S3 240GB

S3 240GB
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Effective Speed -20%Effective Speed -20%Average Score -25%Read -13%, Write -45%, 4K Read -4%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite -54%Peak Score -31%Read -4%, Write -14%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -45%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite -88%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +29% DQ Read -14%, DQ Write -2%, DQ Mixed -47%, ADQ Read -11%, ADQ Write 11%, ADQ Mixed -22%, Age 330%, AS-SSD Total -12%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 82.1% (455^th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks. Model: Vi500 S3

Poor: 73%Average: 82.1% Great: 93%

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Very good average bench

The Vi500 S3 240GB averaged just 17.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Vi500 S3 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 214MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 32.9MB/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. Sustained Write Speed 193MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 279MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)

Rank 45582.1%

Min	Avg	Max
191	Read 405	487
104	Write 279	427
334	Mixed 349	372
170	SusWrite 193	206
68.6% 307 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.5	4K Read 32.9	39.1
50.1	4K Write 70.9	84.4
27.5	4K Mixed 34.9	40.9
132% 46.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
269	DQ Read 294	321
302	DQ Write 322	352
205	DQ Mixed 214	225
187% 277 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MMR-User, 2 months ago.

223GB free

Firmware: SBFMP1.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 260 132 136 136 137 MB/s

93.3% Outstanding

Write 427

Mixed 372

SusWrite 206

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 35.3

4K Write 84.4

4K Mixed 40.9

151% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 321

DQ Write 352

DQ Mixed 220

198% 298 MB/s

MYS-User, 11 months ago.

138GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFMP1.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 187 133 133 135 133 MB/s

89.8% Excellent

Write 322

Mixed 348

SusWrite 194

74% 333 MB/s

4K Read 39.1

4K Write 78.9

4K Mixed 38.9

151% 52.3 MB/s

DQ Read 271

DQ Write 319

DQ Mixed 207

180% 266 MB/s

IND-User, 20 months ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFMP1.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 188 126 127 127 131 MB/s

80.8% Excellent

Write 393

Mixed 355

SusWrite 168

77% 343 MB/s

4K Read 31.8

4K Write 65.5

4K Mixed 33.3

126% 43.5 MB/s

DQ Read 286

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 212

187% 277 MB/s

MYS-User, 7 months ago.

178GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFMP1.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 139 121 127 129 126 MB/s

80.7% Excellent

Write 243

Mixed 355

SusWrite 170

68% 304 MB/s

4K Read 32

4K Write 67.4

4K Mixed 34.1

128% 44.5 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 212

182% 267 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware 17

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	454x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	308x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	124x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	628x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	119x
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	99x

SSD
S3 240GBVi500Bench 82%, 5 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,671 samples	113x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	80x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 53%, 1,523 samples	64x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $209

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Vi500

S3 240GB

Average Bench: 82.1% (455^th of 1072)

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S3 240GB

Average Bench: 82.1% (455th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 82.1% (455^th of 1072)