QPOWER 256GB

QPOWER 256GB
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Effective Speed -55%Effective Speed -55%Average Score -73%Read -11%, Write -14%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -63%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -364%, SusWrite -15%Peak Score -81%Read -5%, Write -20%, 4K Read -29%, 4K Write -81%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -394%, SusWrite -19%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -354%DQ Read -117%, DQ Write -36%, DQ Mixed -1,750%, ADQ Read -122%, ADQ Write -25%, ADQ Mixed -1,568%, Age 846%, AS-SSD Total -63%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 63.3% (761^st of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: QPOWER

Poor: 40%Average: 63.3% Great: 76%

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Above average average bench

The QPOWER 256GB averaged 36.6% 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 Random Read Speed 25.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 232MB/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 15.6MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 9.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 76163.3%

Min	Avg	Max
315	Read 413	483
288	Write 356	403
256	Mixed 324	366
166	SusWrite 258	324
75.8% 338 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.8	4K Read 25.6	33.2
30.1	4K Write 53.6	67.6
5.6	4K Mixed 9.7	11.8
79.6% 29.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
107	DQ Read 147	169
180	DQ Write 232	263
12.1	DQ Mixed 15.6	17.9
60.7% 132 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IDN-User, 9 months ago.

199GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS2426H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 347 351 319 307 310 MB/s

75.6% Very good

Write 377

Mixed 351

SusWrite 324

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 33.2

4K Write 67.6

4K Mixed 11.8

101% 37.5 MB/s

DQ Read 169

DQ Write 263

DQ Mixed 17.9

69% 150 MB/s

IDN-User, 1 month ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS2426H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 188 238 215 359 341 MB/s

73.9% Very good

Write 403

Mixed 366

SusWrite 285

86% 385 MB/s

4K Read 32.8

4K Write 63.2

4K Mixed 11.7

98% 35.9 MB/s

DQ Read 165

DQ Write 254

DQ Mixed 16.9

67% 145 MB/s

IDN-User, 10 months ago.

188GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS1A25E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 221 257 57 48 201 MB/s

40.4% Average

Write 288

Mixed 256

SusWrite 166

58% 256 MB/s

4K Read 10.8

4K Write 30.1

4K Mixed 5.6

40% 15.5 MB/s

DQ Read 107

DQ Write 180

DQ Mixed 12.1

46% 99.9 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,788,457 SSDs tested

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER - $193

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	223x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	213x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	156x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	61x

SSD
QPOWER 256GBBench 63%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	33x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $528

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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) $31	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

QPOWER 256GB

Average Bench: 63.3% (761^st of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER - $193

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Average Bench: 63.3% (761st of 1072)

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