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Vi550 S3 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 67.4% (706th of 1072)

Based on 433 user benchmarks.  Model: Verbatim Vi550 S3
Poor: 32%Average: 67.4% Great: 92%

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Above average average bench

The Verbatim Vi550 S3 256GB averaged 32.5% 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 Random Read Speed 26.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 256MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Verbatim Vi550 S3 256GB is 60.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Verbatim Vi550 S3 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 113MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 32.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 433 samples)
Rank 70667.4%
Min Avg Max
328 Read 438 511
203 Write 363 442
17.1 Mixed 330 420
33.8 SusWrite 225 420
75.9% 339 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.6 4K Read 26.2 35.2
6.03 4K Write 64.6 108
0.28 4K Mixed 17.9 27.4
96.8% 36.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.3 DQ Read 113 217
33.1 DQ Write 256 342
0.5 DQ Mixed 32.8 44.6
68.2% 134 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0802A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 352 387 393 389 389 MB/s
84.1% Excellent
Read 477
Write 379
Mixed 378
SusWrite 365
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 81.4
4K Mixed 19.3
114% 43.8 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 29.3
75% 150 MB/s
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0802A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 396 258 394 411 136 MB/s
78.1% Very good
Read 495
Write 390
Mixed 305
SusWrite 308
84% 375 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 82.9
4K Mixed 19.5
104% 41.9 MB/s
DQ Read 86.2
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 29.4
71% 141 MB/s
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0802A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 350 357 29 29 237 MB/s
74.7% Very good
Read 486
Write 388
Mixed 386
SusWrite 221
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 85.1
4K Mixed 20.1
112% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 80.3
DQ Write 319
DQ Mixed 28.8
72% 143 MB/s
134GB free
Firmware: W0802A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 203 199 204 206 213 MB/s
69.1% Good
Read 376
Write 336
Mixed 332
SusWrite 204
70% 312 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 85.1
4K Mixed 21.9
120% 46 MB/s
DQ Read 98.9
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 30.2
55% 105 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,731,933 SSDs tested

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Typical Vi550 S3 256GB Builds (Compare 939 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: MSI H97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples232x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples156x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples116x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples121x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples79x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples47x
SSD
Vi550 S3 256GBVerbatimBench 67%, 433 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples37x
CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 24GBUnknownBench 60%, 21 samples19x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples15x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $394

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