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Vi550 S3 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 52.1% (879th of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: Verbatim Vi550 S3
Poor: 35%Average: 52.1% Great: 67%

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Average average bench

The Verbatim Vi550 S3 256GB averaged 47.8% 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 Random Read Speed 18.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 381MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Verbatim Vi550 S3 256GB is 32.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Verbatim Vi550 S3 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 23.1MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 89MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 87952.1%
Min Avg Max
318 Read 381 412
299 Write 335 364
297 Mixed 331 356
92.1 SusWrite 251 343
72.9% 324 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.5 4K Read 18.1 21.7
7.2 4K Write 23.1 37.7
9.6 4K Mixed 14.7 19.1
58.4% 18.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
62.8 DQ Read 117 147
11.7 DQ Write 89 149
19 DQ Mixed 31.4 39.3
42.9% 79 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
182GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 350 348 322 341 345 MB/s
67.3% Good
Read 412
Write 364
Mixed 356
SusWrite 343
83% 369 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 37.7
4K Mixed 19.1
77% 26.2 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 32.6
55% 107 MB/s
182GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 334 348 359 362 358 MB/s
64.8% Good
Read 404
Write 359
Mixed 347
SusWrite 340
82% 363 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 37.3
4K Mixed 18.9
71% 24.7 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 34.2
54% 103 MB/s
221GB free
Firmware: 2501
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 280 283 282 278 289 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 318
Write 299
Mixed 297
SusWrite 284
68% 300 MB/s
4K Read 15.5
4K Write 15.9
4K Mixed 13.3
49% 14.9 MB/s
DQ Read 62.8
DQ Write 54.9
DQ Mixed 39.3
35% 52.3 MB/s
34GB free
Firmware: 8101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 48 51 54 55 51 MB/s
43.2% Average
Read 377
Write 349
Mixed 333
SusWrite 92.1
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 16.2
4K Write 31.4
4K Mixed 14.5
60% 20.7 MB/s
DQ Read 94.2
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 32
42% 76.3 MB/s
128GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 200 14 13 174 5.4 MB/s
34.9% Below average
Read 379
Write 302
Mixed 310
SusWrite 114
62% 276 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 7.2
4K Mixed 9.6
43% 11.5 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,794,198 SSDs tested

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Typical Vi550 S3 256GB Builds (Compare 1,784 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples463x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples356x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples290x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples154x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples102x
SSD
Vi550 S3 256GBVerbatimBench 52%, 6 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples51x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples42x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples32x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $77

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