Axiom

250GB 250GB

250GB 250GB
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Effective Speed -19%Effective Speed -19%Average Score -17%Read -1%, Write -8%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite 2%Peak Score +1% Read 1%, Write -4%, 4K Read -1%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed 8%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite 19%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -7%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -18%, ADQ Read -35%, ADQ Write -6%, ADQ Mixed -59%, Age 58%, AS-SSD Total 0%

Average Bench: 82.8% (443^rd of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: AXIOM 250GB

Poor: 43%Average: 82.8% Great: 118%

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Very good average bench

The Axiom 250GB 250GB averaged just 17.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Axiom 250GB 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 164MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 273MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Axiom 250GB 250GB is 74.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Axiom 250GB 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 301MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 354MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 44382.8%

Min	Avg	Max
332	Read 455	514
241	Write 375	467
7.2	Mixed 354	457
80.9	SusWrite 301	460
83.3% 371 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 25.9	42.7
5.9	4K Write 66	107
0.4	4K Mixed 30.9	56.9
114% 40.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.1	DQ Read 241	384
13.2	DQ Write 273	353
0.6	DQ Mixed 164	280
149% 226 MB/s

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

USA-User, 4 months ago.

231GB free

Firmware: T0722A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 386 394 391 410 410 MB/s

80.9% Excellent

Write 390

Mixed 378

SusWrite 397

90% 398 MB/s

4K Read 19.7

4K Write 64.9

4K Mixed 21.5

92% 35.4 MB/s

DQ Read 239

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 40.7

94% 193 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

231GB free

Firmware: T0722A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 378 383 390 407 407 MB/s

80.3% Excellent

Write 378

Mixed 352

SusWrite 378

86% 383 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 67.4

4K Mixed 20.1

95% 36.5 MB/s

DQ Read 244

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 41.5

95% 193 MB/s

ARE-User, 5 months ago.

157GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0427ANR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 264 307 332 288 289 MB/s

73.5% Very good

Write 350

Mixed 351

SusWrite 300

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 41.6

4K Mixed 27.4

89% 30 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 207

DQ Mixed 225

174% 240 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

188GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R1016ANR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 268 290 268 266 275 MB/s

72.4% Very good

Write 286

Mixed 289

SusWrite 272

66% 296 MB/s

4K Read 29.3

4K Write 61.1

4K Mixed 38.3

126% 42.9 MB/s

DQ Read 38.2

DQ Write 93.8

DQ Mixed 52.1

44% 61.4 MB/s

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 LE - $99

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Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	346x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	273x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	202x

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GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x

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250GB 250GBAxiomBench 83%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	21x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $299

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Axiom

250GB 250GB

Average Bench: 82.8% (443^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 82.8% (443rd of 1072)

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