SK

hynix SC300 M.2 256GB

hynix SC300 M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed -31%Effective Speed -31%Average Score -44%Read 1%, Write -22%, 4K Read -59%, 4K Write -41%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -129%, SusWrite -64%Peak Score -28%Read 2%, Write -26%, 4K Read -45%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -86%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -55%DQ Read 1%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -34%, ADQ Read -22%, ADQ Write -27%, ADQ Mixed -331%, Age -3%, AS-SSD Total -10%

Average Bench: 75.3% (572^nd of 1074)

Based on 63 user benchmarks. Model: SK hynix SC300 M.2

Poor: 54%Average: 75.3% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The SK hynix SC300 M.2 256GB averaged 24.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SK hynix SC300 M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 228MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 268MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix SC300 M.2 256GB is 37.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SK hynix SC300 M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 181MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 19.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 63 samples)

Rank 57275.3%

Min	Avg	Max
325	Read 464	517
200	Write 331	386
240	Mixed 370	437
88.5	SusWrite 181	362
75.2% 337 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.9	4K Read 21.6	29.7
30.9	4K Write 62.2	88.3
11.4	4K Mixed 19.7	31.4
90.8% 34.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.9	DQ Read 268	371
57.7	DQ Write 228	313
10.6	DQ Mixed 60.3	248
96.5% 185 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FIN-User, 4 years ago.

163GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2010

SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 313 306 283 305 274 MB/s

82% Excellent

Write 376

Mixed 288

SusWrite 304

76% 336 MB/s

4K Read 17.1

4K Write 84.7

4K Mixed 31.9

112% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 367

DQ Write 251

DQ Mixed 234

195% 284 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

21GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20100P00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 114 119 141 121 105 MB/s

72.4% Very good

Write 273

Mixed 269

SusWrite 120

62% 277 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 60.2

4K Mixed 27.2

106% 37.8 MB/s

DQ Read 363

DQ Write 305

DQ Mixed 250

210% 306 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

21GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20100P00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 128 114 106 64 53 MB/s

63.3% Good

Write 198

Mixed 276

SusWrite 99.7

56% 253 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 57.4

4K Mixed 17.1

85% 32 MB/s

DQ Read 359

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 142

158% 267 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20100P00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 253 216 217 222 214 MB/s

61.2% Good

Write 324

Mixed 301

SusWrite 233

71% 319 MB/s

4K Read 11.7

4K Write 29.2

4K Mixed 24.3

64% 21.7 MB/s

DQ Read 364

DQ Write 58.9

DQ Mixed 115

109% 179 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 years ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2010

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 139 129 112 103 106 MB/s

58.3% Above average

Write 317

Mixed 297

SusWrite 140

60% 268 MB/s

4K Read 20.6

4K Write 48

4K Mixed 19.9

82% 29.5 MB/s

DQ Read 363

DQ Write 185

DQ Mixed 234

184% 260 MB/s

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell Precision 3510

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	432x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	70x
Core i5-6440HQIntelBench 66%, 4,172 samples	51x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	581x
HD P530 (Server Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 5,499 samples	29x
Radeon R9 M360AMDBench 9%, 1,374 samples	11x

SSD
hynix SC300 M.2 256GBSKBench 75%, 63 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	84x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	62x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 1x8GBMicronBench 39%, 4,454 samples	51x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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hynix SC300 M.2 256GB

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