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Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE8256GNTD

NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed -423%Effective Speed -423%Average Score -550%Read -550%, Write -875%, 4K Read -150%, 4K Write -138%, Mixed -583%, 4K Mixed -202%, SusWrite -1,354%Peak Score -472%Read -578%, Write -631%, 4K Read -342%, 4K Write -220%, Mixed -462%, 4K Mixed -318%, SusWrite -754%Value & Sentiment -1,760%User Rating -37%, Market Share -6,322%, Price 255%, Value -937%Nice To Haves -256%DQ Read -231%, DQ Write -175%, DQ Mixed -248%, ADQ Read -214%, ADQ Write -213%, ADQ Mixed -407%, Age -307%, AS-SSD Total -255%

Average Bench: 104% (244^th of 1080)

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 244104%

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%

BEL-User, 13 days ago.

54GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 177 229 224 216 206 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 593

Mixed 830

SusWrite 222

124% 548 MB/s

4K Read 36.2

4K Write 72.5

4K Mixed 44.3

150% 51 MB/s

DQ Read 693

DQ Write 486

DQ Mixed 380

340% 520 MB/s

BEL-User, 3 days ago.

45GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8TM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 205 180 205 201 MB/s

92.5% Outstanding

Write 287

Mixed 818

SusWrite 174

92% 405 MB/s

4K Read 36.2

4K Write 72.6

4K Mixed 44.1

150% 51 MB/s

DQ Read 696

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 198

223% 392 MB/s

DNK-User, 8 days ago.

48GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 121 105 102 104 106 MB/s

82.5% Excellent

Write 549

Mixed 381

SusWrite 121

82% 366 MB/s

4K Read 6.5

4K Write 67.7

4K Mixed 42.5

100% 38.9 MB/s

DQ Read 676

DQ Write 471

DQ Mixed 226

263% 458 MB/s

PER-User, 5 days ago.

15GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 55 31 34 36 39 MB/s

64.5% Good

Write 139

Mixed 298

SusWrite 51.9

64% 295 MB/s

4K Read 20

4K Write 67.4

4K Mixed 8.5

77% 32 MB/s

DQ Read 278

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 189

164% 242 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $111

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $80Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	3,699x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,797x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $175Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	1,119x

GPU
RX 580AMD $94Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,322x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $214Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	1,015x
RX 570AMD $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	1,007x

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

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	961x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	617x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	437x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $387

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $248	Nvidia RTX 4070 $278	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $397

Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE8256GNTD

NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 104% (244^th of 1080)

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NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 104% (244th of 1080)

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