Volume1 720GB

Volume1 720GB
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Effective Speed -4%Effective Speed -4%Average Score -28%Read 17%, Write 19%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write 7%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -166%Peak Score -56%Read 6%, Write -1%, 4K Read -69%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -20%, 4K Mixed -227%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -74%DQ Read -73%, DQ Write 4%, DQ Mixed -243%, ADQ Read -82%, ADQ Write 26%, ADQ Mixed -179%, Age -20%, AS-SSD Total -28%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 94.3% (284^th of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: Volume1

Poor: 94%Average: 94.3% Great: 95%

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Excellent average bench

The Volume1 720GB averaged just 5.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Volume1 720GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 363MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 93.8MB/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 Random Mixed IO Speed 16.9MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 179MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 28494.3%

Min	Avg	Max
533	Read 536	539
480	Write 481	482
349	Mixed 351	353
101% 456 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.6	4K Read 24.5	25.4
90.8	4K Write 93.8	96.7
16	4K Mixed 16.9	17.8
108% 45 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
146	DQ Read 179	212
353	DQ Write 363	374
90.1	DQ Mixed 93.4	96.7
122% 212 MB/s

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

DNK-User, 7 years ago.

348GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s

94.8% Outstanding

Write 482

Mixed 353

102% 458 MB/s

4K Read 25.4

4K Write 96.7

4K Mixed 17.8

112% 46.6 MB/s

DQ Read 146

DQ Write 353

DQ Mixed 96.7

118% 199 MB/s

DNK-User, 7 years ago.

549GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

93.9% Outstanding

Write 480

Mixed 349

101% 454 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 90.8

4K Mixed 16

104% 43.4 MB/s

DQ Read 212

DQ Write 374

DQ Mixed 90.1

126% 225 MB/s

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	623x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	544x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	359x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	307x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x

SSD
Volume1 720GBBench 94%, 2 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	149x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $253

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Volume1 720GB

Average Bench: 94.3% (284^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

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Volume1 720GB

Average Bench: 94.3% (284th of 1072)

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