INTENSO 256GB

INTENSO 256GB
BENCHMARKS (4,055)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -37%Effective Speed -37%Average Score -35%Read -4%, Write -22%, 4K Read -29%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -113%, SusWrite -28%Peak Score -10%Read 1%, Write -10%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -51%, SusWrite 11%Value & Sentiment -845%User Rating -11%, Market Share -1,678%Nice To Haves -63%DQ Read -18%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -58%, ADQ Read -94%, ADQ Write -17%, ADQ Mixed -275%, Age -28%, AS-SSD Total -11%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 72.1% (628^th of 1072)

Based on 4,055 user benchmarks. Model: INTENSO

Poor: 38%Average: 72.1% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The INTENSO 256GB averaged 27.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 71.6MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the INTENSO 256GB is 62.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the INTENSO 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 232MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 168MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,055 samples)

Rank 62872.1%

Min	Avg	Max
329	Read 441	510
115	Write 331	442
61.5	Mixed 280	416
49.5	SusWrite 232	428
71.7% 321 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.4	4K Read 26.7	39.1
14.8	4K Write 71.6	115
0.8	4K Mixed 21.1	38.5
105% 39.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
82.7	DQ Read 168	310
28.4	DQ Write 246	343
2	DQ Mixed 69.3	209
91% 161 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

GRC-User, 1 day ago.

238GB free

Firmware: V0609A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 385 427 437 438 431 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 427

Mixed 423

SusWrite 411

99% 441 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 88.6

4K Mixed 34.5

151% 54.2 MB/s

DQ Read 262

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 58.1

106% 207 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 days ago.

199GB free

Firmware: SBFM61.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 150 105 106 122 154 MB/s

78.7% Very good

Write 123

Mixed 304

SusWrite 176

54% 244 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 73.4

4K Mixed 34.4

134% 47.1 MB/s

DQ Read 254

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 198

171% 250 MB/s

GRC-User, 3 days ago.

72GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T1125A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 119 103 54 90 70 MB/s

52.4% Above average

Write 349

Mixed 298

SusWrite 88.4

63% 280 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 55.1

4K Mixed 16.7

82% 30.8 MB/s

DQ Read 120

DQ Write 205

DQ Mixed 30.7

60% 119 MB/s

BIH-User, 1 day ago.

77GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 132 0.8 56 1.5 114 MB/s

44.4% Average

Write 345

Mixed 112

SusWrite 83.6

56% 255 MB/s

4K Read 0.3

4K Write 21.2

4K Mixed 23.8

42% 15.1 MB/s

DQ Read 64.6

DQ Write 170

DQ Mixed 203

130% 146 MB/s

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Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,715,463 SSDs tested

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Typical INTENSO 256GB Builds (Compare 5,338 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2,196x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,323x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	566x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	449x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	394x

SSD
INTENSO 256GBBench 72%, 4,055 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	79x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	59x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples	50x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $250

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16