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Intenso

TOP M.2 SATA 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 82.3% (450th of 1072)

Based on 105 user benchmarks.  Model: INTENSO TOP M.2 SATA
Poor: 22%Average: 82.3% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Intenso TOP M.2 SATA 256GB averaged just 17.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intenso TOP M.2 SATA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 162MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.5MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intenso TOP M.2 SATA 256GB is 83.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intenso TOP M.2 SATA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 250MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 283MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 105 samples)
Rank 45082.3%
Min Avg Max
180 Read 346 391
109 Write 283 426
55.4 Mixed 250 305
40.3 SusWrite 317 436
67.3% 299 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 31.5 41.1
16.6 4K Write 74.9 99.4
1.13 4K Mixed 31 41.1
127% 45.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
45.8 DQ Read 222 323
15.7 DQ Write 249 338
15.5 DQ Mixed 162 212
142% 211 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
238GB free
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 451 452 446 443 435 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 396
Write 436
Mixed 295
SusWrite 447
89% 394 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 35.8
155% 59 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 319
DQ Mixed 204
185% 281 MB/s
231GB free
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 441 441 431 432 432 MB/s
99.6% Outstanding
Read 401
Write 432
Mixed 298
SusWrite 435
88% 392 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 92.6
4K Mixed 40.1
160% 57.3 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 164
130% 180 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 440 435 428 431 435 MB/s
97.7% Outstanding
Read 401
Write 438
Mixed 316
SusWrite 434
90% 397 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 86.9
4K Mixed 39
153% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 162
129% 180 MB/s
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 433 429 388 335 414 MB/s
92% Outstanding
Read 269
Write 118
Mixed 226
SusWrite 401
57% 254 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 35
145% 55.5 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 196
172% 255 MB/s
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 105 20 21 29 31 MB/s
21.1% Poor
Read 329
Write 194
Mixed 227
SusWrite 40.1
44% 198 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 15.9
4K Mixed 1.2
11% 5.93 MB/s
DQ Read 88.7
DQ Write 18.8
DQ Mixed 17.4
22% 41.6 MB/s
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 73 22 23 24 24 MB/s
11.4% Very poor
Read 83.7
Write 290
Mixed 28.4
SusWrite 32.3
25% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 22.5
4K Mixed 2.1
16% 8.43 MB/s
DQ Read 31.3
DQ Write 39.7
DQ Mixed 59
38% 43.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,710,659 SSDs tested

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Typical TOP M.2 SATA 256GB Builds (Compare 7,243 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 93%
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Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 85%
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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) - $125

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples2,354x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,789x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples765x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples717x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples638x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia  $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples507x
SSD
TOP M.2 SATA 256GBIntensoBench 82%, 105 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples165x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $754

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