Wdstars

ssd NGFF-256GB 256GB

ssd NGFF-256GB 256GB
BENCHMARKS (3)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -151%Effective Speed -151%Average Score -155%Read -17%, Write -25%, 4K Read -227%, 4K Write -239%, Mixed -81%, 4K Mixed -317%, SusWrite -174%Peak Score -119%Read -23%, Write -35%, 4K Read -147%, 4K Write -181%, Mixed -40%, 4K Mixed -204%, SusWrite -207%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -422%DQ Read -164%, DQ Write -204%, DQ Mixed -1,004%, ADQ Read -189%, ADQ Write -395%, ADQ Mixed -1,322%, Age 49%, AS-SSD Total -148%

Average Bench: 39.2% (953^rd of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: Wdstars ssd NGFF-256GB

Poor: 31%Average: 39.2% Great: 47%

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Poor average bench

The Wdstars ssd NGFF-256GB 256GB averaged 60.8% 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. Sequential Read Speed 390MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 323MB/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. Sustained Write Speed 108MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 18.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 95339.2%

Min	Avg	Max
378	Read 390	411
304	Write 323	360
14.7	Mixed 198	302
98.3	SusWrite 108	126
56.7% 255 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7	4K Read 10.5	17.4
13.6	4K Write 25.8	43.6
1.1	4K Mixed 10.8	19.2
43.3% 15.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
90.1	DQ Read 113	139
7.1	DQ Write 58.4	118
9	DQ Mixed 18.3	30
31.5% 63.1 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HKG-User, 6 months ago.

108GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0413A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 133 117 124 63 37 MB/s

47.1% Average

Write 304

Mixed 278

SusWrite 126

61% 273 MB/s

4K Read 17.4

4K Write 43.6

4K Mixed 12.1

65% 24.4 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 118

DQ Mixed 30

46% 85.6 MB/s

CZE-User, 15 months ago.

82GB free

Firmware: Q1124A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 41 66 41 21 86 MB/s

38.9% Below average

Write 360

Mixed 14.7

SusWrite 98.8

49% 221 MB/s

4K Read 7

4K Write 13.6

4K Mixed 19.2

42% 13.3 MB/s

DQ Read 90.1

DQ Write 7.1

DQ Mixed 9

17% 35.4 MB/s

HKG-User, 4 years ago.

130GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0413A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 62 67 50 49 50 MB/s

31.5% Below average

Write 305

Mixed 302

SusWrite 98.3

60% 271 MB/s

4K Read 7

4K Write 20.1

4K Mixed 1.1

23% 9.4 MB/s

DQ Read 139

DQ Write 50.1

DQ Mixed 15.8

32% 68.2 MB/s

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 29%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Intel Intel

CPU
Celeron J3455IntelBench 29%, 3,455 samples	28x
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	2x
Celeron N3350IntelBench 21%, 14,922 samples	2x

GPU
HD Graphics 500IntelBench 1%, 7,914 samples	29x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	5x
HD GraphicsIntelBench 1%, 15,538 samples	2x

SSD
ssd NGFF-256GB 256GBWdstarsBench 39%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	27x
123456789012345678 4x1.5GBABCDBench 24%, 1,884 samples	4x
123456789012345678 2x3GBABCDBench 22%, 487 samples	3x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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

Wdstars

ssd NGFF-256GB 256GB

Average Bench: 39.2% (953^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 39.2% (953rd of 1072)

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