M.2

2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 256GB

2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 256GB
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Effective Speed +39% Effective Speed 39%Average Score +55% Read 169%, Write 112%, 4K Read -4%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed 117%, 4K Mixed -86%, SusWrite 70%Peak Score +132% Read 326%, Write 178%, 4K Read 17%, 4K Write 46%, Mixed 184%, 4K Mixed 7%, SusWrite 169%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +127% DQ Read 66%, DQ Write 165%, DQ Mixed 122%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write 74%, ADQ Mixed 23%, Age 456%, AS-SSD Total 107%

Average Bench: 137% (172^nd of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks. Model: M.2 2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 256GB

Poor: 51%Average: 137% Great: 231%

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Outstanding average bench

The M.2 2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 256GB averaged 37.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the M.2 2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 319MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,231MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M.2 2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 256GB is 180%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the M.2 2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 24.2MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 505MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)

Rank 172137%

Min	Avg	Max
326	Read 1,231	2,156
91.3	Write 860	1,349
169	Mixed 779	1,202
153	SusWrite 505	1,041
188% 844 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.8	4K Read 32.9	50.1
10.7	4K Write 92.3	178
3	4K Mixed 24.2	62.3
130% 49.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
130	DQ Read 343	610
87.9	DQ Write 504	951
38.8	DQ Mixed 319	736
271% 389 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CZE-User, 7 months ago.

134GB free

Firmware: W0505A3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1109 1121 1097 1122 925 97 MB/s

231% Outstanding

Write 1,285

Mixed 1,202

SusWrite 912

307% 1,381 MB/s

4K Read 50.1

4K Write 160

4K Mixed 44.7

218% 85.1 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 765

DQ Mixed 386

346% 508 MB/s

CZE-User, 7 months ago.

134GB free

Firmware: W0505A3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1068 1076 1083 1093 1053 92 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1268

Mixed 1198

SusWrite 911

299% 1,341 MB/s

4K Read 51.3

4K Write 158

4K Mixed 44.5

218% 84.6 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 753

DQ Mixed 383

342% 502 MB/s

IND-User, 5 months ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0513A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 266 154 248 257 165 MB/s

162% Outstanding

Write 1,402

Mixed 1,090

SusWrite 273

243% 1,091 MB/s

4K Read 42.3

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 30.1

167% 64.8 MB/s

DQ Read 429

DQ Write 1,015

DQ Mixed 419

406% 621 MB/s

IND-User, 3 months ago.

193GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1013A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1005 965 1207 845 606 619 MB/s

144% Outstanding

Write 860

Mixed 788

SusWrite 875

207% 922 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 60.2

4K Mixed 20.8

97% 35.4 MB/s

DQ Read 343

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 319

246% 334 MB/s

IND-User, 6 months ago.

184GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0505A3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 804 839 867 870 773 828 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 873

Mixed 867

SusWrite 830

205% 914 MB/s

4K Read 30.5

4K Write 71.2

4K Mixed 23.8

114% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 155

DQ Mixed 236

174% 231 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

143GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1013A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 360 160 152 151 198 MB/s

95.6% Outstanding

Write 643

Mixed 668

SusWrite 252

142% 638 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 51

4K Mixed 21

99% 33.9 MB/s

DQ Read 357

DQ Write 150

DQ Mixed 295

208% 267 MB/s

IND-User, 4 months ago.

182GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0513A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 296 273 318 146 130 MB/s

75.9% Very good

Write 776

Mixed 663

SusWrite 261

134% 597 MB/s

4K Read 15.4

4K Write 27.1

4K Mixed 17.3

60% 19.9 MB/s

DQ Read 311

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 333

245% 321 MB/s

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 10%

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System: HP OMEN by HP Laptop

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,729x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	1,636x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,147x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	1,156x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	992x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	814x

SSD
2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 256GBM.2Bench 137%, 25 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	341x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	309x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 36,396 samples	293x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

M.2

2280 Gen 3x4 NVMe SSD 256GB

Average Bench: 137% (172^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 137% (172nd of 1072)

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