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ESA3SMN2ISN1BQ256GB 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 75.4% (567th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: ESA3SMN2ISN1BQ256GB
Poor: 66%Average: 75.4% Great: 86%

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Good average bench

The ESA3SMN2ISN1BQ256GB 256GB averaged 24.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ESA3SMN2ISN1BQ256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 324MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 91.8MB/s

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 Read Speed 76.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 30.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 56775.4%
Min Avg Max
452 Read 480 508
354 Write 378 415
36.5 Mixed 290 361
77.7 SusWrite 223 388
76.5% 343 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.6 4K Read 25.7 27.1
71.9 4K Write 91.8 114
5.1 4K Mixed 21 26.9
114% 46.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
68.4 DQ Read 76.2 84.3
315 DQ Write 324 335
0.5 DQ Mixed 30.4 39.5
72.7% 143 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0409A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 407 407 410 307 406 MB/s
86.4% Excellent
Read 507
Write 390
Mixed 360
SusWrite 388
92% 411 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 71.9
4K Mixed 24.4
110% 41.1 MB/s
DQ Read 84.3
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 38.9
80% 153 MB/s
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0409A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 208 164 153 153 175 MB/s
79% Very good
Read 508
Write 375
Mixed 343
SusWrite 195
79% 355 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 24.6
128% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 75.6
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 36.1
74% 143 MB/s
99GB free
Firmware: U0409A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 335 20 54 20 19 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 476
Write 415
Mixed 361
SusWrite 147
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 26.9
135% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 81.1
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 39.5
80% 152 MB/s
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0409A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 157 378 393 392 400 MB/s
68.1% Good
Read 452
Write 355
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 309
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 75
4K Mixed 5.1
82% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 68.4
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 0.5
56% 128 MB/s
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0409A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 11 77 55 23 53 MB/s
66.1% Good
Read 456
Write 354
Mixed 347
SusWrite 77.7
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 87.9
4K Mixed 23.8
116% 45.8 MB/s
DQ Read 71.5
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 36.9
74% 141 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,854,062 SSDs tested

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Gaming 25%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 22%
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CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples1,022x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples959x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples908x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples487x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples460x
SSD
ESA3SMN2ISN1BQ256GB 256GBBench 75%, 5 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples1,369x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples490x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples354x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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