M2

Series NVMe SSD 2TB

Series NVMe SSD 2TB
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Effective Speed +131% Effective Speed 131%Average Score +170% Read 151%, Write 295%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 18%, Mixed 265%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 405%Peak Score +214% Read 269%, Write 377%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 10%, Mixed 356%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite 433%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +246% DQ Read 207%, DQ Write 136%, DQ Mixed 140%, ADQ Read 151%, ADQ Write 94%, ADQ Mixed 122%, Age 951%, AS-SSD Total 167%

Average Bench: 228% (75^th of 1072)

Based on 17 user benchmarks. Model: M2 Series NVMe SSD 2TB

Poor: 177%Average: 228% Great: 295%

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Outstanding average bench

The M2 Series NVMe SSD 2TB averaged 127.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the M2 Series NVMe SSD 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 578MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,603MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M2 Series NVMe SSD 2TB is 118%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the M2 Series NVMe SSD 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 103MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 43.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)

Rank 75228%

Min	Avg	Max
295	Read 1,146	1869
1044	Write 1,603	2,313
734	Mixed 1,311	1,930
1,088	SusWrite 1,498	2,065
315% 1,390 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.9	4K Read 43.2	55.5
62.7	4K Write 103	134
35.1	4K Mixed 57	72.4
193% 67.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
58.3	DQ Read 818	1,128
239	DQ Write 559	844
328	DQ Mixed 578	796
461% 651 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ESP-User, 1 month ago.

753GB free

Firmware: SN11795 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2124 2033 2080 2086 2038 1806 MB/s

281% Outstanding

Write 1,890

Mixed 1,502

SusWrite 2,028

385% 1,695 MB/s

4K Read 44.4

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 62.2

211% 75.8 MB/s

DQ Read 991

DQ Write 686

DQ Mixed 627

525% 768 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 months ago.

2TB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN11795 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1184 1719 2028 2093 2092 2081 MB/s

281% Outstanding

Write 1969

Mixed 1,604

SusWrite 1866

390% 1,720 MB/s

4K Read 50.9

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 69.2

230% 80.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,078

DQ Write 624

DQ Mixed 556

493% 753 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 months ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: SN11795 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1508 1507 1481 1596 1578 1579 MB/s

239% Outstanding

Write 1,644

Mixed 1,532

SusWrite 1,541

346% 1,527 MB/s

4K Read 52.1

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 70.6

229% 78.5 MB/s

DQ Read 58.3

DQ Write 735

DQ Mixed 604

406% 466 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN11795 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1367 1132 1267 1482 1506 1515 MB/s

201% Outstanding

Write 1,413

Mixed 1,237

SusWrite 1,378

296% 1,308 MB/s

4K Read 38.3

4K Write 62.7

4K Mixed 46.1

150% 49 MB/s

DQ Read 630

DQ Write 371

DQ Mixed 435

342% 479 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

1TB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN11795 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1169 1314 1351 1592 1608 1565 MB/s

180% Outstanding

Write 1044

Mixed 881

SusWrite 1433

239% 1,051 MB/s

4K Read 24.9

4K Write 64.4

4K Mixed 35.1

117% 41.5 MB/s

DQ Read 638

DQ Write 370

DQ Mixed 430

340% 480 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 months ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN10650 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1212 1115 1097 1113 1142 1158 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 1,228

Mixed 735

SusWrite 1,140

205% 895 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 50

181% 66.8 MB/s

DQ Read 867

DQ Write 665

DQ Mixed 653

519% 728 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 months ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN10650 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1161 1075 1113 1156 1169 1106 MB/s

177% Outstanding

Write 1,207

Mixed 735

SusWrite 1130

202% 882 MB/s

4K Read 37.8

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 49.5

180% 66.5 MB/s

DQ Read 900

DQ Write 672

DQ Mixed 438

422% 670 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 months ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN10650 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1161 1132 1118 1077 1150 892 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 1,230

Mixed 734

SusWrite 1,088

202% 885 MB/s

4K Read 37.6

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 49

177% 64.7 MB/s

DQ Read 853

DQ Write 648

DQ Mixed 437

412% 646 MB/s

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150-HD3P-CF

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	150x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	95x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	58x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	89x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x

SSD
Series NVMe SSD 2TBM2Bench 228%, 17 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	20x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $184

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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

HDD	RAM	USB
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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

M2

Series NVMe SSD 2TB

Average Bench: 228% (75^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 228% (75th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 228% (75^th of 1072)