Average Bench: 60.4% (800th of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: W552-256G
Poor: 60%Average: 60.4% Great: 61%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The W552-256G 256GB averaged 39.5% 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 294MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 396MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 10.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 27MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Min Avg Max
387 Read 396 404
325 Write 339 351
314 Mixed 332 348
331 SusWrite 334 341
78.8% 350 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.9 4K Read 13.2 14.2
18 4K Write 27 35.8
10.1 4K Mixed 10.7 11.5
48% 17 MB/s
Min Avg Max
104 DQ Read 147 171
287 DQ Write 294 304
33.1 DQ Mixed 35.9 41.5
79.8% 159 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0803A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 330 349 337 333 335 MB/s
Read 398
Write 341
Mixed 334
SusWrite 331
79% 351 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 27.2
4K Mixed 10.4
48% 17.1 MB/s
DQ Read 171
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 33.1
80% 164 MB/s
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0803A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 347 321 327 363 363 MB/s
Read 404
Write 351
Mixed 348
SusWrite 341
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 14.2
4K Write 18
4K Mixed 10.1
44% 14.1 MB/s
DQ Read 166
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 33.2
82% 168 MB/s
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0511A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 328 340 322 337 337 MB/s
Read 387
Write 325
Mixed 314
SusWrite 331
76% 339 MB/s
4K Read 11.9
4K Write 35.8
4K Mixed 11.5
52% 19.7 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 41.5
77% 146 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,738,174 SSDs tested

Typical W552-256G 256GB Builds (Compare 16 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: INET V14

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