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M2SA-256GB 256GB

M2SA-256GB 256GB
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Effective Speed -51%Effective Speed -51%Average Score -55%Read -10%, Write -19%, 4K Read -69%, 4K Write -81%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -196%, SusWrite -2%Peak Score -56%Read -16%, Write -27%, 4K Read -62%, 4K Write -100%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed -161%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -64%DQ Read -99%, DQ Write -16%, DQ Mixed -658%, ADQ Read -111%, ADQ Write -30%, ADQ Mixed -791%, Age 1,251%, AS-SSD Total -55%

Average Bench: 65.1% (738^th of 1071)

Based on 6 user benchmarks. Model: MA M2SA-256GB

Poor: 52%Average: 65.1% Great: 74%

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Above average average bench

The MA M2SA-256GB 256GB averaged 34.9% 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 Write Speed 222MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.3MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MA M2SA-256GB 256GB is 21.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the MA M2SA-256GB 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 29.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 155MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)

Rank 73865.1%

Min	Avg	Max
360	Read 414	437
293	Write 342	382
317	Mixed 345	376
141	SusWrite 290	351
78.1% 348 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.5	4K Read 20.3	26.5
29.6	4K Write 48.4	61.3
9.1	4K Mixed 15.2	22.3
75.8% 27.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
109	DQ Read 155	184
67.9	DQ Write 222	308
0.8	DQ Mixed 29.2	43.7
66.6% 135 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IND-User, 5 months ago.

188GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0728B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 296 367 309 339 329 MB/s

74.3% Very good

Write 382

Mixed 365

SusWrite 325

85% 377 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 59.9

4K Mixed 18.3

93% 34.3 MB/s

DQ Read 173

DQ Write 259

DQ Mixed 34.9

77% 156 MB/s

IND-User, 5 months ago.

206GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0728B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 230 369 342 407 407 MB/s

73.4% Very good

Write 382

Mixed 376

SusWrite 350

87% 386 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 50.6

4K Mixed 13.6

84% 30.2 MB/s

DQ Read 144

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 33.7

80% 162 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

170GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0710A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 302 311 304 301 302 MB/s

73.1% Very good

Write 293

Mixed 325

SusWrite 301

75% 336 MB/s

4K Read 20

4K Write 61.3

4K Mixed 22.3

91% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 179

DQ Write 275

DQ Mixed 43.1

84% 166 MB/s

IND-User, 2 days ago.

209GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP3110A1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 360 372 359 327 328 MB/s

63.4% Good

Write 329

Mixed 317

SusWrite 351

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 14.3

4K Write 51.9

4K Mixed 9.1

61% 25.1 MB/s

DQ Read 184

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 19

72% 157 MB/s

IND-User, 7 months ago.

187GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0728B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 135 128 151 118 124 MB/s

54% Above average

Write 371

Mixed 364

SusWrite 141

72% 324 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 36.9

4K Mixed 15.9

74% 25.1 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 152

DQ Mixed 0.8

41% 98.6 MB/s

IND-User, 1 day ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0710A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 259 263 274 286 282 MB/s

52.4% Above average

Write 293

Mixed 322

SusWrite 271

73% 324 MB/s

4K Read 13.5

4K Write 29.6

4K Mixed 11.9

51% 18.3 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 67.9

DQ Mixed 43.7

44% 73.4 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

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System: Dell Latitude 5480

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	676x
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples	624x
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples	449x

GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1,210x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	959x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	728x

SSD
M2SA-256GB 256GBMABench 65%, 6 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	611x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 4,259 samples	180x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	170x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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M2SA-256GB 256GB

Average Bench: 65.1% (738^th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 65.1% (738th of 1071)

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