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GAMMIX S5 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 185% (114th of 1072)

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,098 samples)
Rank 114185%
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%
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S0285
SusWrite @10s intervals: 830 973 938 950 588 167 MB/s
213% Outstanding
Read 2,128
Write 952
Mixed 934
SusWrite 741
262% 1,189 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 53.4
181% 64.3 MB/s
DQ Read 528
DQ Write 648
DQ Mixed 626
462% 601 MB/s
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S0311
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1149 1147 1164 1125 284 79 MB/s
212% Outstanding
Read 1,971
Write 1,177
Mixed 1,114
SusWrite 825
283% 1,272 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 51.7
176% 63.5 MB/s
DQ Read 528
DQ Write 714
DQ Mixed 641
479% 628 MB/s
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1111 468 93 114 80 108 MB/s
181% Outstanding
Read 1,941
Write 1048
Mixed 811
SusWrite 329
227% 1,032 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 51.2
190% 71.6 MB/s
DQ Read 344
DQ Write 761
DQ Mixed 365
332% 490 MB/s
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Typical GAMMIX S5 256GB Builds (Compare 23,282 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 79%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,007x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,179x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,945x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,314x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,302x
SSD
GAMMIX S5 256GBXPGBench 185%, 6,098 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples959x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $604

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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