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Electra 6G SSD 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 62.9% (778th of 1080)

Based on 35 user benchmarks.  Model: Mercury Electra 6G SSD
Poor: 32%Average: 62.9% Great: 86%

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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

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 77862.9%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
233GB free
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 416 426 416 420 418 MB/s
90% Excellent
Read 443
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
233GB free
Firmware: Q0915A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 410 419 422 418 415 MB/s
77.4% Very good
Read 496
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
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 341 350 336 314 233 MB/s
55.5% Above average
Read 239
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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Typical Electra 6G SSD 250GB Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
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Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

System: Apple iMac12,1

CPU
Core i5-2400SIntel  $60Bench 60%, 10,987 samples69x
Core i5-2500SIntelBench 64%, 3,031 samples18x
Core i7-2600SIntel  $235Bench 67%, 3,026 samples13x
GPU
Radeon HD 6630MAMDBench 5%, 2,501 samples50x
Radeon HD 6750MAMDBench 5%, 168 samples19x
Radeon HD 6700MAMDBench 6%, 1,888 samples17x
SSD
Electra 6G SSD 250GBMercuryBench 63%, 35 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples23x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples17x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples16x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $60

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