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FSA-256GB 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 71.1% (658th of 1080)

Based on 29 user benchmarks.  Model: FSA-256GB
Poor: 48%Average: 71.1% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The FSA-256GB 256GB averaged 28.9% 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 138MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.9MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the FSA-256GB 256GB is 43.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the FSA-256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 180MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 238MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 29 samples)
Rank 65871.1%
Min Avg Max
331 Read 408 501
148 Write 238 313
180 Mixed 272 391
111 SusWrite 180 226
61.2% 275 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.4 4K Read 27.9 38.8
13 4K Write 70 110
9.3 4K Mixed 27.2 50.2
114% 41.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.6 DQ Read 181 286
55.2 DQ Write 184 264
9.94 DQ Mixed 138 240
116% 168 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
127GB free
Firmware: 5.2.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 199 203 194 190 193 MB/s
88.1% Excellent
Read 370
Write 247
Mixed 262
SusWrite 199
60% 269 MB/s
4K Read 34.2
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 45.8
165% 61 MB/s
DQ Read 242
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 206
161% 222 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.2.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 215 210 201 199 179 MB/s
81.9% Excellent
Read 402
Write 262
Mixed 282
SusWrite 204
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 87.7
4K Mixed 39.2
144% 52.6 MB/s
DQ Read 196
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 208
156% 206 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.0.B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 155 174 170 171 181 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 365
Write 249
Mixed 265
SusWrite 170
59% 262 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 88.6
4K Mixed 38.4
143% 52.6 MB/s
DQ Read 286
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 157
147% 228 MB/s
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.2.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 202 200 198 191 190 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 395
Write 262
Mixed 230
SusWrite 200
61% 272 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 89.6
4K Mixed 38.6
137% 51.5 MB/s
DQ Read 223
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 206
156% 210 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.2.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 188 174 171 179 177 MB/s
71.2% Very good
Read 382
Write 260
Mixed 277
SusWrite 182
61% 275 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 59.3
4K Mixed 31.1
113% 39.3 MB/s
DQ Read 244
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 217
165% 222 MB/s
16GB free
Firmware: 5.2.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 110 112 115 118 MB/s
68.8% Good
Read 402
Write 232
Mixed 267
SusWrite 111
56% 253 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 52
4K Mixed 33.6
113% 37.8 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 219
DQ Mixed 226
174% 237 MB/s
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.2.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 186 177 166 177 182 MB/s
55% Above average
Read 395
Write 282
Mixed 266
SusWrite 182
63% 281 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 13.1
4K Mixed 9.3
69% 18.5 MB/s
DQ Read 191
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 206
151% 196 MB/s
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Gaming 11%
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Desktop 63%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
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Motherboard: Asus H110M-A - $76

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples315x
Core i7-6700Intel  $163Bench 72%, 282,363 samples184x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples147x
GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples126x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples112x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples89x
SSD
FSA-256GB 256GBBench 71%, 29 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples31x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples26x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples25x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 35% - Below average Total price: $442

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