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SM2P41C3 ADATA 256GB

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Effective Speed -265%Effective Speed -265%Average Score -259%Read -258%, Write -367%, 4K Read -98%, 4K Write -127%, Mixed -252%, 4K Mixed -296%, SusWrite -417%Peak Score -250%Read -215%, Write -259%, 4K Read -224%, 4K Write -89%, Mixed -186%, 4K Mixed -451%, SusWrite -326%Value & Sentiment -2,418%User Rating -37%, Market Share -4,800%Nice To Haves -162%DQ Read -208%, DQ Write -71%, DQ Mixed -166%, ADQ Read -222%, ADQ Write -215%, ADQ Mixed -233%, Age -29%, AS-SSD Total -156%

Average Bench: 149% (164^th of 1080)

Based on 99 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe SM2P41C3 NVMe ADATA 256GB

Poor: 82%Average: 149% Great: 231%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SM2P41C3 ADATA 256GB averaged 49.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SM2P41C3 ADATA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 446MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,173MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SM2P41C3 ADATA 256GB is 149%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SM2P41C3 ADATA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 27.9MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 610MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 99 samples)

Rank 164149%

Min	Avg	Max
587	Read 1,173	1,881
269	Write 998	1,792
283	Mixed 917	1633
256	SusWrite 610	1,075
207% 924 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19	4K Read 44.8	59.2
27	4K Write 91.5	200
7.1	4K Mixed 27.9	39.7
152% 54.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
237	DQ Read 531	752
108	DQ Write 399	1,110
120	DQ Mixed 446	789
338% 458 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FRA-User, 21 days ago.

111GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 92401091 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 875 401 214 154 139 MB/s

153% Outstanding

Write 1,334

Mixed 1,215

SusWrite 431

246% 1,099 MB/s

4K Read 49.7

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 27.3

166% 60.6 MB/s

DQ Read 665

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 565

400% 517 MB/s

BRA-User, 25 days ago.

130GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 92401091 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 902 931 364 458 419 403 MB/s

149% Outstanding

Write 1,299

Mixed 1,064

SusWrite 579

246% 1,098 MB/s

4K Read 45.6

4K Write 73.7

4K Mixed 31.3

148% 50.2 MB/s

DQ Read 345

DQ Write 154

DQ Mixed 243

182% 247 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 day ago.

71GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 92309281 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 159 160 564 86 62 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 818

Mixed 415

SusWrite 221

156% 709 MB/s

4K Read 46.9

4K Write 90.9

4K Mixed 30.7

158% 56.2 MB/s

DQ Read 442

DQ Write 208

DQ Mixed 322

240% 324 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 day ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 92401091 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 794 767 738 659 854 836 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 685

Mixed 760

SusWrite 775

175% 778 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 61.3

4K Mixed 16.7

94% 34.8 MB/s

DQ Read 259

DQ Write 167

DQ Mixed 187

147% 205 MB/s

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Dell Vostro 15 3510

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Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 68%, 82,426 samples	746x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples	468x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples	251x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	1,106x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples	254x
GeForce MX350NvidiaBench 18%, 3,277 samples	108x

SSD
SM2P41C3 ADATA 256GBNvmeBench 149%, 99 samples	1x

RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples	316x
M471A1G44BB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 34%, 7,899 samples	121x
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 26,875 samples	118x

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