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Effective Speed -159%Effective Speed -159%Average Score -178%Read -133%, Write -310%, 4K Read -64%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -200%, 4K Mixed -111%, SusWrite -407%Peak Score -219%Read -156%, Write -406%, 4K Read -188%, 4K Write -67%, Mixed -247%, 4K Mixed -144%, SusWrite -325%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -184%DQ Read -360%, DQ Write -77%, DQ Mixed -249%, ADQ Read -269%, ADQ Write -47%, ADQ Mixed -212%, Age -65%, AS-SSD Total -195%

Average Bench: 211% (98^th of 1080)

Based on 73 user benchmarks. Model: PCS M.2 NVME SSD 256GB

Poor: 146%Average: 211% Great: 261%

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Outstanding average bench

The PCS M.2 NVME SSD 256GB averaged 110.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PCS M.2 NVME SSD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 475MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 856MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PCS M.2 NVME SSD 256GB is 115%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PCS M.2 NVME SSD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 623MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 464MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 73 samples)

Rank 98211%

Min	Avg	Max
823	Read 1,800	2,313
419	Write 1,135	1,272
501	Mixed 1,076	1,346
228	SusWrite 623	1,076
258% 1,158 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
37.4	4K Read 54.2	66.6
93.8	4K Write 167	227
21.3	4K Mixed 52.4	89.9
238% 91.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
280	DQ Read 464	505
397	DQ Write 856	1,075
237	DQ Mixed 475	601
413% 599 MB/s

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ISR-User, 1 month ago.

238GB free

Firmware: U0806A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1021 1026 1023 1023 1004 1031 MB/s

210% Outstanding

Write 1,199

Mixed 997

SusWrite 1,021

272% 1,216 MB/s

4K Read 53.4

4K Write 137

4K Mixed 27.5

188% 72.5 MB/s

DQ Read 499

DQ Write 732

DQ Mixed 405

365% 546 MB/s

ITA-User, 10 days ago.

145GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H220902a Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1238 860 214 108 137 152 MB/s

209% Outstanding

Write 1,263

Mixed 1,201

SusWrite 452

281% 1,270 MB/s

4K Read 51

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 66.5

222% 76.6 MB/s

DQ Read 469

DQ Write 697

DQ Mixed 603

451% 590 MB/s

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Workstation 280%

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System: Pcspecialist Recoil Pro 16

CPU
Core i9-13900HXIntelBench 115%, 8,895 samples	38x

GPU
RTX 4090 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 207%, 4,449 samples	33x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 8%, 10,524 samples	4x
RTX 4080 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 188%, 4,213 samples	1x

SSD
M.2 NVME SSD 256GBPCSBench 211%, 73 samples	11x

RAM
CMS5X16G1A48C40A2-PC 2x16GBCorsairBench 132%, 168 samples	21x
KF556S40-32 2x31.5GBKingstonBench 155%, 655 samples	6x
KF564S38-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 159%, 41 samples	6x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $72
Intel Core i5-13600K $218	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $400

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