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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 84.2% (418th of 1071)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: primero
Poor: 78%Average: 84.2% Great: 92%

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Very good average bench

The primero 256GB averaged just 15.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the primero 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 122MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.4MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 278MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 283MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 41884.2%
Min Avg Max
463 Read 487 502
276 Write 283 290
267 Mixed 278 282
265 SusWrite 283 290
74.2% 333 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.9 4K Read 25.7 28.9
65 4K Write 71.9 83.5
34.5 4K Mixed 36.4 39.8
124% 44.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
156 DQ Read 248 276
20.1 DQ Write 152 263
30.3 DQ Mixed 122 178
112% 174 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
166GB free
Firmware: HSMD25B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 290 289 290 290 289 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 288
Mixed 280
SusWrite 290
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 83.5
4K Mixed 39.8
139% 50.7 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 178
153% 227 MB/s
166GB free
Firmware: HSMD25B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 288 290 289 286 289 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 442
Write 285
Mixed 280
SusWrite 288
72% 324 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 76.7
4K Mixed 38.6
132% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 177
151% 224 MB/s
206GB free
Firmware: HSMD25B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 289 289 290 290 290 MB/s
84.7% Excellent
Read 471
Write 283
Mixed 282
SusWrite 288
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 65.2
4K Mixed 35.1
119% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 224
DQ Mixed 177
152% 226 MB/s
155GB free
Firmware: HSMD25B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 288 289 289 289 290 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 500
Write 290
Mixed 282
SusWrite 289
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 65
4K Mixed 34.6
118% 41.9 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 20.1
DQ Mixed 125
94% 134 MB/s
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HSMD25B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 251 272 282 270 285 MB/s
78.3% Very good
Read 463
Write 276
Mixed 267
SusWrite 265
71% 318 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 68.1
4K Mixed 34.5
109% 40.5 MB/s
DQ Read 156
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 99.8
107% 173 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,895,462 SSDs tested

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Typical primero 256GB Builds (Compare 1,157 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus B85-PLUS

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples143x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples124x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples123x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples94x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples82x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples64x
SSD
primero 256GBBench 84%, 5 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples45x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $253

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