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Effective Speed -122%Effective Speed -122%Average Score -165%Read -11%, Write -73%, 4K Read -240%, 4K Write -340%, Mixed -158%, 4K Mixed -219%, SusWrite -115%Peak Score -171%Read -2%, Write -57%, 4K Read -160%, 4K Write -384%, Mixed -173%, 4K Mixed -241%, SusWrite -181%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -301%DQ Read -43%, DQ Write -513%, DQ Mixed -524%, ADQ Read -89%, ADQ Write -591%, ADQ Mixed -511%, Age -32%, AS-SSD Total -107%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 44.2% (919^th of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: system

Poor: 39%Average: 44.2% Great: 49%

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MSI Eclipse SLI (MS-7520) (1)

Below average average bench

The system 256GB averaged 55.7% 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. Sequential Read Speed 413MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 173MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 41.8MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 19.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 91944.2%

Min	Avg	Max
330	Read 413	497
160	Write 234	308
124	Mixed 139	155
138	SusWrite 138	138
51% 231 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
3.78	4K Read 10.1	16.5
14.4	4K Write 19.9	25.3
11.2	4K Mixed 14.1	17.1
44% 14.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
88.3	DQ Read 173	257
25.2	DQ Write 41.8	58.4
32	DQ Mixed 42.6	53.1
48% 85.6 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 5 years ago.

145GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0.

SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 306 109 38 39 33 MB/s

49.4% Average

Write 308

Mixed 155

SusWrite 138

60% 274 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 25.3

4K Mixed 17.1

60% 19.6 MB/s

DQ Read 88.3

DQ Write 25.2

DQ Mixed 32

30% 48.5 MB/s

FRA-User, 6 years ago.

1GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown

39% Below average

Write 160

Mixed 124

45% 205 MB/s

4K Read 3.78

4K Write 14.4

4K Mixed 11.2

28% 9.79 MB/s

DQ Read 257

DQ Write 58.4

DQ Mixed 53.1

66% 123 MB/s

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: MSI Eclipse SLI (MS-7520)

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	14x
Xeon X5650IntelBench 70%, 13,757 samples	6x
Xeon X5670IntelBench 73%, 9,061 samples	5x

GPU
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples	5x
GTX 260Nvidia $250Bench 7%, 11,945 samples	3x
GeForce 7300 SENvidiaBench 0%, 1,208 samples	3x

SSD
system 256GBBench 44%, 2 samples	1x

RAM
52GBUnknownBench 37%, 680 samples	10x
56GBUnknownBench 98%, 1,895 samples	9x
44GBUnknownBench 23%, 6,316 samples	6x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $90

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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

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