Average Bench: 69.5% (677th of 1072)

Based on 43 user benchmarks.  Model: Phison SM280256GPMC15B-S10C4
Poor: 54%Average: 69.5% Great: 86%

Above average average bench

The Phison SM280256GPMC15B-S10C4 256GB averaged 30.5% 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 227MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Phison SM280256GPMC15B-S10C4 256GB is 31.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Phison SM280256GPMC15B-S10C4 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 210MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 294MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 43 samples)
Min Avg Max
111 Read 433 512
43 Write 294 386
36.8 Mixed 304 433
72.5 SusWrite 210 349
69.2% 310 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.14 4K Read 19.8 29.7
8.16 4K Write 58.8 89.1
4.89 4K Mixed 19.2 36.3
85.7% 32.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.43 DQ Read 244 329
11.5 DQ Write 227 336
3.5 DQ Mixed 102 170
113% 191 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
193GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 337 350 326 346 331 MB/s
Read 414
Write 354
Mixed 280
SusWrite 330
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 81.5
4K Mixed 34
126% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 306
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 166
165% 263 MB/s
137GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 144 203 264 190 193 MB/s
Read 373
Write 320
Mixed 249
SusWrite 209
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 84.4
4K Mixed 36.3
129% 48.6 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 11.3
77% 181 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 145 216 217 189 189 MB/s
Read 424
Write 345
Mixed 257
SusWrite 201
68% 307 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 55.7
4K Mixed 29.3
102% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 202
DQ Mixed 11.3
76% 178 MB/s
150GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 262 285 243 227 264 MB/s
Read 111
Write 189
Mixed 298
SusWrite 249
48% 212 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 64.7
4K Mixed 31
113% 40.5 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 166
168% 270 MB/s
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 319 194 313 312 232 MB/s
Read 327
Write 45.6
Mixed 268
SusWrite 258
50% 224 MB/s
4K Read 11.7
4K Write 22.7
4K Mixed 15.2
49% 16.5 MB/s
DQ Read 317
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 161
166% 271 MB/s
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 65 56 70 80 71 MB/s
Read 372
Write 70.7
Mixed 139
SusWrite 72.6
36% 164 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 53.1
4K Mixed 21.4
86% 31.5 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 178
DQ Mixed 122
125% 206 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,729,358 SSDs tested

Typical SM280256GPMC15B-S10C4 256GB Builds (Compare 68 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 62%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: Wacom MobileStudio Pro 16

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