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M.2 S6 256GB

M.2 S6 256GB
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Effective Speed -57%Effective Speed -57%Average Score -58%Read -20%, Write -24%, 4K Read -69%, 4K Write -94%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -166%, SusWrite -15%Peak Score -37%Read -10%, Write -20%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -67%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -114%, SusWrite -5%Value & Sentiment -885%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,756%Nice To Haves -76%DQ Read -49%, DQ Write -12%, DQ Mixed -485%, ADQ Read -119%, ADQ Write -14%, ADQ Mixed -472%, Age 577%, AS-SSD Total -33%

Average Bench: 62.6% (775^th of 1074)

Based on 127 user benchmarks. Model: CONSISTENT M.2 S6 256GB

Poor: 40%Average: 62.6% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The Consistent M.2 S6 256GB averaged 37.3% 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 254MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.3MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Consistent M.2 S6 256GB is 42.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Consistent M.2 S6 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 149MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 257MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 127 samples)

Rank 77562.6%

Min	Avg	Max
293	Read 381	459
240	Write 326	404
192	Mixed 316	400
93.6	SusWrite 257	369
71.9% 320 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.1	4K Read 20.3	32.1
18.3	4K Write 45.1	73.2
5.62	4K Mixed 16.9	27.2
76.3% 27.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
78.3	DQ Read 149	246
134	DQ Write 254	320
28.7	DQ Mixed 45.5	56.6
78.5% 149 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IND-User, 2 months ago.

193GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0714A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 295 369 335 307 309 MB/s

75.1% Very good

Write 363

Mixed 360

SusWrite 326

83% 367 MB/s

4K Read 20.5

4K Write 59.2

4K Mixed 20.9

89% 33.5 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 51

97% 190 MB/s

PAK-User, 30 days ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1220B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 335 359 313 305 313 MB/s

63.4% Good

Write 341

Mixed 336

SusWrite 325

78% 345 MB/s

4K Read 13.6

4K Write 41.7

4K Mixed 13

59% 22.8 MB/s

DQ Read 176

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 53.8

94% 179 MB/s

IND-User, 1 month ago.

64GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1027A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 93 59 54 10 11 MB/s

51.3% Above average

Write 183

Mixed 314

SusWrite 90.1

54% 241 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 41.6

4K Mixed 17.5

76% 26.7 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 207

DQ Mixed 38.6

67% 130 MB/s

DZA-User, 2 months ago.

39GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1220B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 138 10 157 15 47 MB/s

49.9% Average

Write 339

Mixed 354

SusWrite 80.6

66% 296 MB/s

4K Read 16.2

4K Write 32.3

4K Mixed 15.7

62% 21.4 MB/s

DQ Read 214

DQ Write 229

DQ Mixed 53.1

86% 165 MB/s

IND-User, 8 days ago.

178GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1027A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 290 170 11 49 52 MB/s

48.5% Average

Write 289

Mixed 304

SusWrite 143

62% 276 MB/s

4K Read 12

4K Write 54.8

4K Mixed 10.6

61% 25.8 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 194

DQ Mixed 40.5

66% 124 MB/s

DZA-User, 1 month ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1220B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 51 8.5 76 16 46 MB/s

35.7% Below average

Write 422

Mixed 227

SusWrite 47.6

65% 292 MB/s

4K Read 9

4K Write 49

4K Mixed 0.4

40% 19.5 MB/s

DQ Read 124

DQ Write 16.7

DQ Mixed 13.1

24% 51.4 MB/s

IND-User, 2 days ago.

155GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0201A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 125 82 12 81 37 MB/s

29% Poor

Write 226

Mixed 15

SusWrite 75.7

38% 174 MB/s

4K Read 14

4K Write 9.7

4K Mixed 0.3

27% 8 MB/s

DQ Read 83.1

DQ Write 13.5

DQ Mixed 13.5

19% 36.7 MB/s

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Latitude 5400

CPU
Core i5-8365UIntelBench 57%, 8,737 samples	932x
Core i7-8665UIntelBench 60%, 10,156 samples	708x
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	416x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	2,056x
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	90x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	2x

SSD
M.2 S6 256GBConsistentBench 63%, 127 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 7,726 samples	197x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 43%, 5,210 samples	193x
HMA82GS6DJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 42%, 1,772 samples	183x

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

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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) $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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