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TS256GMTE220S 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 206% (92nd of 1072)

Based on 135 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe TS256GMTE220S
Poor: 141%Average: 206% Great: 273%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme TS256GMTE220S 256GB averaged 106.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme TS256GMTE220S 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 368MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,088MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme TS256GMTE220S 256GB is 132%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme TS256GMTE220S 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 324MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 688MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 135 samples)
Rank 92206%
Min Avg Max
880 Read 2,088 2,717
265 Write 888 1,154
102 Mixed 688 1,222
233 SusWrite 324 619
218% 997 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.9 4K Read 52.5 70.1
65.7 4K Write 140 216
37.4 4K Mixed 69.4 94.9
242% 87.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
405 DQ Read 674 831
132 DQ Write 573 1,043
118 DQ Mixed 368 480
346% 539 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42B4S8JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 186 212 194 207 185 MB/s
226% Outstanding
Read 2,595
Write 1,094
Mixed 1,234
SusWrite 232
283% 1,289 MB/s
4K Read 53.9
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 75.7
245% 85 MB/s
DQ Read 743
DQ Write 655
DQ Mixed 469
414% 622 MB/s
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42B4S8JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 246 255 263 263 209 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 2,669
Write 653
Mixed 415
SusWrite 259
215% 999 MB/s
4K Read 43
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 68.9
214% 75.5 MB/s
DQ Read 624
DQ Write 494
DQ Mixed 390
338% 503 MB/s
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T36A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 289 232 154 251 260 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 1,493
Write 801
Mixed 938
SusWrite 259
193% 873 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 53.4
4K Mixed 36.6
129% 41.8 MB/s
DQ Read 502
DQ Write 424
DQ Mixed 426
329% 451 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42B4S8JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 197 146 146 137 121 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 1,404
Write 899
Mixed 81.7
SusWrite 176
140% 640 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 26.5
4K Mixed 53
151% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 502
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 388
286% 382 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42B4S8JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 185 164 208 170 179 MB/s
79.9% Very good
Read 729
Write 352
Mixed 326
SusWrite 210
89% 404 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 32
4K Mixed 37.1
98% 30.5 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 188
126% 153 MB/s
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Typical TS256GMTE220S 256GB Builds (Compare 11,171 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 111%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 101%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $219Bench 88%, 746,287 samples5,960x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples2,113x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples932x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,112x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,066x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples740x
SSD
TS256GMTE220S 256GBNvmeBench 206%, 135 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples842x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples306x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $879

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