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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 108% (223rd of 1072)

Based on 84 user benchmarks.  Model: PP3-8D256
Poor: 77%Average: 108% Great: 138%

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Outstanding average bench

The PP3-8D256 256GB averaged 8.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PP3-8D256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 420MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 464MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PP3-8D256 256GB is 60.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PP3-8D256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 250MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 409MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 84 samples)
Rank 223108%
Min Avg Max
425 Read 653 841
197 Write 409 836
279 Mixed 504 802
134 SusWrite 250 345
101% 454 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.1 4K Read 28.9 38.1
63.3 4K Write 96.9 130
20 4K Mixed 37.2 51.5
143% 54.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
336 DQ Read 538 702
202 DQ Write 464 727
143 DQ Mixed 420 587
337% 474 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
173GB free
Firmware: LTNFW1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 271 272 269 272 272 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 680
Write 272
Mixed 316
SusWrite 271
85% 385 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 31.7
138% 54.2 MB/s
DQ Read 410
DQ Write 272
DQ Mixed 303
236% 328 MB/s
206GB free
Firmware: LTNFW1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 538 265 261 263 264 264 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 645
Write 256
Mixed 305
SusWrite 309
84% 379 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 73.3
4K Mixed 27.9
107% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 405
DQ Write 611
DQ Mixed 582
420% 533 MB/s
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LTNFW1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 158 167 163 170 169 MB/s
96.1% Outstanding
Read 681
Write 416
Mixed 561
SusWrite 192
103% 463 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 55.9
4K Mixed 31.2
105% 36.9 MB/s
DQ Read 582
DQ Write 520
DQ Mixed 506
392% 536 MB/s
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LTNFW1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 225 205 207 211 210 MB/s
87.8% Excellent
Read 616
Write 221
Mixed 274
SusWrite 213
73% 331 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 80.5
4K Mixed 27.6
116% 44.5 MB/s
DQ Read 409
DQ Write 265
DQ Mixed 295
231% 323 MB/s
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LTNFW1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 249 182 196 185 200 MB/s
85.6% Excellent
Read 536
Write 224
Mixed 259
SusWrite 206
68% 306 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 85.9
4K Mixed 29.3
122% 47 MB/s
DQ Read 408
DQ Write 253
DQ Mixed 300
232% 320 MB/s
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LTNFW1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 158 195 145 115 34 MB/s
52.5% Above average
Read 320
Write 191
Mixed 240
SusWrite 129
49% 220 MB/s
4K Read 11
4K Write 50.8
4K Mixed 19
68% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 288
DQ Write 202
DQ Mixed 222
172% 237 MB/s
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Gaming 48%
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Desktop
Desktop 84%
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Workstation
Workstation 40%
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Motherboard: MSI H310M PRO-M2 (MS-7B28)

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples663x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples135x
Core i3-8100Intel  $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples69x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples252x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples190x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples74x
SSD
PP3-8D256 256GBBench 108%, 84 samples1x
RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples91x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 22,600 samples80x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples46x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $247

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