Average Bench: 86.5% (380th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Amazon EC2 NVMe
Poor: 69%Average: 86.5% Great: 96%

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Very good average bench

The Nvme Amazon EC2 NVMe 250GB averaged just 13.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Amazon EC2 NVMe 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 191MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 42.2MB/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. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 258MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Min Avg Max
577 Read 587 594
257 Write 258 259
468 Mixed 523 577
144 SusWrite 155 159
84.7% 381 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23 4K Read 31.8 37.5
52.2 4K Write 75.7 88.4
22.6 4K Mixed 42.2 51.2
142% 49.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
249 DQ Read 269 291
136 DQ Write 142 149
176 DQ Mixed 191 235
146% 201 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
233GB free
Firmware: 0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 155 155 155 155 155 MB/s
Read 594
Write 259
Mixed 576
SusWrite 159
88% 397 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 85.6
4K Mixed 51.2
168% 58.1 MB/s
DQ Read 291
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 176
141% 201 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 155 155 155 155 155 MB/s
Read 588
Write 258
Mixed 469
SusWrite 159
82% 368 MB/s
4K Read 36
4K Write 88.4
4K Mixed 49.9
165% 58.1 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 136
DQ Mixed 177
140% 199 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 155 155 155 155 155 MB/s
Read 589
Write 259
Mixed 577
SusWrite 159
88% 396 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 76.4
4K Mixed 45.1
145% 50.7 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 177
138% 191 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 158 151 159 140 82 MB/s
Read 577
Write 257
Mixed 468
SusWrite 144
80% 362 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 52.2
4K Mixed 22.6
91% 32.6 MB/s
DQ Read 253
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 235
165% 211 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,901,967 SSDs tested

Typical Amazon EC2 NVMe 250GB Builds (Compare 3 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 99%
Nuclear submarine

System: Amazon g5.xlarge

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