Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE8256GNTD

NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +6% Effective Speed 6%Average Score +5% Read 41%, Write 17%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed 31%, 4K Mixed -23%, SusWrite -36%Peak Score +39% Read 73%, Write 81%, 4K Read 1%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed 96%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite 38%Value & Sentiment -457%User Rating -11%, Market Share -1,889%, Price 66%, Value 5%Nice To Haves +63% DQ Read 90%, DQ Write 93%, DQ Mixed 81%, ADQ Read 67%, ADQ Write 39%, ADQ Mixed 13%, Age 47%, AS-SSD Total 75%

Average Bench: 104% (236^th of 1072)

Based on 3,894 user benchmarks. Model: GIGABYTE GP-GSM2NE8256GNTD

Poor: 59%Average: 104% Great: 153%

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Outstanding average bench

The Gigabyte NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 4.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Gigabyte NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 293MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 546MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Gigabyte NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 94.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Gigabyte NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 218MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 472MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,894 samples)

Rank 236104%

Min	Avg	Max
210	Read 643	875
134	Write 476	878
150	Mixed 472	831
60.2	SusWrite 218	535
101% 452 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
5.32	4K Read 35.7	43.5
38.5	4K Write 86.8	119
5.7	4K Mixed 36.6	52.6
147% 53 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
139	DQ Read 546	699
178	DQ Write 402	691
132	DQ Mixed 293	601
268% 414 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MKD-User, 14 hrs ago.

164GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM14.2 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 311 181 288 383 379 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 200

Mixed 652

SusWrite 286

93% 414 MB/s

4K Read 36.9

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 44

185% 72.8 MB/s

DQ Read 686

DQ Write 366

DQ Mixed 516

386% 523 MB/s

SWE-User, 1 day ago.

36GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM14.1 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 221 200 152 135 120 MB/s

84.5% Excellent

Write 202

Mixed 650

SusWrite 186

99% 447 MB/s

4K Read 24.5

4K Write 60.5

4K Mixed 15.7

89% 33.6 MB/s

DQ Read 359

DQ Write 411

DQ Mixed 267

234% 346 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM14.1 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 175 228 173 233 173 MB/s

79.3% Very good

Write 207

Mixed 230

SusWrite 198

62% 280 MB/s

4K Read 22.4

4K Write 94.1

4K Mixed 22

112% 46.2 MB/s

DQ Read 402

DQ Write 259

DQ Mixed 297

230% 319 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 days ago.

131GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 315 243 126 266 119 MB/s

79.2% Very good

Write 318

Mixed 221

SusWrite 211

49% 214 MB/s

4K Read 3.8

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 46.7

123% 53 MB/s

DQ Read 344

DQ Write 644

DQ Mixed 406

333% 465 MB/s

IND-User, 2 days ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM14.1 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 109 100 102 107 106 MB/s

76.8% Very good

Write 376

Mixed 375

SusWrite 116

90% 407 MB/s

4K Read 8.1

4K Write 78.2

4K Mixed 7

63% 31.1 MB/s

DQ Read 604

DQ Write 369

DQ Mixed 199

226% 391 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 days ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 216 104 191 151 262 MB/s

32.8% Below average

Write 360

Mixed 118

SusWrite 165

44% 195 MB/s

4K Read 4.1

4K Write 46.2

4K Mixed 3.9

36% 18.1 MB/s

DQ Read 220

DQ Write 103

DQ Mixed 174

126% 166 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $83

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $123Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	3,437x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $113Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,566x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $143Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	1,040x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,236x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	931x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $205Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	928x

SSD
NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBGigabyte $60Bench 104%, 3,894 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	881x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	571x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	412x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $438

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12400F $146	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $189	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $340	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE8256GNTD

NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 104% (236^th of 1072)

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NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 104% (236th of 1072)

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