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GAMMIX S5 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 185% (121st of 1080)

Based on 6,098 user benchmarks.  Model: XPG GAMMIX S5
Poor: 81%Average: 185% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The XPG GAMMIX S5 256GB averaged 84.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the XPG GAMMIX S5 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 423MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,760MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the XPG GAMMIX S5 256GB is 159%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the XPG GAMMIX S5 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 327MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 589MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,098 samples)
Rank 121185%
Min Avg Max
525 Read 1,760 2,234
321 Write 960 1,270
280 Mixed 838 1,068
171 SusWrite 589 1,013
229% 1,036 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.1 4K Read 38.4 46.2
53.1 4K Write 116 179
22.5 4K Mixed 48.4 62.6
182% 67.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
159 DQ Read 327 527
227 DQ Write 692 917
170 DQ Mixed 423 633
346% 481 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 43 41 43 43 MB/s
414% Outstanding
Read 6,060
Write 39.7
Mixed 79.4
SusWrite 42.9
323% 1,556 MB/s
4K Read 414
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 6.5
636% 141 MB/s
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9001c19
SusWrite @10s intervals: 879 1093 1092 569 153 96 MB/s
199% Outstanding
Read 1,978
Write 1,078
Mixed 859
SusWrite 647
252% 1,140 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 49.1
178% 64.8 MB/s
DQ Read 332
DQ Write 800
DQ Mixed 453
378% 528 MB/s
125GB free
Firmware: V9002s16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 842 924 982 1032 985 712 MB/s
177% Outstanding
Read 1,905
Write 977
Mixed 816
SusWrite 913
256% 1,153 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 34.9
4K Mixed 32.7
114% 34.2 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 285
197% 249 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S032V
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 51 83 107 80 91 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 787
Write 863
Mixed 876
SusWrite 112
148% 660 MB/s
4K Read 8.3
4K Write 73.6
4K Mixed 30.4
90% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 771
DQ Mixed 345
303% 433 MB/s
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s85
SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 351 351 358 94 56 MB/s
77.7% Very good
Read 531
Write 329
Mixed 283
SusWrite 260
78% 351 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 67
4K Mixed 26.6
101% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 212
161% 215 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 14 12 11 8.5 MB/s
18.1% Very poor
Read 116
Write 388
Mixed 41
SusWrite 13.9
32% 140 MB/s
4K Read 5.4
4K Write 27.5
4K Mixed 9.7
35% 14.2 MB/s
DQ Read 51.6
DQ Write 27.8
DQ Mixed 42.8
31% 40.7 MB/s
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Typical GAMMIX S5 256GB Builds (Compare 24,338 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,212x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $150Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,290x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $140Bench 86%, 635,419 samples3,087x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,562x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $389Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,378x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,367x
SSD
GAMMIX S5 256GBXPGBench 185%, 6,098 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,613x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,579x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples982x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 135% - Outstanding Total price: $418

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