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Effective Speed -37%Effective Speed -37%Average Score -40%Read 6%, Write -7%, 4K Read -49%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -165%, SusWrite -15%Peak Score +43% Read 173%, Write 92%, 4K Read 3%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 83%, 4K Mixed -79%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -20%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write 126%, DQ Mixed 2%, ADQ Read -115%, ADQ Write -0%, ADQ Mixed -220%, Age -14%, AS-SSD Total 53%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 71.8% (634^th of 1071)

Based on 219 user benchmarks. Model: 256GB

Poor: 40%Average: 71.8% Great: 149%

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Good average bench

The 256GB 256GB averaged 28.2% 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 288MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 81.4MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 256GB 256GB is 109%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the 256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 152MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 258MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 219 samples)

Rank 63471.8%

Min	Avg	Max
281	Read 484	1,385
186	Write 378	931
30.1	Mixed 312	775
56.4	SusWrite 258	416
80.1% 358 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.7	4K Read 23	44.4
15.5	4K Write 66.1	149
0.6	4K Mixed 17	32.5
91.7% 35.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
67.1	DQ Read 152	386
64.6	DQ Write 288	809
0.4	DQ Mixed 81.4	337
101% 174 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IDN-User, 1 month ago.

120GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T1102A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 253 220 316 458 212 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 765

Mixed 599

SusWrite 312

144% 645 MB/s

4K Read 43.3

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 21

160% 64.1 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 759

DQ Mixed 319

314% 488 MB/s

EGY-User, 3 months ago.

129GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227I

SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 394 414 434 333 232 MB/s

76% Very good

Write 431

Mixed 374

SusWrite 322

90% 403 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 74.9

4K Mixed 9.9

100% 38.6 MB/s

DQ Read 169

DQ Write 238

DQ Mixed 14.6

64% 140 MB/s

EGY-User, 2 months ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 320 247 192 208 184 MB/s

56.6% Above average

Write 319

Mixed 308

SusWrite 244

71% 315 MB/s

4K Read 17.9

4K Write 37.9

4K Mixed 9.7

60% 21.8 MB/s

DQ Read 153

DQ Write 246

DQ Mixed 20.3

66% 140 MB/s

IDN-User, 3 months ago.

142GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FFFGG666

SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 350 238 52 0.5 0.5 MB/s

53.1% Above average

Write 351

Mixed 291

SusWrite 164

66% 293 MB/s

4K Read 15.9

4K Write 40.8

4K Mixed 21.4

73% 26 MB/s

DQ Read 51.9

DQ Write 202

DQ Mixed 55.7

63% 103 MB/s

EGY-User, 1 month ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW200326

SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 279 308 6.8 36 4.7 MB/s

47% Average

Write 329

Mixed 302

SusWrite 151

65% 290 MB/s

4K Read 10.3

4K Write 38.9

4K Mixed 8.4

47% 19.2 MB/s

DQ Read 188

DQ Write 211

DQ Mixed 18.1

64% 139 MB/s

EGY-User, 3 months ago.

138GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW200326

SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 96 96 29 14 13 MB/s

39.7% Below average

Write 59.8

Mixed 281

SusWrite 65.8

41% 185 MB/s

4K Read 15.7

4K Write 30

4K Mixed 8.4

50% 18 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 196

DQ Mixed 14.2

55% 119 MB/s

IDN-User, 13 days ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0803A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 31 5.6 28 10 29 MB/s

27.8% Poor

Write 132

Mixed 49.8

SusWrite 24.3

31% 142 MB/s

4K Read 14.2

4K Write 11.7

4K Mixed 0.1

28% 8.67 MB/s

DQ Read 82.3

DQ Write 118

DQ Mixed 7.3

31% 69.1 MB/s

EGY-User, 8 days ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW200326

SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 26 104 152 158 204 MB/s

25% Poor

Write 11.4

Mixed 33.8

SusWrite 109

25% 115 MB/s

4K Read 6.9

4K Write 6

4K Mixed 5

20% 5.97 MB/s

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Latitude 7480

CPU
Core i7-7600UIntelBench 50%, 13,451 samples	1,212x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	952x
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples	790x

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HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	2,116x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,496x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	99x

SSD
256GB 256GBBench 72%, 219 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	600x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	235x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1R 1x8GBUnknownBench 36%, 2,497 samples	172x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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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