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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 121% (188th of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: ST31000520AS
Poor: 120%Average: 121% Great: 122%

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Outstanding average bench

The ST31000520AS 250GB averaged 20.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ST31000520AS 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 55.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.3MB/s

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 Write Speed 198MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 513MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 188121%
Min Avg Max
512 Read 513 513
495 Write 497 499
481 Mixed 494 506
112% 501 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41.9 4K Read 44.3 46.7
92.8 4K Write 96.6 100
50.3 4K Mixed 55.4 60.5
189% 65.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
272 DQ Read 304 336
99.1 DQ Write 198 297
132 DQ Mixed 136 141
133% 213 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 513
Write 499
Mixed 481
111% 498 MB/s
4K Read 46.7
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 60.5
201% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 272
DQ Write 99.1
DQ Mixed 141
116% 171 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 495
Mixed 506
113% 505 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 92.8
4K Mixed 50.3
177% 61.7 MB/s
DQ Read 336
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 132
149% 255 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,766,703 SSDs tested

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Typical ST31000520AS 250GB Builds (Compare 855 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H87M-E - $129

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples196x
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples128x
Core i5-4440Intel  $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples76x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples87x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples45x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples40x
SSD
ST31000520AS 250GBBench 121%, 2 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples35x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples25x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples16x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $219

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