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M2 SSD 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 50.6% (888th of 1074)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Model: SB M2 SSD
Poor: 37%Average: 50.6% Great: 61%

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Average average bench

The SB M2 SSD 256GB averaged 49.3% 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 Random Read Speed 25.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 405MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SB M2 SSD 256GB is 24.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SB M2 SSD 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 8.09MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 110MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Rank 88850.6%
Min Avg Max
322 Read 405 463
52.5 Write 124 148
23.4 Mixed 155 213
45.6 SusWrite 110 143
43.6% 199 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.7 4K Read 25.2 33
7.8 4K Write 45.4 60.3
3.74 4K Mixed 14.8 20.6
81.2% 28.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
64.4 DQ Read 112 127
21.1 DQ Write 75.6 91.2
1.83 DQ Mixed 8.09 14.2
29.1% 65.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
174GB free
Firmware: S9FM02.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 137 143 139 137 MB/s
54.8% Above average
Read 397
Write 147
Mixed 202
SusWrite 139
49% 221 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 48.8
4K Mixed 16.4
89% 31 MB/s
DQ Read 103
DQ Write 91.1
DQ Mixed 10
31% 67.9 MB/s
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 106 112 108 97 112 MB/s
54.4% Above average
Read 416
Write 122
Mixed 142
SusWrite 106
43% 196 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 48.7
4K Mixed 16.2
91% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 82.3
DQ Mixed 8.5
32% 72.1 MB/s
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 130 128 127 129 134 MB/s
50.4% Above average
Read 402
Write 125
Mixed 164
SusWrite 129
45% 205 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 40.2
4K Mixed 13.4
74% 25.7 MB/s
DQ Read 122
DQ Write 89
DQ Mixed 14.2
35% 75.1 MB/s
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 130 126 131 128 128 MB/s
48.3% Average
Read 347
Write 134
Mixed 177
SusWrite 127
43% 196 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 42.2
4K Mixed 14.7
77% 26.8 MB/s
DQ Read 90.7
DQ Write 85.9
DQ Mixed 12
30% 62.9 MB/s
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 68 92 106 97 105 MB/s
46.7% Average
Read 373
Write 118
Mixed 179
SusWrite 94.6
42% 191 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 36.4
4K Mixed 16.2
73% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 70.3
DQ Mixed 10.1
30% 65.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,019,007 SSDs tested

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Gaming 6%
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Desktop 49%
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Workstation 6%
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System: Google Panther

CPU
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples13x
Celeron 2955UIntelBench 37%, 542 samples6x
Core i3-4010UIntel  $280Bench 44%, 12,162 samples5x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples18x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples6x
SSD
M2 SSD 256GBSBBench 51%, 22 samples1x
RAM
(0) None 2x8GBUnknownBench 49%, 38 samples7x
(0) None 2x4GBUnknownBench 48%, 75 samples6x
(0) None 2x2GBUnknownBench 39%, 43 samples3x
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