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Vi550 S3 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 67.4% (714th of 1080)

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

Average Bench

(Based on 433 samples)
Rank 71467.4%
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%
165GB free
Firmware: W0220A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 435 418 77 121 101 MB/s
97.1% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 434
Mixed 419
SusWrite 263
91% 407 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 31.2
158% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 283
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 42.7
106% 221 MB/s
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VE0R840N
SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 415 414 421 355 103 MB/s
90.3% Outstanding
Read 419
Write 420
Mixed 361
SusWrite 352
87% 388 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 37.8
143% 55.3 MB/s
DQ Read 106
DQ Write 252
DQ Mixed 169
132% 175 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1123A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 420 288 190 143 148 MB/s
90% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 429
Mixed 426
SusWrite 270
92% 409 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 84.3
4K Mixed 28.9
135% 49.5 MB/s
DQ Read 244
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 46.1
102% 206 MB/s
125GB free
Firmware: W0802A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 313 143 26 24 200 MB/s
53.5% Above average
Read 414
Write 349
Mixed 331
SusWrite 166
70% 315 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 39
4K Mixed 14.1
65% 23.5 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 27.9
59% 119 MB/s
234GB free
Firmware: VE0R840N
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 12 12 11 10 MB/s
35.5% Below average
Read 559
Write 13.2
Mixed 19.7
SusWrite 12.1
32% 151 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 4.5
45% 10 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,610,504 SSDs tested

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Typical Vi550 S3 256GB Builds (Compare 981 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 samples241x
Core i7-4790Intel  $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples162x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples121x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples126x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples82x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples49x
SSD
Vi550 S3 256GBVerbatimBench 67%, 433 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples38x
CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 24GBUnknownBench 60%, 22 samples19x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples16x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $394

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