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Mercury M.2 SSD 250GB

Mercury M.2 SSD 250GB
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Effective Speed +15% Effective Speed 15%Average Score +10% Read 33%, Write 86%, 4K Read -81%, 4K Write -77%, Mixed 44%, 4K Mixed -79%, SusWrite 146%Peak Score +25% Read 28%, Write 116%, 4K Read -60%, 4K Write -58%, Mixed 32%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite 162%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves +37% DQ Read -10%, DQ Write 108%, DQ Mixed 20%, ADQ Read -38%, ADQ Write 94%, ADQ Mixed 45%, Age 48%, AS-SSD Total 29%

Average Bench: 113% (199^th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: OWC Mercury M.2 SSD

Poor: 110%Average: 113% Great: 121%

Outstanding average bench

The OWC Mercury M.2 SSD 250GB averaged 13.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the OWC Mercury M.2 SSD 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 377MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 560MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 49.5MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 199113%

Min	Avg	Max
573	Read 606	648
491	Write 752	1,045
480	Mixed 517	557
472	SusWrite 730	1,013
147% 651 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.4	4K Read 19	26.9
16.6	4K Write 49.5	77.4
8.7	4K Mixed 25.1	41
87.2% 31.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
132	DQ Read 237	333
412	DQ Write 560	746
357	DQ Mixed 377	399
293% 391 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

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Deep queue 4k

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

DEU-User, 4 years ago.

931GB free

Firmware: C2.3.23F

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1012 996 1026 1028 993 1026 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 1,045

Mixed 557

SusWrite 1,013

185% 816 MB/s

4K Read 13.8

4K Write 26.6

4K Mixed 11.4

50% 17.3 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 664

DQ Mixed 399

309% 404 MB/s

DEU-User, 4 years ago.

857GB free

Firmware: C2.3.23F

SusWrite @10s intervals: 949 944 945 942 953 959 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 948

Mixed 519

SusWrite 949

172% 756 MB/s

4K Read 9.4

4K Write 16.6

4K Mixed 8.7

34% 11.6 MB/s

DQ Read 132

DQ Write 746

DQ Mixed 357

299% 412 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 years ago.

144GB free

Firmware: C2.3.23B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 520 524 531 519 517 221 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 491

Mixed 480

SusWrite 472

115% 510 MB/s

4K Read 26.9

4K Write 77.2

4K Mixed 41

134% 48.4 MB/s

DQ Read 333

DQ Write 417

DQ Mixed 376

284% 375 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 years ago.

144GB free

Firmware: C2.3.23B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 521 505 520 520 351 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 524

Mixed 510

SusWrite 485

118% 523 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 77.4

4K Mixed 39.2

131% 47.6 MB/s

DQ Read 332

DQ Write 412

DQ Mixed 376

282% 373 MB/s

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Mercury M.2 SSD 250GB

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