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Effective Speed -41%Effective Speed -41%Average Score -38%Read -18%, Write -21%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write -51%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -125%, SusWrite -2%Peak Score -25%Read -6%, Write -15%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -41%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -90%, SusWrite 9%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -105%DQ Read -73%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -565%, ADQ Read -98%, ADQ Write -17%, ADQ Mixed -525%, Age 492%, AS-SSD Total -38%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 70% (671^st of 1074)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: STAR SSD 1TB

Poor: 48%Average: 70% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The Star 1TB 1TB averaged 29.9% 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 247MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.8MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 41.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 165MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 67170%

Min	Avg	Max
219	Read 386	477
202	Write 334	420
243	Mixed 343	402
152	SusWrite 291	422
76.1% 339 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11	4K Read 23.8	34.1
38.2	4K Write 58.1	86.9
8.9	4K Mixed 20	30.6
92.5% 34 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
99.9	DQ Read 165	212
214	DQ Write 247	313
26.1	DQ Mixed 41.6	49.8
77.6% 151 MB/s

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

CHE-User, 4 months ago.

33GB free

Firmware: V0823A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 43 80 231 305 192 MB/s

64.8% Good

Write 381

Mixed 385

SusWrite 152

77% 345 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 49.1

4K Mixed 20.6

92% 32 MB/s

DQ Read 212

DQ Write 214

DQ Mixed 49.8

82% 159 MB/s

ITA-User, 13 months ago.

898GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0110A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 258 300 335 335 341 MB/s

48.2% Average

Write 202

Mixed 243

SusWrite 299

54% 241 MB/s

4K Read 11

4K Write 38.2

4K Mixed 8.9

48% 19.4 MB/s

DQ Read 99.9

DQ Write 214

DQ Mixed 26.1

57% 114 MB/s

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: OEM B75

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $184Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	228x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	162x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	71x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	89x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	78x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	43x

SSD
1TB 1TBStarBench 70%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	106x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 2,722 samples	100x
1600 8G 2x8GBDDR3Bench 50%, 377 samples	40x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $243

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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 $40	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

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