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SATA SSD 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 74.6% (584th of 1072)

Based on 824 user benchmarks.  Model: addlink SATA SSD
Poor: 45%Average: 74.6% Great: 107%

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Good average bench

The Addlink SATA SSD 256GB averaged 25.3% 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 Mixed IO Speed 120MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.8MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Addlink SATA SSD 256GB is 62.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Addlink SATA SSD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 207MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 319MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 824 samples)
Rank 58474.6%
Min Avg Max
302 Read 429 499
109 Write 332 461
64.7 Mixed 319 443
57.2 SusWrite 207 411
72% 322 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14 4K Read 28.8 42.4
25.2 4K Write 72.1 112
1.64 4K Mixed 26.8 47.3
116% 42.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
105 DQ Read 203 315
62.4 DQ Write 241 331
9 DQ Mixed 120 322
119% 188 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
114GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN11628
SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 440 442 444 269 99 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 476
Mixed 456
SusWrite 360
100% 445 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 47.2
174% 64.4 MB/s
DQ Read 185
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 267
195% 250 MB/s
218GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 125 69 69 67 68 MB/s
86.5% Excellent
Read 488
Write 275
Mixed 323
SusWrite 127
67% 303 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 96.9
4K Mixed 37.2
156% 57.3 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 192
166% 244 MB/s
193GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 228 308 315 307 307 MB/s
80.8% Excellent
Read 301
Write 51.4
Mixed 220
SusWrite 295
48% 217 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 33.6
125% 43.2 MB/s
DQ Read 258
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 202
173% 253 MB/s
146GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 95 4.3 4.6 3.9 47 MB/s
75.7% Very good
Read 425
Write 134
Mixed 330
SusWrite 70.5
53% 240 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 76.5
4K Mixed 36.2
138% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 193
168% 247 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN15330
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 357 353 354 335 342 MB/s
68.8% Good
Read 342
Write 356
Mixed 379
SusWrite 353
81% 357 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 47.2
4K Mixed 20.5
79% 28.8 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 252
DQ Mixed 223
165% 214 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,704,258 SSDs tested

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Gaming 40%
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Desktop 77%
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Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Asus EX-B250-V7

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel  $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples51x
Core i5-7400Intel  $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples35x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples25x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples28x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples21x
SSD
SATA SSD 256GBAddlinkBench 75%, 824 samples15x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples10x
F4-3000C16-8GISB Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 16GBG.SKILLBench 48%, 7 samples6x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 78%, 4,782 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $219

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