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Effective Speed -756%Effective Speed -756%Average Score -782%Read -746%, Write -1,095%, 4K Read -302%, 4K Write -288%, Mixed -960%, 4K Mixed -719%, SusWrite -1,366%Peak Score -510%Read -331%, Write -558%, 4K Read -373%, 4K Write -235%, Mixed -473%, 4K Mixed -592%, SusWrite -1,006%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -651%DQ Read -463%, DQ Write -261%, DQ Mixed -496%, ADQ Read -1,011%, ADQ Write -419%, ADQ Mixed -1,885%, Age -296%, AS-SSD Total -375%

Average Bench: 63.7% (764^th of 1080)

Based on 257 user benchmarks. Model: SSD 256G

Poor: 27%Average: 63.7% Great: 142%

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Above average average bench

The SSD 256G 256GB averaged 36.3% 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-64Thread Write Speed 242MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 74.8MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 256G 256GB is 115%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SSD 256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 215MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 13.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 257 samples)

Rank 76463.7%

Min	Avg	Max
301	Read 496	1,375
166	Write 390	978
10	Mixed 305	815
45.8	SusWrite 215	414
78.4% 351 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.88	4K Read 22.1	40.6
4.3	4K Write 53.4	113
0.3	4K Mixed 13.5	31.6
79.1% 29.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
50.3	DQ Read 154	412
14.7	DQ Write 242	526
0.4	DQ Mixed 74.8	352
91.3% 157 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

RUS-User, 3 months ago.

128GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ZD0R3G5J

SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 400 413 422 367 202 MB/s

88% Excellent

Write 394

Mixed 350

SusWrite 364

86% 379 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 82

4K Mixed 36.9

130% 48.2 MB/s

DQ Read 108

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 180

145% 198 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

105GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0718B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 272 297 274 223 234 MB/s

58.2% Above average

Write 324

Mixed 328

SusWrite 263

71% 317 MB/s

4K Read 19.3

4K Write 43.3

4K Mixed 13.6

70% 25.4 MB/s

DQ Read 142

DQ Write 195

DQ Mixed 34.1

63% 124 MB/s

IND-User, 3 months ago.

143GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0718B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 120 102 88 90 101 MB/s

55.2% Above average

Write 339

Mixed 341

SusWrite 110

67% 299 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 44.8

4K Mixed 15.9

76% 27.4 MB/s

DQ Read 168

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 34.3

77% 155 MB/s

BRA-User, 3 months ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 220 218 220 223 218 MB/s

54.3% Above average

Write 248

Mixed 187

SusWrite 220

56% 249 MB/s

4K Read 18.6

4K Write 41.9

4K Mixed 12.7

67% 24.4 MB/s

DQ Read 162

DQ Write 180

DQ Mixed 68.4

80% 137 MB/s

PAK-User, 4 months ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0423B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.9 121 139 4.6 97 2.1 MB/s

22.1% Poor

Write 171

Mixed 230

SusWrite 60.9

43% 195 MB/s

4K Read 13.1

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 0.2

21% 5.2 MB/s

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Workstation 42%

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CPU
Xeon E5-2678 v3IntelBench 71%, 6,301 samples	469x
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	77x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples	41x

GPU
RX 580AMD $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	77x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
RX 570AMD $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	45x

SSD
256G 256GBSSDBench 64%, 257 samples	1x

RAM
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples	28x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	26x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 4x16GBSamsungBench 92%, 1,230 samples	24x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $131

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370

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Average Bench: 63.7% (764^th of 1080)

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