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Effective Speed -44%Effective Speed -44%Average Score -44%Read -10%, Write -28%, 4K Read -48%, 4K Write -45%, Mixed -45%, 4K Mixed -95%, SusWrite -37%Peak Score -17%Read 1%, Write -15%, 4K Read -27%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite -25%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -44%DQ Read -22%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed -40%, ADQ Read -99%, ADQ Write -18%, ADQ Mixed -150%, Age 3%, AS-SSD Total -16%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 68.2% (695^th of 1072)

Based on 63 user benchmarks. Model: 120GB

Poor: 40%Average: 68.2% Great: 96%

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Above average average bench

The 120GB 120GB averaged 31.8% 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 104MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 244MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 120GB 120GB is 55.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the 120GB 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 216MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 248MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 63 samples)

Rank 69568.2%

Min	Avg	Max
277	Read 415	512
90.9	Write 317	423
35.6	Mixed 248	386
51.2	SusWrite 216	309
66.8% 299 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.98	4K Read 23.2	33.9
17.9	4K Write 60.2	107
1.4	4K Mixed 23.1	45
96.6% 35.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
56	DQ Read 164	302
79.6	DQ Write 244	328
1.51	DQ Mixed 104	236
107% 170 MB/s

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

IDN-User, 4 months ago.

30GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ZD0R0248

SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 116 66 58 47 52 MB/s

61.6% Good

Write 161

Mixed 200

SusWrite 76.3

41% 186 MB/s

4K Read 5.6

4K Write 95.5

4K Mixed 39.9

110% 47 MB/s

DQ Read 89.4

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 152

132% 188 MB/s

IDN-User, 7 months ago.

26GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0326A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 96 49 32 41 35 MB/s

56.7% Above average

Write 345

Mixed 134

SusWrite 68.2

55% 248 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 76.7

4K Mixed 12.4

88% 36.6 MB/s

DQ Read 93.7

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 2

62% 142 MB/s

IDN-User, 2 months ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0326A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 40 49 37 53 45 MB/s

31.7% Below average

Write 61.6

Mixed 139

SusWrite 45.3

31% 140 MB/s

4K Read 14.5

4K Write 38.1

4K Mixed 6.3

50% 19.6 MB/s

DQ Read 65.3

DQ Write 21.2

DQ Mixed 12

17% 32.8 MB/s

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PH

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	102x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	74x
Core i5-4440Intel $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	60x

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HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	119x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	67x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	37x

SSD
120GB 120GBBench 68%, 63 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	15x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	11x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $209

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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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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

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