SSD

256GB 256GB

256GB 256GB
BENCHMARKS (9,229)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -600%Effective Speed -600%Average Score -635%Read -627%, Write -1,012%, 4K Read -229%, 4K Write -243%, Mixed -784%, 4K Mixed -474%, SusWrite -1,076%Peak Score -414%Read -258%, Write -491%, 4K Read -350%, 4K Write -238%, Mixed -390%, 4K Mixed -478%, SusWrite -695%Value & Sentiment -194%User Rating -36%, Market Share -352%Nice To Haves -499%DQ Read -359%, DQ Write -155%, DQ Mixed -410%, ADQ Read -801%, ADQ Write -340%, ADQ Mixed -1,100%, Age -545%, AS-SSD Total -279%

Average Bench: 77.3% (538^th of 1080)

Based on 9,229 user benchmarks. Model: SSD 256GB

Poor: 33%Average: 77.3% Great: 166%

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Good average bench

The SSD 256GB 256GB averaged 22.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD 256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 124MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 286MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 256GB 256GB is 133%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SSD 256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 270MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 190MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,229 samples)

Rank 53877.3%

Min	Avg	Max
290	Read 570	1,646
117	Write 415	1,073
42.6	Mixed 360	943
47	SusWrite 270	574
90.1% 404 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.1	4K Read 26.1	42.5
6.07	4K Write 59.7	112
0.4	4K Mixed 18.8	37.9
95.2% 34.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
76	DQ Read 190	505
86.5	DQ Write 286	743
7.34	DQ Mixed 124	411
126% 200 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

BRA-User, 1 day ago.

142GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1111A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 649 200 283 328 482 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 925

Mixed 785

SusWrite 459

197% 884 MB/s

4K Read 33.9

4K Write 72.7

4K Mixed 17.1

112% 41.2 MB/s

DQ Read 383

DQ Write 369

DQ Mixed 339

265% 364 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

201GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8502c81

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 356 346 340 336 336 MB/s

75.2% Very good

Write 339

Mixed 324

SusWrite 344

80% 357 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 63.1

4K Mixed 27.7

100% 37.2 MB/s

DQ Read 100

DQ Write 191

DQ Mixed 151

113% 148 MB/s

IND-User, 1 day ago.

107GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ZD0R3G5B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 254 309 304 248 241 MB/s

63.1% Good

Write 317

Mixed 292

SusWrite 275

69% 305 MB/s

4K Read 15.5

4K Write 45.4

4K Mixed 21.7

75% 27.5 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 216

163% 214 MB/s

TUR-User, 20 hrs ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1011B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 9.8 259 149 18 118 MB/s

62% Good

Write 389

Mixed 365

SusWrite 115

75% 336 MB/s

4K Read 19.7

4K Write 69.1

4K Mixed 17.5

89% 35.4 MB/s

DQ Read 108

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 26.7

75% 154 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

150GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS1A25E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 67 26 43 29 45 MB/s

43.2% Average

Write 403

Mixed 174

SusWrite 73.3

53% 236 MB/s

4K Read 13.2

4K Write 55.7

4K Mixed 9

61% 26 MB/s

DQ Read 188

DQ Write 230

DQ Mixed 13.9

65% 144 MB/s

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Intel H61

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $99Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	2,032x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,043x
Core i5-2400Intel $38Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,005x

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HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	2,049x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,354x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	738x

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256GB 256GBSSDBench 77%, 9,229 samples	278x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	637x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	605x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	243x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $99

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
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