OSC

M.2 256GB

M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed -63%Effective Speed -63%Average Score -87%Read -15%, Write -65%, 4K Read -111%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -69%, 4K Mixed -295%, SusWrite -27%Peak Score -37%Read -6%, Write -25%, 4K Read -54%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -12%, 4K Mixed -136%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -123%DQ Read -98%, DQ Write -16%, DQ Mixed -341%, ADQ Read -128%, ADQ Write -32%, ADQ Mixed -369%, Age 44%, AS-SSD Total -45%

Average Bench: 60.4% (800^th of 1072)

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 80060.4%

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, 2 months ago.

167GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 392 401 409 320 220 MB/s

81.9% Excellent

Write 411

Mixed 386

SusWrite 340

90% 400 MB/s

4K Read 29

4K Write 69.7

4K Mixed 21.6

108% 40.1 MB/s

DQ Read 166

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 35.8

84% 170 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

196GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 355 347 356 360 368 MB/s

77.9% Very good

Write 398

Mixed 390

SusWrite 362

90% 402 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 57

4K Mixed 19.5

99% 35.1 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 225

DQ Mixed 34.4

69% 136 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 300 305 328 239 114 MB/s

67.5% Good

Write 412

Mixed 325

SusWrite 265

80% 355 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 63.5

4K Mixed 9.5

88% 33.5 MB/s

DQ Read 179

DQ Write 264

DQ Mixed 13.8

69% 152 MB/s

NPL-User, 1 month ago.

198GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 239 244 242 240 239 MB/s

58.8% Above average

Write 236

Mixed 182

SusWrite 240

60% 269 MB/s

4K Read 15.1

4K Write 54.7

4K Mixed 9.8

64% 26.5 MB/s

DQ Read 164

DQ Write 234

DQ Mixed 66.4

87% 155 MB/s

LKA-User, 4 months ago.

175GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0718B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 387 268 59 198 107 MB/s

49.3% Average

Write 289

Mixed 307

SusWrite 233

58% 257 MB/s

4K Read 13.6

4K Write 42.4

4K Mixed 15.2

62% 23.7 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 253

DQ Mixed 33.5

68% 132 MB/s

VNM-User, 4 months ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0817A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 127 242 196 225 133 MB/s

48.4% Average

Write 275

Mixed 292

SusWrite 189

62% 277 MB/s

4K Read 14.6

4K Write 36

4K Mixed 10.3

54% 20.3 MB/s

DQ Read 115

DQ Write 187

DQ Mixed 33.7

59% 112 MB/s

IND-User, 3 months ago.

124GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 183 196 206 202 203 MB/s

48% Average

Write 186

Mixed 154

SusWrite 193

50% 227 MB/s

4K Read 12.5

4K Write 32.8

4K Mixed 8.1

47% 17.8 MB/s

DQ Read 161

DQ Write 178

DQ Mixed 50.8

71% 130 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

67GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T1130A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 69 32 48 61 42 MB/s

43.4% Average

Write 7.2

Mixed 14

SusWrite 99.1

30% 143 MB/s

4K Read 47.7

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 0.7

73% 16.1 MB/s

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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 i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Average Bench: 60.4% (800^th of 1072)

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