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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 154% (149th of 1072)

Based on 40 user benchmarks.  Model: Disk drive
Poor: 36%Average: 154% Great: 284%

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Outstanding average bench

The Disk drive 250GB averaged 53.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Disk drive 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 344MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,265MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Disk drive 250GB is 247%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Disk drive 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 307MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 679MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 40 samples)
Rank 149154%
Min Avg Max
292 Read 1,265 3,222
41 Write 840 1,506
79.3 Mixed 679 1,727
37.6 SusWrite 307 463
171% 773 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21 4K Read 45.7 66.9
0.39 4K Write 122 253
0.39 4K Mixed 48.2 86.5
195% 71.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.2 DQ Read 485 1,111
56.4 DQ Write 442 1,263
16.5 DQ Mixed 344 958
291% 424 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 288 252 243 268 255 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 1,234
Write 466
Mixed 552
SusWrite 283
139% 633 MB/s
4K Read 64.6
4K Write 33
4K Mixed 31.2
155% 42.9 MB/s
DQ Read 253
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 306
229% 300 MB/s
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 46 46 46 MB/s
31.7% Below average
Read 359
Write 44.8
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 44.8
28% 132 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.7
55% 12.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,755,092 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 43%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples3,393x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples1,666x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples457x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples407x
SSD
drive 250GBDiskBench 154%, 40 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples376x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples206x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $548

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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