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Sabrent SB-ROCKET-256

Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed -258%Effective Speed -258%Average Score -307%Read -296%, Write -426%, 4K Read -129%, 4K Write -46%, Mixed -324%, 4K Mixed -107%, SusWrite -821%Peak Score -311%Read -287%, Write -430%, 4K Read -253%, 4K Write -77%, Mixed -281%, 4K Mixed -172%, SusWrite -675%Value & Sentiment -396%User Rating -34%, Market Share -1,330%, Price 311%, Value -532%Nice To Haves -179%DQ Read -176%, DQ Write -63%, DQ Mixed -152%, ADQ Read -182%, ADQ Write -108%, ADQ Mixed -200%, Age -404%, AS-SSD Total -150%

Average Bench: 152% (161^st of 1079)

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 161152%

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%

GBR-User, 30 mins ago.

238GB free

Firmware: RKT343.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1174 938 1173 352 355 355 MB/s

199% Outstanding

Write 1062

Mixed 1,082

SusWrite 725

228% 1,014 MB/s

4K Read 38.8

4K Write 133

4K Mixed 59.9

206% 77.2 MB/s

DQ Read 839

DQ Write 1,120

DQ Mixed 821

664% 927 MB/s

USA-User, 12 hrs ago.

173GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1001 302 298 298 299 300 MB/s

181% Outstanding

Write 1,003

Mixed 719

SusWrite 416

221% 1,001 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 97.7

4K Mixed 42

168% 60.4 MB/s

DQ Read 715

DQ Write 606

DQ Mixed 501

419% 608 MB/s

USA-User, 21 hrs ago.

81GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 267 251 254 246 213 MB/s

176% Outstanding

Write 1091

Mixed 1,012

SusWrite 247

198% 887 MB/s

4K Read 51

4K Write 233

4K Mixed 74.6

296% 120 MB/s

DQ Read 723

DQ Write 272

DQ Mixed 308

278% 434 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 day ago.

95GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 231 196 239 188 188 MB/s

73.7% Very good

Write 610

Mixed 306

SusWrite 213

74% 323 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 29.5

139% 56.5 MB/s

DQ Read 311

DQ Write 255

DQ Mixed 290

215% 285 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

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	8,028x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $165Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,836x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,914x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,500x
RX 5700-XTAMD $266Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,327x
RTX 3070Nvidia $395Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,153x

SSD
Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSabrent $50Bench 152%, 11,181 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,989x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $57Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,007x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	772x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $585

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Sabrent SB-ROCKET-256

Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 152% (161^st of 1079)

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Sabrent SB-ROCKET-256

Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 152% (161st of 1079)

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