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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 56.4% (838th of 1072)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: USB30
Poor: 46%Average: 56.4% Great: 67%

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Average average bench

The USB30 250GB averaged 43.5% 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 Mixed IO Speed 90.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.5MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB30 250GB is 21.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the USB30 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 207MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 135MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 83856.4%
Min Avg Max
311 Read 349 383
92 Write 290 365
36.7 Mixed 259 341
70.8 SusWrite 207 391
61.9% 276 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.9 4K Read 20.5 25.1
9.7 4K Write 32.3 38.9
13.7 4K Mixed 22.7 30
77.3% 25.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
70.3 DQ Read 135 169
70.3 DQ Write 127 175
17.2 DQ Mixed 90.8 170
79.2% 118 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
50GB free
Firmware: 0405
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 314 313 312 225 135 MB/s
67.4% Good
Read 356
Write 365
Mixed 335
SusWrite 276
75% 333 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 38.8
4K Mixed 29.2
94% 30.7 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 150
DQ Mixed 158
117% 154 MB/s
190GB free
Firmware: 0405
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 203 204 205 202 202 MB/s
63.1% Good
Read 367
Write 240
Mixed 190
SusWrite 204
56% 250 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 36.7
4K Mixed 28.6
94% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 146
111% 149 MB/s
53GB free
Firmware: 0405
SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 159 142 134 129 131 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 365
Write 362
Mixed 331
SusWrite 172
69% 307 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 38.8
4K Mixed 30
97% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 17.2
51% 110 MB/s
54GB free
Firmware: 0405
SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 235 185 137 149 144 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 350
Write 295
Mixed 337
SusWrite 194
66% 294 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 30.7
4K Mixed 21.2
69% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 99.6
DQ Mixed 105
78% 103 MB/s
113GB free
Firmware: 0405
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 37 25 27 27 24 MB/s
50.4% Above average
Read 383
Write 348
Mixed 341
SusWrite 86.1
65% 289 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 38.4
4K Mixed 21.5
81% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 52.7
56% 93.8 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,648,824 SSDs tested

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Typical USB30 250GB Builds (Compare 4,306 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 96%
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Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 88%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B560-PLUS WIFI

CPU
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples696x
Core i5-11400Intel  $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples478x
Core i5-11600KIntel  $181Bench 99%, 43,966 samples416x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples675x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples497x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples358x
SSD
USB30 250GBBench 56%, 14 samples1x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples232x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples201x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples178x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $386

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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