Average Bench: 63.3% (761st of 1072)

Based on 208 user benchmarks.  Model: OSSD256GBTSS2

Above average average bench

The OSSD256GBTSS2 256GB averaged 36.7% 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 248MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 75.5MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OSSD256GBTSS2 256GB is 60.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the OSSD256GBTSS2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 180MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 269MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 208 samples)
Min Avg Max
279 Read 418 492
93.9 Write 305 425
23.2 Mixed 269 402
46.2 SusWrite 180 404
65.4% 293 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.8 4K Read 23.2 34
6.14 4K Write 57.2 103
0.44 4K Mixed 18.4 32
89% 32.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
53.5 DQ Read 184 260
16.9 DQ Write 248 337
1.08 DQ Mixed 75.5 185
96.3% 169 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0425A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 154 136 88 83 73 MB/s
Read 489
Write 302
Mixed 315
SusWrite 121
68% 307 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 90.8
4K Mixed 46.9
162% 57.7 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 104
133% 240 MB/s
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN11128
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 330 335 337 337 350 MB/s
Read 347
Write 346
Mixed 337
SusWrite 339
77% 342 MB/s
4K Read 16
4K Write 19.9
4K Mixed 17
57% 17.6 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 90
DQ Mixed 101
80% 113 MB/s
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V2206
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 2.6 10 99 0.8 3.6 MB/s
Read 376
Write 226
Mixed 271
SusWrite 50.3
51% 231 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 49.7
4K Mixed 21.3
83% 30.1 MB/s
DQ Read 246
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 173
162% 248 MB/s
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0910A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 50 55 58 54 22 MB/s
Read 492
Write 390
Mixed 365
SusWrite 57.4
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 1.9
76% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 258
DQ Mixed 36.8
74% 146 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 2.9 343 141 13 76 MB/s
Read 413
Write 354
Mixed 321
SusWrite 97.1
66% 296 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 11.7
4K Mixed 0.7
36% 10.4 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 9.9
DQ Mixed 0.8
15% 38.2 MB/s
32GB free
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 277 65 60 106 61 MB/s
Read 409
Write 371
Mixed 301
SusWrite 122
67% 301 MB/s
4K Read 12.1
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 4.2
27% 7.4 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,817,262 SSDs tested

Typical OSSD256GBTSS2 256GB Builds (Compare 3,113 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: HP Compaq Pro 6300 SFF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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