256GB 253GB

256GB 253GB
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Effective Speed -481%Effective Speed -481%Average Score -496%Read -695%, Write -927%, 4K Read -219%, 4K Write -353%, Mixed -549%, 4K Mixed -231%Peak Score -808%Read -1,000%, Write -1,272%, 4K Read -636%, 4K Write -693%, Mixed -775%, 4K Mixed -474%Value & Sentiment -36%User Rating -36%Nice To Haves -1,041%DQ Read -776%, DQ Write -540%, DQ Mixed -2,913%, ADQ Read -553%, ADQ Write -323%, ADQ Mixed -2,040%, Age -448%, AS-SSD Total -736%

Black SN850X M.2 2TB

Average Bench: 92.3% (311^th of 1080)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: SSD 256GB

Poor: 92%Average: 92.3% Great: 93%

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Excellent average bench

The SSD 256GB 253GB averaged just 7.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD 256GB 253GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 297MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 31.5MB/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 Random Write Speed 44.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 262MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 31192.3%

Min	Avg	Max
512	Read 515	518
442	Write 445	448
482	Mixed 482	482
107% 481 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.5	4K Read 25.8	26
43.8	4K Write 44.6	45.3
30.8	4K Mixed 31.5	32.1
103% 33.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
261	DQ Read 262	264
295	DQ Write 297	298
69.3	DQ Mixed 69.4	69.5
110% 209 MB/s

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

IRN-User, 6 years ago.

192GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N111 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

92.9% Outstanding

Write 448

Mixed 482

108% 483 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 43.8

4K Mixed 32.1

104% 34 MB/s

DQ Read 261

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 69.3

110% 209 MB/s

IRN-User, 6 years ago.

192GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N111 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

91.7% Outstanding

Write 442

Mixed 482

107% 479 MB/s

4K Read 25.5

4K Write 45.3

4K Mixed 30.8

102% 33.9 MB/s

DQ Read 264

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 69.5

111% 210 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16F3

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	43x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	34x
Core i5-3230MIntel $100Bench 49%, 61,311 samples	8x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	72x
GTX 670MXNvidiaBench 12%, 2,325 samples	6x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	6x

SSD
256GB 253GBSSDBench 92%, 2 samples	1x

RAM
M2S4G64CB8HG5N-DI 3x4GBNanyaBench 43%, 283 samples	13x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	11x
M2S4G64CB8HG5N-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 53%, 864 samples	6x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $420

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353

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256GB 253GB

Average Bench: 92.3% (311^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 92.3% (311th of 1080)

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