NE-256 256GB

NE-256 256GB
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Effective Speed +52% Effective Speed 52%Average Score +59% Read 198%, Write 102%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 94%, 4K Mixed -79%, SusWrite 30%Peak Score +108% Read 283%, Write 137%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 67%, Mixed 146%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite 142%Value & Sentiment -258%User Rating -13%, Market Share -502%Nice To Haves +98% DQ Read 152%, DQ Write 173%, DQ Mixed 60%, ADQ Read 77%, ADQ Write 92%, ADQ Mixed 25%, Age 58%, AS-SSD Total 146%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 150% (141^st of 1058)

Based on 4,124 user benchmarks. Model: NE-256

Poor: 91%Average: 150% Great: 214%

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Outstanding average bench

The NE-256 256GB averaged 50.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the NE-256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 326MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,383MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the NE-256 256GB is 123%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the NE-256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 386MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 25.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,124 samples)

Rank 141150%

Min	Avg	Max
745	Read 1,383	1,940
84.6	Write 824	1,150
102	Mixed 703	1,040
138	SusWrite 386	929
183% 824 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.1	4K Read 43.4	54.1
31.9	4K Write 121	200
8.82	4K Mixed 25.4	40.9
162% 63.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
239	DQ Read 572	928
60.6	DQ Write 551	978
27.6	DQ Mixed 326	530
309% 483 MB/s

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

RUS-User, 59 mins ago.

81GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0620A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 478 593 113 96 112 MB/s

134% Outstanding

Write 401

Mixed 128

SusWrite 282

118% 544 MB/s

4K Read 38.7

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 26.3

155% 61 MB/s

DQ Read 716

DQ Write 67.5

DQ Mixed 296

240% 360 MB/s

DZA-User, 4 hrs ago.

43GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0620A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 99 100 165 122 140 MB/s

82.5% Excellent

Write 123

Mixed 306

SusWrite 126

75% 346 MB/s

4K Read 47.2

4K Write 14.3

4K Mixed 11.3

94% 24.3 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 14.8

101% 234 MB/s

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 36%

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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 69%, 5,453 samples	796x
Xeon E5-2678 v3IntelBench 73%, 4,264 samples	356x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $174Bench 76%, 638,797 samples	275x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 54%, 707,004 samples	379x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 46%, 353,285 samples	329x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 810,808 samples	264x

SSD
NE-256 256GBBench 150%, 4,124 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 58%, 188,808 samples	276x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 3,723 samples	270x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 821 samples	162x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $220

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

NE-256 256GB

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