K Mixed 16.5	22.6
76.7% 29.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.4	DQ Read 117	138
57.8	DQ Write 190	222
8.53	DQ Mixed 56.5	71.3
70.1% 121 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TWN-User, 21 months ago.

47GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8FM06A7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 301 341 337 356 314 MB/s

73.5% Very good

Write 357

Mixed 233

SusWrite 317

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 61.3

4K Mixed 21

91% 34.3 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 219

DQ Mixed 68.4

83% 142 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 years ago.

204GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8FM06A7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 316 350 327 367 351 MB/s

72.4% Very good

Write 372

Mixed 226

SusWrite 337

77% 342 MB/s

4K Read 20.4

4K Write 64.3

4K Mixed 18.8

89% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 137

DQ Write 220

DQ Mixed 68.1

83% 141 MB/s

NLD-User, 20 months ago.

201GB free

Firmware: S8FM06A7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 383 385 383 384 383 MB/s

70.4% Very good

Write 378

Mixed 211

SusWrite 382

81% 361 MB/s

4K Read 17.1

4K Write 51.2

4K Mixed 12.5

69% 26.9 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 216

DQ Mixed 70.2

83% 141 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

72GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8FM06A7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 327 89 21 16 8.8 MB/s

67.7% Good

Write 370

Mixed 247

SusWrite 130

69% 313 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 78

4K Mixed 22.6

106% 41.3 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 221

DQ Mixed 70.2

84% 143 MB/s

ESP-User, 3 years ago.

126GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8FM06A7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 311 9 27 178 28 MB/s

63.1% Good

Write 351

Mixed 223

SusWrite 150

64% 289 MB/s

4K Read 18.8

4K Write 80.1

4K Mixed 20

96% 39.6 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 217

DQ Mixed 71.3

84% 142 MB/s

ARG-User, 11 months ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8FM06A7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 352 25 3.1 11 6.9 MB/s

60.1% Good

Write 342

Mixed 224

SusWrite 125

62% 281 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 59.4

4K Mixed 22

90% 33.8 MB/s

DQ Read 134

DQ Write 216

DQ Mixed 70.7

83% 140 MB/s

TWN-User, 3 years ago.

91GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8FM06A7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 71 108 149 182 106 MB/s

52.6% Above average

Write 345

Mixed 209

SusWrite 148

61% 272 MB/s

4K Read 14.7

4K Write 51.9

4K Mixed 14.1

68% 26.9 MB/s

DQ Read 136

DQ Write 221

DQ Mixed 53

76% 137 MB/s

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Typical SQF-S25M8-256G-S8C 256GB Builds (Compare 705 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	194x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	119x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x

SSD
SQF-S25M8-256G-S8C 256GBBench 63%, 32 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $568

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

SQF-S25M8-256G-S8C 256GB

Average Bench: 62.8% (770^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

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SQF-S25M8-256G-S8C 256GB

Average Bench: 62.8% (770th of 1072)

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 (MS-7758) - $232

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Average Bench: 62.8% (770^th of 1072)