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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 66.2% (728th of 1072)

Based on 65 user benchmarks.  Model: USB 3.0
Poor: 49%Average: 66.2% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The USB 3.0 250GB averaged 33.8% 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 118MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.4MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB 3.0 250GB is 32.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the USB 3.0 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 133MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 118MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 65 samples)
Rank 72866.2%
Min Avg Max
300 Read 368 413
237 Write 346 410
208 Mixed 327 387
98.4 SusWrite 282 356
74.4% 331 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.5 4K Read 24.4 35.3
20 4K Write 34.1 50.4
18.7 4K Mixed 27.9 39.4
90.8% 28.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
51.5 DQ Read 133 228
38.9 DQ Write 118 189
39.3 DQ Mixed 118 215
90.6% 123 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
139GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 313 291 291 272 258 MB/s
82.3% Excellent
Read 382
Write 298
Mixed 319
SusWrite 292
72% 323 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 55.2
4K Mixed 40.2
135% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 171
126% 165 MB/s
108GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 303 304 303 303 303 MB/s
72.8% Very good
Read 379
Write 368
Mixed 333
SusWrite 311
78% 348 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 31.6
102% 32.5 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 150
112% 149 MB/s
122GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 258 258 257 258 258 MB/s
66.1% Good
Read 380
Write 388
Mixed 352
SusWrite 274
78% 348 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 36.1
4K Mixed 27.5
88% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 123
99% 138 MB/s
216GB free
Firmware: 0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 53 78 70 76 58 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 343
Write 334
Mixed 25.8
SusWrite 82.7
44% 197 MB/s
4K Read 16.3
4K Write 12.5
4K Mixed 2
34% 10.3 MB/s
DQ Read 57.3
DQ Write 14
DQ Mixed 1.2
10% 24.2 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,794,198 SSDs tested

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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF B450-PLUS GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,386x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples808x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples471x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples423x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples294x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples293x
SSD
3.0 250GBUSBBench 66%, 65 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples387x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples241x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples206x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $447

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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