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Series NVMe SSD 250G 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 206% (94th of 1074)

Based on 161 user benchmarks.  Model: M2 Series NVMe SSD 250G
Poor: 92%Average: 206% Great: 282%

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Outstanding average bench

The M2 Series NVMe SSD 250G 250GB averaged 105.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the M2 Series NVMe SSD 250G 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 345MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,562MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M2 Series NVMe SSD 250G 250GB is 190%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the M2 Series NVMe SSD 250G 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 730MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 121MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 161 samples)
Rank 94206%
Min Avg Max
509 Read 1,562 2,023
457 Write 1,347 2,397
451 Mixed 1,025 1,388
294 SusWrite 730 1,121
261% 1,166 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.8 4K Read 54.8 66.7
37.8 4K Write 121 190
29 4K Mixed 60.1 87.5
224% 78.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
182 DQ Read 673 1,561
166 DQ Write 699 1,173
79.6 DQ Mixed 345 814
353% 572 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.6.C2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1103 1103 1152 646 63 278 MB/s
203% Outstanding
Read 1,848
Write 1,210
Mixed 1,212
SusWrite 724
278% 1,248 MB/s
4K Read 52.6
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 57.3
210% 72.8 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 542
DQ Mixed 104
175% 333 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN10610 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1660 449 257 168 172 168 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,656
Write 1,852
Mixed 1,029
SusWrite 479
281% 1,254 MB/s
4K Read 44.5
4K Write 84.3
4K Mixed 56.3
184% 61.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,179
DQ Write 684
DQ Mixed 639
554% 834 MB/s
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.6.C2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1047 855 774 957 332 308 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 1,551
Write 1,167
Mixed 1,113
SusWrite 712
254% 1,136 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 62.5
4K Mixed 40
143% 47.2 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 529
DQ Mixed 116
178% 330 MB/s
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN9286 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1182 752 230 250 240 160 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 1,130
Write 1121
Mixed 1,042
SusWrite 469
211% 940 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 60.1
4K Mixed 45.6
152% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 441
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 352
265% 359 MB/s
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Gaming 83%
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Desktop 84%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples150x
Core i7-5930KIntel  $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples49x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples15x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples24x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples23x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples20x
SSD
Series NVMe SSD 250G 250GBM2Bench 206%, 161 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair  $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples9x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 2,702 samples8x
Team-Elite-2400 8x4GBTeamBench 121%, 40 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $440

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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