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2450 NVMe 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 163% (139th of 1072)

Based on 243 user benchmarks.  Model: Micron 2450 NVMe 256GB
Poor: 71%Average: 163% Great: 248%

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Outstanding average bench

The Micron 2450 NVMe 256GB averaged 63.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Micron 2450 NVMe 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 604MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,174MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Micron 2450 NVMe 256GB is 177%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Micron 2450 NVMe 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 628MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 243 samples)
Rank 139163%
Min Avg Max
249 Read 935 1,517
183 Write 1,174 1,820
360 Mixed 976 1,519
157 SusWrite 628 1,108
210% 928 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.4 4K Read 41.4 64.6
27.7 4K Write 122 257
16.6 4K Mixed 53.1 83.3
195% 72.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
183 DQ Read 675 836
92.6 DQ Write 557 1,291
110 DQ Mixed 604 1,030
456% 612 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 24500007 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 734 448 471 481 320 304 MB/s
252% Outstanding
Read 1,486
Write 1,788
Mixed 1,453
SusWrite 460
292% 1,297 MB/s
4K Read 66.7
4K Write 324
4K Mixed 92.7
392% 161 MB/s
DQ Read 801
DQ Write 1252
DQ Mixed 1,024
776% 1,026 MB/s
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 24500007 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 259 205 180 137 180 MB/s
183% Outstanding
Read 1,379
Write 1,806
Mixed 1,264
SusWrite 262
265% 1,178 MB/s
4K Read 48.3
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 64.4
226% 82 MB/s
DQ Read 834
DQ Write 1,043
DQ Mixed 1,021
747% 966 MB/s
163GB free
Firmware: 24500007 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 683 855 1027 1101 1072 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 1,206
Write 1,127
Mixed 984
SusWrite 861
235% 1,044 MB/s
4K Read 41
4K Write 81.7
4K Mixed 49.1
168% 57.3 MB/s
DQ Read 820
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 576
425% 574 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 24500007 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1552 998 398 114 101 99 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,064
Write 1549
Mixed 1,052
SusWrite 544
238% 1,052 MB/s
4K Read 43.1
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 55.2
189% 66.4 MB/s
DQ Read 802
DQ Write 427
DQ Mixed 707
501% 645 MB/s
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 24500007 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 719 827 910 337 386 213 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 731
Write 825
Mixed 747
SusWrite 565
162% 717 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 76.7
4K Mixed 27.7
138% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 434
DQ Write 257
DQ Mixed 304
237% 332 MB/s
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 24500004 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 98 93 97 54 91 MB/s
88.9% Excellent
Read 293
Write 137
Mixed 132
SusWrite 105
37% 167 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 88.7
4K Mixed 54.2
139% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 834
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 115
206% 422 MB/s
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Gaming 26%
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Desktop 98%
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Workstation 27%
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System: Dell G15 5520

CPU
Core i7-12700HIntelBench 97%, 52,857 samples1,704x
Core i5-12500HIntelBench 94%, 11,588 samples869x
Core i9-12900HIntelBench 99%, 15,403 samples85x
GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples1,239x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples572x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 56%, 3,386 samples395x
SSD
2450 NVMe 256GBMicronBench 163%, 243 samples1x
RAM
M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 2x8GBUnknownBench 122%, 4,457 samples727x
HMCG66MEBSA095N 2x8GBUnknownBench 119%, 1,777 samples427x
HMCG66MEBSA092N 2x8GBUnknownBench 121%, 2,777 samples365x
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