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SSTC-PHI-E13256 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 195% (102nd of 1072)

Based on 30 user benchmarks.  Model: SSTC-PHI-E13256
Poor: 159%Average: 195% Great: 232%

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Outstanding average bench

The SSTC-PHI-E13256 256GB averaged 95.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSTC-PHI-E13256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 694MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 959MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSTC-PHI-E13256 256GB is 72.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SSTC-PHI-E13256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 705MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 998MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 30 samples)
Rank 102195%
Min Avg Max
594 Read 998 1,139
774 Write 1,177 1,391
666 Mixed 1,015 1172
314 SusWrite 705 1,151
220% 974 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.2 4K Read 45.7 60.7
45.3 4K Write 178 286
25 4K Mixed 67 92.8
250% 97 MB/s
Min Avg Max
361 DQ Read 642 680
281 DQ Write 959 1,224
329 DQ Mixed 694 804
555% 765 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM90.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1139 1171 1185 1190 1196 612 MB/s
188% Outstanding
Read 1,025
Write 1,164
Mixed 1,020
SusWrite 1,082
242% 1,073 MB/s
4K Read 36.4
4K Write 98
4K Mixed 52.3
174% 62.2 MB/s
DQ Read 633
DQ Write 590
DQ Mixed 648
476% 624 MB/s
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM90.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1090 647 255 61 62 64 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 980
Write 1,128
Mixed 976
SusWrite 363
194% 862 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 218
4K Mixed 67.4
272% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 649
DQ Write 1,121
DQ Mixed 644
556% 804 MB/s
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM90.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1196 714 43 2.4 0.2 119 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 1,031
Write 1,085
Mixed 1,030
SusWrite 346
196% 873 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 56
190% 67.9 MB/s
DQ Read 629
DQ Write 497
DQ Mixed 652
464% 593 MB/s
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM90.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 643 670 462 322 277 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 619
Write 642
Mixed 608
SusWrite 493
133% 591 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 85.5
4K Mixed 48.8
155% 55.1 MB/s
DQ Read 669
DQ Write 660
DQ Mixed 696
514% 675 MB/s
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM90.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 868 913 662 151 727 73 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 702
Write 190
Mixed 823
SusWrite 566
128% 570 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 92.6
4K Mixed 43.5
140% 53.2 MB/s
DQ Read 530
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 422
314% 421 MB/s
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM90.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1179 536 422 217 65 71 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 948
Write 1,182
Mixed 976
SusWrite 415
198% 880 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 54.6
4K Mixed 39.5
128% 42.1 MB/s
DQ Read 421
DQ Write 269
DQ Mixed 349
259% 346 MB/s
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Typical SSTC-PHI-E13256 256GB Builds (Compare 2,290 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: Asus TUF GAMING B660M-PLUS D4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel  $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples683x
Core i5-12400Intel  $162Bench 98%, 17,352 samples248x
Core i5-12600KIntel  $177Bench 109%, 101,563 samples246x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples308x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples241x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples182x
SSD
SSTC-PHI-E13256 256GBBench 195%, 30 samples1x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples142x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples130x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples75x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $388

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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