Lunatic

Elite SSD 256 GB 256GB

Elite SSD 256 GB 256GB
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Effective Speed -38%Effective Speed -38%Average Score -33%Read -24%, Write -9%, 4K Read -57%, 4K Write -57%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed -81%, SusWrite 7%Peak Score -32%Read -11%, Write -14%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write -60%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -61%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -13%DQ Read -113%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -72%, ADQ Read -153%, ADQ Write -19%, ADQ Mixed -75%, Age 399%, AS-SSD Total -54%

Average Bench: 71.4% (644^th of 1074)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model: Lunatic Elite SSD 256 GB

Poor: 62%Average: 71.4% Great: 83%

Popular builds with this SSD

Good average bench

The Lunatic Elite SSD 256 GB 256GB averaged 28.5% 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 149MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 243MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lunatic Elite SSD 256 GB 256GB is 21.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Lunatic Elite SSD 256 GB 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 129MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 318MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 64471.4%

Min	Avg	Max
274	Read 369	456
278	Write 371	426
250	Mixed 319	363
259	SusWrite 318	361
77.6% 344 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.7	4K Read 21.9	27.5
22.1	4K Write 55.7	76.6
9.6	4K Mixed 24.9	36.1
94.6% 34.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
104	DQ Read 129	172
97.4	DQ Write 243	304
13.7	DQ Mixed 149	193
123% 173 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

TUR-User, 11 months ago.

183GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ZD0R3G5A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 422 427 434 338 120 MB/s

86.3% Excellent

Write 426

Mixed 363

SusWrite 361

88% 391 MB/s

4K Read 25.5

4K Write 76.6

4K Mixed 35.6

125% 45.9 MB/s

DQ Read 104

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 193

151% 200 MB/s

TUR-User, 16 months ago.

105GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ZD0R3G5A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 342 330 353 354 149 MB/s

82.4% Excellent

Write 413

Mixed 354

SusWrite 310

82% 366 MB/s

4K Read 25

4K Write 73.6

4K Mixed 36

123% 44.9 MB/s

DQ Read 132

DQ Write 303

DQ Mixed 185

150% 207 MB/s

TUR-User, 14 months ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227N

SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 423 427 352 205 82 MB/s

74.5% Very good

Write 387

Mixed 350

SusWrite 315

85% 377 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 71.7

4K Mixed 12.5

96% 37.2 MB/s

DQ Read 172

DQ Write 263

DQ Mixed 13.7

68% 150 MB/s

TUR-User, 16 months ago.

125GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ZD0R3G5A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 361 333 363 329 315 MB/s

64.3% Good

Write 354

Mixed 291

SusWrite 330

72% 316 MB/s

4K Read 17.9

4K Write 46.2

4K Mixed 24.2

83% 29.4 MB/s

DQ Read 104

DQ Write 210

DQ Mixed 179

130% 164 MB/s

TUR-User, 9 months ago.

193GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227N

SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 179 220 252 333 379 MB/s

62% Good

Write 374

Mixed 279

SusWrite 259

75% 336 MB/s

4K Read 19.3

4K Write 51.8

4K Mixed 9.6

69% 26.9 MB/s

DQ Read 172

DQ Write 243

DQ Mixed 16.4

66% 144 MB/s

TUR-User, 8 months ago.

129GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ZD0R3G5A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 360 339 386 390 115 MB/s

62% Good

Write 333

Mixed 305

SusWrite 319

72% 320 MB/s

4K Read 16

4K Write 39.3

4K Mixed 20.5

71% 25.3 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 219

DQ Mixed 182

134% 172 MB/s

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Typical Elite SSD 256 GB 256GB Builds (Compare 572 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

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Desktop 62%

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Workstation 2%

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System: HP ProDesk 400 G2 MT

CPU
Core i5-4590SIntel $79Bench 67%, 11,598 samples	196x
Core i3-4150Intel $38Bench 55%, 36,627 samples	115x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	69x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	148x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	75x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	38x

SSD
Elite SSD 256 GB 256GBLunaticBench 71%, 11 samples	1x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 1x4GBMicronBench 28%, 7,085 samples	27x
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 5,816 samples	21x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 7,599 samples	15x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $94

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Lunatic

Elite SSD 256 GB 256GB

Average Bench: 71.4% (644^th of 1074)

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System: HP ProDesk 400 G2 MT

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Elite SSD 256 GB 256GB

Average Bench: 71.4% (644th of 1074)

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Good consistency

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System: HP ProDesk 400 G2 MT

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Average Bench: 71.4% (644^th of 1074)