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SPCC M.2 PCIe SS 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 149% (156th of 1072)

Based on 501 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SPCC M.2 PCIe SS
Poor: 87%Average: 149% Great: 204%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SPCC M.2 PCIe SS 256GB averaged 49.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SPCC M.2 PCIe SS 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 409MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,170MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SPCC M.2 PCIe SS 256GB is 118%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SPCC M.2 PCIe SS 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 408MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 45MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 501 samples)
Rank 156149%
Min Avg Max
478 Read 1,170 1,813
202 Write 899 1,271
130 Mixed 775 1,225
156 SusWrite 408 898
181% 813 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.9 4K Read 39 54
37.1 4K Write 114 193
14.3 4K Mixed 45 74.3
177% 66 MB/s
Min Avg Max
157 DQ Read 534 809
114 DQ Write 521 921
52.6 DQ Mixed 409 786
340% 488 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 13A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1397 1396 1394 1397 643 123 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 1,609
Write 1,373
Mixed 1,086
SusWrite 1,058
287% 1,282 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 29.2
181% 73.2 MB/s
DQ Read 258
DQ Write 894
DQ Mixed 298
309% 483 MB/s
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 13A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1182 1219 1233 1235 1200 194 MB/s
177% Outstanding
Read 1,340
Write 1,176
Mixed 924
SusWrite 1044
252% 1,121 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 90.9
4K Mixed 21.3
120% 47.2 MB/s
DQ Read 289
DQ Write 824
DQ Mixed 295
300% 469 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 249 245 266 183 189 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 1,479
Write 1,179
Mixed 1,092
SusWrite 232
222% 996 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 65.6
159% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 835
DQ Write 258
DQ Mixed 321
296% 471 MB/s
150GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 652 338 353 1094 336 1145 MB/s
141% Outstanding
Read 1,256
Write 81
Mixed 139
SusWrite 653
116% 532 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 45.8
4K Mixed 21
103% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 547
DQ Mixed 357
299% 425 MB/s
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 246 249 241 249 200 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 1108
Write 1,059
Mixed 514
SusWrite 234
162% 729 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 69.8
4K Mixed 38.7
112% 41.8 MB/s
DQ Read 603
DQ Write 191
DQ Mixed 214
206% 336 MB/s
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Gaming 151%
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Desktop 99%
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Workstation 150%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) - $499

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel  $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples4,726x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples1,520x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples526x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples1,461x
RTX 2080Nvidia  $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples580x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples554x
SSD
SPCC M.2 PCIe SS 256GBNvmeBench 149%, 501 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples413x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples320x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples265x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $1,479

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