Sata

SSD 256GB

SSD 256GB
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Effective Speed -39%Effective Speed -39%Average Score -33%Read -15%, Write -20%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write -41%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -65%, SusWrite -38%Peak Score -5%Read -1%, Write -0%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite 19%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -23%DQ Read 6%, DQ Write 3%, DQ Mixed -7%, ADQ Read -59%, ADQ Write -27%, ADQ Mixed -79%, Age -18%, AS-SSD Total 1%

Average Bench: 70.9% (653^rd of 1072)

Based on 22 user benchmarks. Model: SATA SSD

Poor: 33%Average: 70.9% Great: 108%

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Good average bench

The Sata SSD 256GB averaged 29.0% 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 Mixed IO Speed 145MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.8MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sata SSD 256GB is 75.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Sata SSD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 215MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 322MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)

Rank 65370.9%

Min	Avg	Max
286	Read 398	501
75	Write 338	483
84.6	Mixed 322	453
33.7	SusWrite 215	460
71.3% 318 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.5	4K Read 24.8	36.9
21.3	4K Write 62	103
5.2	4K Mixed 27.3	47.7
105% 38 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.3	DQ Read 205	390
25.1	DQ Write 227	368
8.4	DQ Mixed 145	310
129% 192 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 7 months ago.

141GB free

Firmware: SDFM

SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 321 324 323 325 324 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 451

Mixed 398

SusWrite 329

91% 404 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 93.6

4K Mixed 45.5

157% 57.2 MB/s

DQ Read 389

DQ Write 368

DQ Mixed 310

251% 356 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

238GB free

Firmware: 61.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 43 56 33 38 20 MB/s

51.5% Above average

Write 383

Mixed 116

SusWrite 54.5

56% 255 MB/s

4K Read 6.1

4K Write 51.4

4K Mixed 26.3

70% 27.9 MB/s

DQ Read 233

DQ Write 68.9

DQ Mixed 36.4

57% 113 MB/s

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 19%

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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	145x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	114x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples	87x

GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
SSD 256GBSataBench 71%, 22 samples	1x

RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples	25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples	19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples	18x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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SSD 256GB

Average Bench: 70.9% (653^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 70.9% (653rd of 1072)

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