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K5-256G 256GB

K5-256G 256GB
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Effective Speed -83%Effective Speed -83%Average Score -82%Read -22%, Write -55%, 4K Read -54%, 4K Write -104%, Mixed -60%, 4K Mixed -150%, SusWrite -130%Peak Score -30%Read -9%, Write -19%, 4K Read -29%, 4K Write -41%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -82%, SusWrite -21%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -64%DQ Read -48%, DQ Write -13%, DQ Mixed -80%, ADQ Read -127%, ADQ Write -61%, ADQ Mixed -205%, Age 51%, AS-SSD Total -31%

Average Bench: 53.7% (866^th of 1072)

Based on 24 user benchmarks. Model: faspeed K5-256G

Poor: 33%Average: 53.7% Great: 77%

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Average average bench

The Faspeed K5-256G 256GB averaged 46.3% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 85.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.3MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Faspeed K5-256G 256GB is 44.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Faspeed K5-256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 129MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 225MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)

Rank 86653.7%

Min	Avg	Max
295	Read 374	463
27.4	Write 261	408
36.6	Mixed 225	394
46.9	SusWrite 129	319
55% 247 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
6.3	4K Read 22.3	33.2
4.2	4K Write 43	87
0.4	4K Mixed 18	32
79.7% 27.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.5	DQ Read 144	248
18.8	DQ Write 179	316
1.4	DQ Mixed 85.3	184
85.6% 136 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

PHL-User, 9 months ago.

234GB free

Firmware: HAFEA1.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 174 181 184 185 186 MB/s

77.5% Very good

Write 380

Mixed 312

SusWrite 209

72% 321 MB/s

4K Read 30

4K Write 73.1

4K Mixed 30.9

124% 44.7 MB/s

DQ Read 216

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 184

162% 239 MB/s

KHM-User, 8 months ago.

108GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0817A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 130 69 34 37 61 MB/s

65% Good

Write 399

Mixed 394

SusWrite 103

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 57.9

4K Mixed 23.4

96% 35 MB/s

DQ Read 198

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 44.9

92% 182 MB/s

IND-User, 5 months ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFQE1.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 124 124 124 127 125 MB/s

55.6% Above average

Write 158

Mixed 249

SusWrite 135

49% 222 MB/s

4K Read 24.5

4K Write 48.4

4K Mixed 22

91% 31.6 MB/s

DQ Read 122

DQ Write 149

DQ Mixed 157

112% 143 MB/s

PHL-User, 13 months ago.

112GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFQE1.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 115 120 127 129 126 MB/s

55.2% Above average

Write 234

Mixed 229

SusWrite 131

52% 233 MB/s

4K Read 25.8

4K Write 50

4K Mixed 21.1

93% 32.3 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 150

DQ Mixed 142

104% 135 MB/s

NPL-User, 26 days ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP34142P

SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 351 352 344 125 14 MB/s

46.3% Average

Write 312

Mixed 269

SusWrite 253

65% 288 MB/s

4K Read 16.6

4K Write 28.2

4K Mixed 6.2

48% 17 MB/s

DQ Read 93.3

DQ Write 110

DQ Mixed 13.4

34% 72.2 MB/s

PHL-User, 11 months ago.

100GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFQE1.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 108 39 127 26 54 MB/s

38% Below average

Write 109

Mixed 132

SusWrite 68.5

33% 152 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 41.3

4K Mixed 6.8

63% 23.2 MB/s

DQ Read 96.9

DQ Write 86.9

DQ Mixed 16.1

33% 66.6 MB/s

USA-User, 6 months ago.

213GB free

Firmware: HCS2424P

SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 162 120 81 74 90 MB/s

33.2% Below average

Write 266

Mixed 244

SusWrite 104

52% 233 MB/s

4K Read 11.5

4K Write 14.3

4K Mixed 6.9

34% 10.9 MB/s

DQ Read 99.4

DQ Write 83.9

DQ Mixed 17

33% 66.8 MB/s

NPL-User, 2 months ago.

85GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2011052P

SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 51 59 106 114 135 MB/s

24% Poor

Write 27.4

Mixed 154

SusWrite 86.3

34% 157 MB/s

4K Read 6.3

4K Write 4.2

4K Mixed 2.6

15% 4.37 MB/s

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Asus BM6630_BM6330_BP6230-8

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	11x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	10x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	4x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	9x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	4x

SSD
K5-256G 256GBFaspeedBench 54%, 24 samples	4x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x
ASU16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 651 samples	2x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

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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
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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

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K5-256G 256GB

Average Bench: 53.7% (866^th of 1072)

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