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 -439%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,811%, Price 60%, Value 8%Nice To Haves +63% DQ Read 90%, DQ Write 93%, DQ Mixed 81%, ADQ Read 67%, ADQ Write 39%, ADQ Mixed 13%, Age 42%, 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

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ITA-User, 3 days ago.

104GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM14.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 209 189 235 168 157 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 713

Mixed 282

SusWrite 200

113% 510 MB/s

4K Read 11.1

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 49.6

141% 58.4 MB/s

DQ Read 618

DQ Write 281

DQ Mixed 239

233% 379 MB/s

MEX-User, 5 days ago.

97GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM14.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 226 142 166 161 203 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 791

Mixed 386

SusWrite 200

119% 535 MB/s

4K Read 15.9

4K Write 66.8

4K Mixed 38.5

109% 40.4 MB/s

DQ Read 678

DQ Write 464

DQ Mixed 205

252% 449 MB/s

PER-User, 4 days ago.

183GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 214 218 217 216 210 MB/s

88.3% Excellent

Write 217

Mixed 272

SusWrite 215

68% 308 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 34.8

153% 60.8 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 216

DQ Mixed 148

120% 167 MB/s

PER-User, 4 days ago.

183GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 215 217 216 215 216 MB/s

78.9% Very good

Write 216

Mixed 258

SusWrite 207

64% 290 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 89.1

4K Mixed 32.3

129% 49.5 MB/s

DQ Read 131

DQ Write 214

DQ Mixed 144

117% 163 MB/s

ISR-User, 9 days ago.

123GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 188 206 208 208 208 MB/s

70.6% Very good

Write 209

Mixed 244

SusWrite 203

61% 276 MB/s

4K Read 24.3

4K Write 72.2

4K Mixed 25.3

108% 40.6 MB/s

DQ Read 135

DQ Write 211

DQ Mixed 136

113% 161 MB/s

IRN-User, 7 days ago.

54GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM14.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 100 101 107 102 101 MB/s

65.2% Good

Write 205

Mixed 293

SusWrite 98.2

46% 206 MB/s

4K Read 4.6

4K Write 63.6

4K Mixed 43.1

96% 37.1 MB/s

DQ Read 619

DQ Write 191

DQ Mixed 170

187% 327 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

166GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 202 136 213 210 208 MB/s

61.4% Good

Write 210

Mixed 243

SusWrite 197

58% 262 MB/s

4K Read 18.8

4K Write 45.1

4K Mixed 23.9

83% 29.3 MB/s

DQ Read 136

DQ Write 212

DQ Mixed 142

117% 164 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $79

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	3,587x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,689x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	1,081x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,285x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	980x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	979x

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

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	424x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $434

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	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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