Sabrent SB-ROCKET-256

Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +55% Effective Speed 55%Average Score +67% Read 131%, Write 118%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write 62%, Mixed 112%, 4K Mixed 19%, SusWrite 16%Peak Score +105% Read 203%, Write 150%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 76%, Mixed 190%, 4K Mixed 39%, SusWrite 52%Value & Sentiment -339%User Rating -11%, Market Share -1,733%, Price 223%, Value 168%Nice To Haves +119% DQ Read 129%, DQ Write 225%, DQ Mixed 150%, ADQ Read 86%, ADQ Write 109%, ADQ Mixed 90%, Age 13%, AS-SSD Total 148%

Average Bench: 152% (153^rd of 1072)

Based on 11,181 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Sabrent, SABRENT

Poor: 67%Average: 152% Great: 223%

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Outstanding average bench

The Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 52.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 495MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 605MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 155%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 344MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 760MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,181 samples)

Rank 153152%

Min	Avg	Max
340	Read 1,056	1,533
341	Write 883	1,211
240	Mixed 760	1,226
175	SusWrite 344	589
170% 761 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.1	4K Read 39.1	54.4
38.6	4K Write 142	215
22.5	4K Mixed 53.5	80.9
203% 78.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
156	DQ Read 607	839
133	DQ Write 605	1,165
112	DQ Mixed 495	829
402% 569 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 6 days ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 370 313 264 253 265 MB/s

216% Outstanding

Write 996

Mixed 667

SusWrite 292

212% 965 MB/s

4K Read 49.2

4K Write 213

4K Mixed 69.9

277% 111 MB/s

DQ Read 710

DQ Write 1,001

DQ Mixed 496

476% 736 MB/s

JPN-User, 10 days ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 236 278 224 226 223 MB/s

145% Outstanding

Write 1,071

Mixed 1,019

SusWrite 268

189% 841 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 61.7

194% 68.2 MB/s

DQ Read 799

DQ Write 456

DQ Mixed 199

263% 485 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 266 169 134 148 259 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 857

Mixed 1,017

SusWrite 199

131% 572 MB/s

4K Read 43.1

4K Write 157

4K Mixed 69

237% 89.7 MB/s

DQ Read 767

DQ Write 846

DQ Mixed 241

338% 618 MB/s

GBR-User, 11 days ago.

99GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 248 249 213 246 264 MB/s

77.6% Very good

Write 271

Mixed 344

SusWrite 248

62% 276 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 61.1

4K Mixed 31.1

117% 40.6 MB/s

DQ Read 388

DQ Write 381

DQ Mixed 409

300% 393 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,756x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $199Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,748x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,845x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,435x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,111x

SSD
Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSabrent $30Bench 152%, 11,181 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,916x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	975x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 125% - Outstanding

Total price: $495

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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

Sabrent SB-ROCKET-256

Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 152% (153^rd of 1072)

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Sabrent SB-ROCKET-256

Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 152% (153rd of 1072)

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