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PCIE G3X4 NVMe 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 161% (143rd of 1072)

Based on 270 user benchmarks.  Model: M.2 PCIE G3X4 NVMe
Poor: 99%Average: 161% Great: 199%

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Outstanding average bench

The M.2 PCIE G3X4 NVMe 256GB averaged 61.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the M.2 PCIE G3X4 NVMe 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 558MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 689MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M.2 PCIE G3X4 NVMe 256GB is 99.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the M.2 PCIE G3X4 NVMe 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 319MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 729MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 270 samples)
Rank 143161%
Min Avg Max
577 Read 1,360 1,874
424 Write 820 1,002
223 Mixed 729 1,082
165 SusWrite 319 451
179% 807 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.6 4K Read 38.9 48.2
77.3 4K Write 116 172
33.4 4K Mixed 51.3 65.3
186% 68.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
416 DQ Read 667 713
307 DQ Write 689 1,001
243 DQ Mixed 558 718
453% 638 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 37 37 36 MB/s
378% Outstanding
Read 4,571
Write 41.3
Mixed 81.9
SusWrite 36.7
246% 1,183 MB/s
4K Read 475
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 5.5
728% 161 MB/s
145GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 230 290 308 263 264 MB/s
190% Outstanding
Read 1,793
Write 646
Mixed 578
SusWrite 263
179% 820 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 60.4
215% 79.4 MB/s
DQ Read 708
DQ Write 892
DQ Mixed 541
480% 714 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 879 304 303 302 302 304 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 1,685
Write 996
Mixed 978
SusWrite 399
225% 1,014 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 77.4
4K Mixed 46.9
137% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 712
DQ Write 825
DQ Mixed 716
554% 751 MB/s
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 169 207 205 157 121 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 1765
Write 990
Mixed 912
SusWrite 178
212% 961 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 52.6
172% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 659
DQ Write 429
DQ Mixed 513
391% 534 MB/s
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 103 2.7 29 38 73 MB/s
98.2% Outstanding
Read 928
Write 286
Mixed 328
SusWrite 88.5
89% 408 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 31.4
131% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 415
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 207
197% 310 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 174 213 203 184 190 MB/s
83.6% Excellent
Read 970
Write 561
Mixed 202
SusWrite 200
106% 483 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 23.3
4K Mixed 22.3
78% 23.3 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 67.1
DQ Mixed 119
107% 170 MB/s
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples857x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples561x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples475x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples339x
SSD
PCIE G3X4 NVMe 256GBM.2Bench 161%, 270 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples247x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $652

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