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256G M300 256GB

256G M300 256GB
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Effective Speed -81%Effective Speed -81%Average Score -97%Read -12%, Write -32%, 4K Read -89%, 4K Write -106%, Mixed -80%, 4K Mixed -313%, SusWrite -47%Peak Score -22%Read -2%, Write -19%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -69%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -124%DQ Read -20%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -66%, ADQ Read -122%, ADQ Write -43%, ADQ Mixed -767%, Age 55%, AS-SSD Total -18%

Average Bench: 54.5% (856^th of 1072)

Based on 16 user benchmarks. Model: LS 256G M300

Poor: 36%Average: 54.5% Great: 78%

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Average average bench

The LS 256G M300 256GB averaged 45.4% 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 202MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 407MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LS 256G M300 256GB is 41.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the LS 256G M300 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 10.9MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 30MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)

Rank 85654.5%

Min	Avg	Max
339	Read 407	496
32.8	Write 307	409
12.2	Mixed 199	351
18.2	SusWrite 201	416
62.1% 278 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7.5	4K Read 18.2	32.5
7.6	4K Write 42.6	103
0.4	4K Mixed 10.9	34.4
64.1% 23.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
84.1	DQ Read 147	307
20.2	DQ Write 202	314
1	DQ Mixed 30	199
63% 126 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

RUS-User, 2 years ago.

202GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 415 415 417 410 414 MB/s

90.7% Outstanding

Write 409

Mixed 348

SusWrite 416

94% 417 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 21.8

123% 50.6 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 30.8

76% 151 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 years ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 367 400 417 407 418 MB/s

77.5% Very good

Write 400

Mixed 351

SusWrite 394

90% 398 MB/s

4K Read 18.4

4K Write 74.8

4K Mixed 17

89% 36.7 MB/s

DQ Read 106

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 29.4

73% 147 MB/s

ZAF-User, 3 years ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 126 73 24 50 MB/s

70.9% Very good

Write 123

Mixed 320

SusWrite 70.2

50% 227 MB/s

4K Read 32.5

4K Write 66.2

4K Mixed 34.4

128% 44.4 MB/s

DQ Read 307

DQ Write 207

DQ Mixed 199

164% 238 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1211A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 311 327 338 338 330 MB/s

64.6% Good

Write 327

Mixed 319

SusWrite 327

76% 337 MB/s

4K Read 16.4

4K Write 60.6

4K Mixed 11.4

72% 29.5 MB/s

DQ Read 122

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 30.3

71% 143 MB/s

TUR-User, 3 years ago.

159GB free

Firmware: S0123A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 65 42 54 46 57 MB/s

53.3% Above average

Write 397

Mixed 47.7

SusWrite 95.9

57% 259 MB/s

4K Read 21.9

4K Write 22.3

4K Mixed 9.7

57% 18 MB/s

DQ Read 193

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 2

71% 167 MB/s

TUR-User, 3 years ago.

130GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0123A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 128 16 172 72 19 MB/s

41.2% Average

Write 387

Mixed 26

SusWrite 81.1

51% 232 MB/s

4K Read 24.4

4K Write 15

4K Mixed 1.8

47% 13.7 MB/s

DQ Read 170

DQ Write 114

DQ Mixed 2

39% 95.2 MB/s

TWN-User, 3 years ago.

49GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0413A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 49 57 50 51 60 MB/s

38.3% Below average

Write 348

Mixed 57

SusWrite 105

52% 234 MB/s

4K Read 17.3

4K Write 24.5

4K Mixed 1

40% 14.3 MB/s

DQ Read 128

DQ Write 47.2

DQ Mixed 1

24% 58.7 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 years ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 39 31 47 46 50 MB/s

37.1% Below average

Write 345

Mixed 73.6

SusWrite 67.3

50% 226 MB/s

4K Read 17

4K Write 38.2

4K Mixed 1.9

48% 19 MB/s

DQ Read 84.1

DQ Write 53.8

DQ Mixed 13.1

25% 50.3 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Latitude E6540

CPU
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	600x
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	534x
Core i7-4610MIntelBench 58%, 4,524 samples	377x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	2,186x
Radeon HD 8790MAMDBench 5%, 1,243 samples	104x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	4x

SSD
256G M300 256GBLSBench 55%, 16 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	140x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	111x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	68x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $150

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	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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256G M300 256GB

Average Bench: 54.5% (856^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 54.5% (856th of 1072)

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