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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 61.8% (781st of 1072)

Based on 83 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD256GB
Poor: 33%Average: 61.8% Great: 93%

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Above average average bench

The SSD256GB 256GB averaged 38.2% 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 Write Speed 226MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.6MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD256GB 256GB is 59.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 22.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 189MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 83 samples)
Rank 78161.8%
Min Avg Max
332 Read 446 512
213 Write 366 449
17.6 Mixed 257 418
45.2 SusWrite 189 426
70.2% 315 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.6 4K Read 21.6 29.5
9.14 4K Write 56.5 109
0.42 4K Mixed 15.4 28.8
82.4% 31.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
64.9 DQ Read 139 208
11.1 DQ Write 226 346
0.32 DQ Mixed 22.4 46.4
62% 129 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1220B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 408 381 384 394 395 MB/s
95% Outstanding
Read 452
Write 383
Mixed 384
SusWrite 398
91% 404 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 87.1
4K Mixed 30.1
139% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 50.4
94% 182 MB/s
134GB free
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 448 447 452 284 94 MB/s
93.1% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 442
Mixed 427
SusWrite 362
98% 435 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 79
4K Mixed 29.4
123% 45.8 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 47.8
107% 217 MB/s
212GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1102A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 261 278 273 258 294 MB/s
74.7% Very good
Read 717
Write 491
Mixed 433
SusWrite 273
106% 478 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 47.3
4K Mixed 9.5
63% 24.7 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 227
DQ Mixed 193
160% 230 MB/s
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1220B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 351 362 339 328 337 MB/s
72.1% Very good
Read 375
Write 339
Mixed 329
SusWrite 347
78% 347 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 61
4K Mixed 14.6
90% 33.7 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 49.7
86% 164 MB/s
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1220B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 160 167 183 178 162 MB/s
43.8% Average
Read 349
Write 313
Mixed 316
SusWrite 178
65% 289 MB/s
4K Read 11.1
4K Write 35.9
4K Mixed 0.8
37% 15.9 MB/s
DQ Read 131
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 35.8
76% 149 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,657,363 SSDs tested

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Typical SSD256GB 256GB Builds (Compare 16,446 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
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Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 40%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $79

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples3,587x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,689x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1,081x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,285x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples980x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples979x
SSD
SSD256GB 256GBBench 62%, 83 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples930x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples424x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $374

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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