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Effective Speed -19%Effective Speed -19%Average Score -19%Read -3%, Write 7%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed -38%, 4K Mixed -73%, SusWrite -0%Peak Score -24%Read -6%, Write -8%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -12%, 4K Mixed -93%, SusWrite -9%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -181%DQ Read -135%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -656%, ADQ Read -116%, ADQ Write 11%, ADQ Mixed -797%, Age 298%, AS-SSD Total -45%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 82.8% (445^th of 1074)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: RGB SSD 256GB

Poor: 78%Average: 82.8% Great: 85%

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Very good average bench

The RGB 256GB 256GB averaged just 17.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the RGB 256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 91.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 322MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 29MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 151MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 44582.8%

Min	Avg	Max
412	Read 446	479
415	Write 434	448
34.1	Mixed 261	378
193	SusWrite 296	355
80.6% 359 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.9	4K Read 26.1	32.9
81.4	4K Write 91.8	110
20.8	4K Mixed 26	30.2
121% 48 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
144	DQ Read 151	156
308	DQ Write 322	331
0.3	DQ Mixed 29	43.8
81.1% 167 MB/s

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

ARG-User, 21 months ago.

116GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0707B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 416 258 84 55 44 MB/s

85.4% Excellent

Write 448

Mixed 378

SusWrite 193

84% 375 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 30.2

147% 57.8 MB/s

DQ Read 152

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 42.9

89% 175 MB/s

ARG-User, 22 months ago.

105GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0707B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 403 410 429 367 82 MB/s

85.4% Excellent

Write 415

Mixed 370

SusWrite 340

88% 394 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 83.9

4K Mixed 27.1

119% 45.8 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 43.8

90% 176 MB/s

GBR-User, 17 months ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0205A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 319 346 349 400 421 MB/s

77.6% Very good

Write 437

Mixed 34.1

SusWrite 355

69% 309 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 81.4

4K Mixed 20.8

98% 40.4 MB/s

DQ Read 144

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 0.3

64% 151 MB/s

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock A320M-HD

CPU
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples	107x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	96x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	79x

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RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	75x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	62x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	45x

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256GB 256GBRGBBench 83%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 17,908 samples	75x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	32x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	27x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $205

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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256GB 256GB

Average Bench: 82.8% (445^th of 1074)

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