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S3SSDA256-ECS-1 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 63.4% (769th of 1080)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: S3SSDA256-ECS-1
Poor: 56%Average: 63.4% Great: 81%

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Above average average bench

The S3SSDA256-ECS-1 256GB averaged 36.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 180MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 21.8MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the S3SSDA256-ECS-1 256GB is 25%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the S3SSDA256-ECS-1 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 290MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 336MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 76963.4%
Min Avg Max
292 Read 336 436
245 Write 303 352
249 Mixed 306 371
194 SusWrite 290 336
69.5% 309 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.1 4K Read 17.6 26.8
35 4K Write 46.9 59.1
14.8 4K Mixed 21.8 32
79.3% 28.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
154 DQ Read 193 216
119 DQ Write 160 201
138 DQ Mixed 180 225
134% 178 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
220GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H210324a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 334 338 348 355 314 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 329
Write 308
Mixed 280
SusWrite 336
71% 313 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 46.6
4K Mixed 24.5
82% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 212
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 225
164% 212 MB/s
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H210324a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 301 252 303 318 175 MB/s
63.7% Good
Read 349
Write 334
Mixed 305
SusWrite 277
71% 316 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 44.6
4K Mixed 23.8
86% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 133
DQ Mixed 141
106% 143 MB/s
215GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H210324a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 288 290 306 306 350 MB/s
60.1% Good
Read 311
Write 310
Mixed 309
SusWrite 306
70% 309 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 35
4K Mixed 19.1
69% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 160
123% 169 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H210324a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 287 250 288 306 355 MB/s
56.1% Above average
Read 292
Write 262
Mixed 249
SusWrite 294
62% 274 MB/s
4K Read 13.1
4K Write 41.3
4K Mixed 17.6
64% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 177
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 145
110% 149 MB/s
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H210324a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 132 188 191 191 168 MB/s
55.7% Above average
Read 294
Write 293
Mixed 287
SusWrite 194
60% 267 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 43.5
4K Mixed 25
82% 28.8 MB/s
DQ Read 169
DQ Write 119
DQ Mixed 138
104% 142 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,559,938 SSDs tested

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Typical S3SSDA256-ECS-1 256GB Builds (Compare 45 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 26%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Juana SF20GM7

CPU
Celeron N4020IntelBench 21%, 5,047 samples45x
GPU
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples45x
SSD
S3SSDA256-ECS-1 256GBBench 63%, 8 samples9x
RAM
NMSO440D85-2666E 1x4GBUnknownBench 22%, 67 samples19x
WAR4S2666D19041C 1x4GBUnknownBench 14%, 10 samples8x
LD4AS004G-H2666GSC 1x4GBUnknownBench 14%, 10 samples6x
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