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Effective Speed -803%Effective Speed -803%Average Score -991%Read -951%, Write -1,802%, 4K Read -445%, 4K Write -194%, Mixed -1,424%, 4K Mixed -870%, SusWrite -1,253%Peak Score -953%Read -1,146%, Write -1,562%, 4K Read -588%, 4K Write -251%, Mixed -1,138%, 4K Mixed -786%, SusWrite -1,204%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,197%DQ Read -1,154%, DQ Write -513%, DQ Mixed -2,694%, ADQ Read -1,096%, ADQ Write -474%, ADQ Mixed -2,575%, Age -275%, AS-SSD Total -798%

Average Bench: 60.4% (808^th of 1080)

Based on 171 user benchmarks. Model: OSC M.2 256GB

Poor: 44%Average: 60.4% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The OSC M.2 256GB averaged 39.5% 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 Random Write Speed 70.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 219MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OSC M.2 256GB is 36.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the OSC M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 11.4MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 212MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 171 samples)

Rank 80860.4%

Min	Avg	Max
310	Read 399	476
122	Write 245	387
134	Mixed 212	377
118	SusWrite 233	351
60.7% 272 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.5	4K Read 16.3	27.9
19.2	4K Write 70.6	108
6.92	4K Mixed 11.4	24.7
76.8% 32.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
103	DQ Read 143	185
78.5	DQ Write 219	310
19.9	DQ Mixed 55.5	75.1
77.3% 139 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

LKA-User, 3 months ago.

55GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 196 51 16 171 17 MB/s

71.9% Very good

Write 387

Mixed 380

SusWrite 90.3

75% 337 MB/s

4K Read 33.9

4K Write 81.5

4K Mixed 22

123% 45.8 MB/s

DQ Read 155

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 36.3

86% 173 MB/s

NPL-User, 2 months ago.

141GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 246 269 271 273 269 MB/s

69% Good

Write 264

Mixed 204

SusWrite 261

66% 294 MB/s

4K Read 19.8

4K Write 92.3

4K Mixed 11.8

94% 41.3 MB/s

DQ Read 126

DQ Write 246

DQ Mixed 68.7

85% 147 MB/s

NPL-User, 2 months ago.

144GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 242 260 259 266 243 MB/s

64.5% Good

Write 244

Mixed 194

SusWrite 248

64% 286 MB/s

4K Read 17.9

4K Write 68.8

4K Mixed 11.5

78% 32.7 MB/s

DQ Read 135

DQ Write 242

DQ Mixed 68.7

86% 149 MB/s

IND-User, 27 days ago.

105GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 329 368 191 76 2.3 MB/s

64.1% Good

Write 420

Mixed 359

SusWrite 206

80% 356 MB/s

4K Read 30.6

4K Write 62.5

4K Mixed 10.1

92% 34.4 MB/s

DQ Read 162

DQ Write 192

DQ Mixed 11.2

54% 122 MB/s

IND-User, 3 months ago.

174GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1103A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 240 72 172 56 170 MB/s

61.4% Good

Write 391

Mixed 372

SusWrite 129

74% 333 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 57

4K Mixed 17.9

92% 33.6 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 242

DQ Mixed 35.6

72% 142 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

155GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 181 164 173 171 156 MB/s

43.3% Average

Write 171

Mixed 152

SusWrite 165

47% 211 MB/s

4K Read 10.6

4K Write 43.4

4K Mixed 6.6

48% 20.2 MB/s

DQ Read 124

DQ Write 113

DQ Mixed 50.1

56% 95.7 MB/s

LKA-User, 2 months ago.

150GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0718B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 54 124 130 9.9 238 MB/s

36.7% Below average

Write 402

Mixed 251

SusWrite 114

71% 318 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 7.8

4K Mixed 0.5

36% 9.7 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Google Zako

CPU
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples	14x
Celeron 2955UIntelBench 37%, 542 samples	2x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	14x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	2x

SSD
M.2 256GBOSCBench 60%, 171 samples	1x

RAM
(0) None 2x4GBUnknownBench 48%, 75 samples	4x
(0) None 2x8GBUnknownBench 49%, 38 samples	4x
(0) None 1x8GBUnknownBench 30%, 25 samples	3x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350

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