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256GB SSD 256GB

256GB SSD 256GB
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Effective Speed -43%Effective Speed -43%Average Score -35%Read -19%, Write -12%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -59%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -84%, SusWrite -21%Peak Score -36%Read -21%, Write -20%, 4K Read -52%, 4K Write -72%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -58%, SusWrite -13%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +91% DQ Read -97%, DQ Write -25%, DQ Mixed -52%, ADQ Read -120%, ADQ Write -14%, ADQ Mixed -155%, Age 1,251%, AS-SSD Total -56%

Average Bench: 69.1% (683^rd of 1071)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: Consistent 256GB SSD

Poor: 57%Average: 69.1% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The Consistent 256GB SSD 256GB averaged 30.9% 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 102MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 254MB/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 Read Speed 148MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 246MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 68369.1%

Min	Avg	Max
330	Read 384	418
323	Write 362	405
297	Mixed 326	364
100	SusWrite 246	343
74% 329 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19	4K Read 24.5	28.3
38.6	4K Write 55.1	71.1
10.4	4K Mixed 24.5	37
97.8% 34.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
80.6	DQ Read 148	186
189	DQ Write 254	286
15.9	DQ Mixed 102	218
105% 168 MB/s

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

IND-User, 1 month ago.

74GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VE0R632D

SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 411 420 397 261 87 MB/s

86% Excellent

Write 405

Mixed 364

SusWrite 332

85% 376 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 71.1

4K Mixed 37

128% 45.5 MB/s

DQ Read 171

DQ Write 272

DQ Mixed 218

166% 220 MB/s

IND-User, 8 months ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ZD0R3G50

SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 332 358 345 345 351 MB/s

69.4% Good

Write 365

Mixed 306

SusWrite 343

76% 336 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 47.5

4K Mixed 25.9

87% 30.8 MB/s

DQ Read 80.6

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 129

115% 165 MB/s

IND-User, 11 days ago.

114GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T1130A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 100 80 81 88 74 MB/s

63.6% Good

Write 353

Mixed 337

SusWrite 100

68% 302 MB/s

4K Read 25

4K Write 63.1

4K Mixed 24.9

103% 37.7 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 271

DQ Mixed 44.6

81% 157 MB/s

IND-User, 16 days ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS2426G

SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 123 196 121 307 302 MB/s

57.2% Above average

Write 323

Mixed 297

SusWrite 208

68% 302 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 38.6

4K Mixed 10.4

73% 25 MB/s

DQ Read 186

DQ Write 189

DQ Mixed 15.9

59% 130 MB/s

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61MS

CPU
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	151x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	80x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	76x

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HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	245x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	118x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	103x

SSD
256GB SSD 256GBConsistentBench 69%, 4 samples	1x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	43x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	36x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	17x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $79

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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