Mercury

Electra 6G SSD 250GB

Electra 6G SSD 250GB
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Effective Speed -56%Effective Speed -56%Average Score -58%Read -3%, Write -4%, 4K Read -57%, 4K Write -64%, Mixed -34%, 4K Mixed -217%, SusWrite -29%Peak Score -12%Read 1%, Write -9%, 4K Read -42%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed 0%, 4K Mixed -26%, SusWrite 11%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -118%DQ Read -57%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -38%, ADQ Read -133%, ADQ Write -19%, ADQ Mixed -708%, Age 45%, AS-SSD Total -27%

Average Bench: 62.9% (770^th of 1072)

Based on 35 user benchmarks. Model: Mercury Electra 6G SSD

Poor: 32%Average: 62.9% Great: 86%

Popular builds with this SSD

Apple iMac12,1 (1)

Above average average bench

The Mercury Electra 6G SSD 250GB averaged 37.0% 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-64Thread Write Speed 243MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.8MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Mercury Electra 6G SSD 250GB is 54.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Mercury Electra 6G SSD 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 32.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 140MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 35 samples)

Rank 77062.9%

Min	Avg	Max
239	Read 446	512
200	Write 391	445
9.3	Mixed 267	425
65.9	SusWrite 230	430
74.5% 333 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.7	4K Read 21.8	30.3
4.4	4K Write 53.5	105
0.4	4K Mixed 14.2	46.1
79.5% 29.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
87.3	DQ Read 140	234
12.4	DQ Write 243	342
0.5	DQ Mixed 32.2	240
69.4% 138 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 20 months ago.

233GB free

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 416 426 416 420 418 MB/s

90% Excellent

Write 408

Mixed 388

SusWrite 400

92% 410 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 99.2

4K Mixed 24.9

121% 49.3 MB/s

DQ Read 207

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 45.3

96% 193 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

233GB free

Firmware: Q0915A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 410 419 422 418 415 MB/s

77.4% Very good

Write 423

Mixed 389

SusWrite 414

97% 431 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 50.3

4K Mixed 16.2

86% 30.7 MB/s

DQ Read 90.9

DQ Write 216

DQ Mixed 21.9

54% 110 MB/s

USA-User, 19 months ago.

206GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 341 350 336 314 233 MB/s

55.5% Above average

Write 318

Mixed 306

SusWrite 323

67% 297 MB/s

4K Read 10.7

4K Write 45.5

4K Mixed 12.6

56% 22.9 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 30.4

75% 150 MB/s

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Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

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Workstation 3%

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System: Apple iMac12,1

CPU
Core i5-2400SIntel $70Bench 60%, 10,987 samples	69x
Core i5-2500SIntelBench 64%, 3,031 samples	17x
Core i7-2600SIntel $235Bench 67%, 3,026 samples	12x

GPU
Radeon HD 6630MAMDBench 5%, 2,501 samples	50x
Radeon HD 6750MAMDBench 5%, 168 samples	19x
Radeon HD 6700MAMDBench 6%, 1,888 samples	17x

SSD
Electra 6G SSD 250GBMercuryBench 63%, 35 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	23x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	17x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	16x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $70

Popular Electra 6G SSD 250GB systems:

Apple iMac12,1 (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Mercury

Electra 6G SSD 250GB

Average Bench: 62.9% (770^th of 1072)

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Electra 6G SSD 250GB

Average Bench: 62.9% (770th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 62.9% (770^th of 1072)