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Device 256GB M.2

Device 256GB M.2
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Effective Speed -862%Effective Speed -862%Average Score -963%Read -1,042%, Write -1,665%, 4K Read -361%, 4K Write -508%, Mixed -1,040%, 4K Mixed -1,076%, SusWrite -1,052%Peak Score -1,156%Read -1,223%, Write -1,635%, 4K Read -577%, 4K Write -505%, Mixed -1,263%, 4K Mixed -1,673%, SusWrite -1,216%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -2,695%DQ Read -1,179%, DQ Write -616%, DQ Mixed -9,819%, ADQ Read -984%, ADQ Write -502%, ADQ Mixed -7,521%, Age -25%, AS-SSD Total -917%

Average Bench: 56.7% (842^nd of 1080)

Based on 25 user benchmarks. Model: FAS Device 256GB M.2

Poor: 41%Average: 56.7% Great: 70%

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Average average bench

The FAS Device 256GB M.2 averaged 43.2% 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 Write Speed 209MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.4MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the FAS Device 256GB M.2 is 28.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the FAS Device 256GB M.2 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 19.5MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 9.41MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)

Rank 84256.7%

Min	Avg	Max
288	Read 366	448
53.4	Write 263	370
73	Mixed 283	343
56.3	SusWrite 275	347
66.5% 297 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.1	4K Read 19.4	28.4
14.3	4K Write 34	63
4.4	4K Mixed 9.41	12.4
59.4% 20.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
98.9	DQ Read 158	181
58.8	DQ Write 209	265
15.1	DQ Mixed 19.5	21.1
60.4% 129 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

EGY-User, 9 months ago.

189GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 384 386 385 389 396 MB/s

79.4% Very good

Write 406

Mixed 366

SusWrite 388

92% 409 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 59.7

4K Mixed 14.7

95% 34.7 MB/s

DQ Read 170

DQ Write 242

DQ Mixed 20.2

67% 144 MB/s

DZA-User, 4 months ago.

175GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 320 194 191 172 186 MB/s

73.1% Very good

Write 404

Mixed 366

SusWrite 243

85% 378 MB/s

4K Read 32.7

4K Write 64.3

4K Mixed 15.2

103% 37.4 MB/s

DQ Read 168

DQ Write 220

DQ Mixed 20

64% 136 MB/s

DZA-User, 13 months ago.

182GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 348 345 249 164 155 MB/s

68.4% Good

Write 358

Mixed 331

SusWrite 255

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 63

4K Mixed 11.5

91% 34.3 MB/s

DQ Read 168

DQ Write 265

DQ Mixed 20

70% 151 MB/s

EGY-User, 14 months ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 323 331 327 294 224 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 329

Mixed 318

SusWrite 301

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 20.4

4K Write 38.4

4K Mixed 11.1

66% 23.3 MB/s

DQ Read 169

DQ Write 259

DQ Mixed 19.9

70% 149 MB/s

EGY-User, 14 months ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 319 316 312 220 225 MB/s

59.3% Above average

Write 342

Mixed 316

SusWrite 284

74% 329 MB/s

4K Read 18.1

4K Write 38.6

4K Mixed 9.8

60% 22.2 MB/s

DQ Read 165

DQ Write 258

DQ Mixed 20

69% 148 MB/s

DZA-User, 10 months ago.

45GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 155 254 130 52 44 MB/s

49.8% Average

Write 332

Mixed 268

SusWrite 150

62% 279 MB/s

4K Read 20.4

4K Write 31.8

4K Mixed 10.2

61% 20.8 MB/s

DQ Read 169

DQ Write 210

DQ Mixed 19.9

62% 133 MB/s

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell Precision 7520

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	885x
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples	537x
Xeon E3-1545M v5IntelBench 72%, 837 samples	164x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	643x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	576x
Quadro M2200NvidiaBench 19%, 2,904 samples	498x

SSD
Device 256GB M.2FASBench 57%, 25 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	239x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	216x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 4x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 297 samples	97x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350

FAS

Device 256GB M.2

Average Bench: 56.7% (842^nd of 1080)

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Device 256GB M.2

Average Bench: 56.7% (842nd of 1080)

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System: Dell Precision 7520

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Average Bench: 56.7% (842^nd of 1080)