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X NE1000 256GB

X NE1000 256GB
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Effective Speed +46% Effective Speed 46%Average Score +60% Read 172%, Write 121%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 109%, 4K Mixed -39%, SusWrite 74%Peak Score +144% Read 285%, Write 240%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 66%, Mixed 216%, 4K Mixed 28%, SusWrite 149%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +156% DQ Read 96%, DQ Write 200%, DQ Mixed 141%, ADQ Read 33%, ADQ Write 90%, ADQ Mixed 60%, Age 492%, AS-SSD Total 134%

Average Bench: 143% (166^th of 1074)

Based on 25 user benchmarks. Model: POWER X NE1000

Poor: 75%Average: 143% Great: 220%

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Outstanding average bench

The Power X NE1000 256GB averaged 43.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Power X NE1000 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 416MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,246MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Power X NE1000 256GB is 145%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Power X NE1000 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 516MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 32.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)

Rank 166143%

Min	Avg	Max
563	Read 1,246	1,949
197	Write 894	1,648
177	Mixed 749	1,337
114	SusWrite 516	963
190% 851 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.8	4K Read 31.1	52.8
19.1	4K Write 83.7	203
8.4	4K Mixed 32.4	74.5
133% 49.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
271	DQ Read 435	718
76.1	DQ Write 550	1,076
107	DQ Mixed 416	799
335% 467 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IND-User, 27 days ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC2S038E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1569 1593 554 136 67 33 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 1,595

Mixed 1,292

SusWrite 658

305% 1,365 MB/s

4K Read 48.7

4K Write 97.2

4K Mixed 57

198% 67.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,008

DQ Write 933

DQ Mixed 498

504% 813 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

202GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC2S038E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 939 1104 1240 862 134 133 MB/s

179% Outstanding

Write 1,258

Mixed 1,106

SusWrite 735

265% 1,187 MB/s

4K Read 37.8

4K Write 72.1

4K Mixed 46.4

155% 52.1 MB/s

DQ Read 433

DQ Write 472

DQ Mixed 434

332% 446 MB/s

IND-User, 6 months ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0530B3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 895 970 1001 1004 1080 368 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 1,100

Mixed 967

SusWrite 886

239% 1,065 MB/s

4K Read 39.4

4K Write 89.7

4K Mixed 30.6

146% 53.2 MB/s

DQ Read 420

DQ Write 581

DQ Mixed 221

245% 407 MB/s

IND-User, 6 months ago.

176GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC2S038D

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1141 1296 1113 75 80 70 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 1,262

Mixed 961

SusWrite 629

252% 1,131 MB/s

4K Read 34.9

4K Write 64.8

4K Mixed 43.1

142% 47.6 MB/s

DQ Read 568

DQ Write 420

DQ Mixed 482

364% 490 MB/s

IND-User, 14 days ago.

193GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0629A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 874 935 966 852 543 304 MB/s

143% Outstanding

Write 897

Mixed 448

SusWrite 746

177% 793 MB/s

4K Read 35.7

4K Write 94.8

4K Mixed 7.7

114% 46.1 MB/s

DQ Read 357

DQ Write 657

DQ Mixed 192

235% 402 MB/s

IND-User, 6 months ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC2S038D

SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 507 652 496 393 384 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 757

Mixed 544

SusWrite 497

145% 648 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 54.1

4K Mixed 37.9

120% 40.2 MB/s

DQ Read 448

DQ Write 562

DQ Mixed 538

397% 516 MB/s

IND-User, 6 months ago.

128GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0808A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 709 181 202 140 208 107 MB/s

80.1% Excellent

Write 848

Mixed 65.1

SusWrite 258

128% 584 MB/s

4K Read 18.8

4K Write 6.1

4K Mixed 18.8

56% 14.6 MB/s

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	248x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	66x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
X NE1000 256GBPowerBench 143%, 25 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

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Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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