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M390 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 202% (95th of 1072)

Based on 259 user benchmarks.  Model: MSI M390 250GB
Poor: 102%Average: 202% Great: 267%

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Outstanding average bench

The MSI M390 250GB averaged 102.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MSI M390 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 772MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 864MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI M390 250GB is 165%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the MSI M390 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 658MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 1,051MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 259 samples)
Rank 95202%
Min Avg Max
233 Read 1,198 1,576
229 Write 1,237 1,698
359 Mixed 1,051 1,343
138 SusWrite 658 1,161
233% 1,036 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21 4K Read 54.5 68.7
57.1 4K Write 175 291
24 4K Mixed 65.9 90.4
260% 98.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
338 DQ Read 740 857
197 DQ Write 864 1,453
119 DQ Mixed 772 1,040
590% 792 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EHFM32.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1655 1670 1249 423 187 100 MB/s
276% Outstanding
Read 1,608
Write 1,677
Mixed 1,283
SusWrite 881
306% 1,362 MB/s
4K Read 62.8
4K Write 272
4K Mixed 85.6
349% 140 MB/s
DQ Read 820
DQ Write 1,509
DQ Mixed 1,008
810% 1,112 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EHFM32.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1263 879 758 388 224 114 MB/s
192% Outstanding
Read 1375
Write 1,310
Mixed 1,133
SusWrite 604
248% 1,106 MB/s
4K Read 48.7
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 61.6
218% 77.6 MB/s
DQ Read 653
DQ Write 808
DQ Mixed 808
588% 756 MB/s
134GB free
Firmware: EHFM32.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 997 1206 1203 761 282 92 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 1,080
Write 1,202
Mixed 866
SusWrite 757
220% 976 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 54.8
192% 68.6 MB/s
DQ Read 664
DQ Write 667
DQ Mixed 788
558% 706 MB/s
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EHFM32.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1053 587 652 816 344 314 MB/s
173% Outstanding
Read 1,158
Write 1,501
Mixed 538
SusWrite 628
215% 956 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 63.9
190% 70.4 MB/s
DQ Read 784
DQ Write 480
DQ Mixed 613
462% 626 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EHFM32.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 771 493 158 95 96 96 MB/s
92.4% Outstanding
Read 215
Write 790
Mixed 835
SusWrite 285
122% 531 MB/s
4K Read 10.8
4K Write 87.4
4K Mixed 47.2
123% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 671
DQ Write 518
DQ Mixed 603
449% 597 MB/s
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Typical M390 250GB Builds (Compare 4,029 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 101%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 95%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B660 GAMING X DDR4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel  $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples1,371x
Core i5-12600KFIntel  $155Bench 109%, 40,032 samples428x
Core i5-12600KIntel  $182Bench 109%, 101,563 samples408x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples523x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples488x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples400x
SSD
M390 250GBMSIBench 202%, 259 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples171x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples170x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples135x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $471

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