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Effective Speed -101%Effective Speed -101%Average Score -102%Read -58%, Write -79%, 4K Read -94%, 4K Write -253%, Mixed -68%, 4K Mixed -141%, SusWrite -24%Peak Score -69%Read -36%, Write -37%, 4K Read -42%, 4K Write -214%, Mixed -44%, 4K Mixed -98%, SusWrite -11%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -160%DQ Read -52%, DQ Write -90%, DQ Mixed -110%, ADQ Read -366%, ADQ Write -346%, ADQ Mixed -308%, Age 62%, AS-SSD Total -68%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 49% (891^st of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model:

Poor: 41%Average: 49% Great: 60%

Below average average bench

The averaged 50.9% 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 63.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.7MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the is just 19.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 70.1MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 64.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 89149%

Min	Avg	Max
186	Read 289	373
64.7	Write 227	355
29.6	Mixed 214	293
6.6	SusWrite 240	348
54.4% 242 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.2	4K Read 17.7	30.2
12	4K Write 24.8	39
9.1	4K Mixed 18.7	29.4
63.8% 20.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.9	DQ Read 70.1	241
13.7	DQ Write 64.8	189
12.8	DQ Mixed 63.7	158
48.8% 66.2 MB/s

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

ESP-User, 16 months ago.

212GB free

Firmware: 0104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 316 313 44 103 22 MB/s

67.9% Good

Write 299

Mixed 276

SusWrite 185

63% 283 MB/s

4K Read 30.2

4K Write 39

4K Mixed 29.4

104% 32.9 MB/s

DQ Read 241

DQ Write 189

DQ Mixed 158

134% 196 MB/s

ESP-User, 16 months ago.

218GB free

Firmware: 0104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 305 306 310 103 314 MB/s

60.1% Good

Write 103

Mixed 131

SusWrite 272

44% 200 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 31.5

4K Mixed 24

82% 26 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 174

DQ Mixed 157

115% 149 MB/s

FIN-User, 4 months ago.

481GB free

Firmware: 0205

SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 329 344 351 370 376 MB/s

50.8% Above average

Write 64.7

Mixed 261

SusWrite 346

49% 214 MB/s

4K Read 17

4K Write 24.9

4K Mixed 19.4

64% 20.4 MB/s

DQ Read 56.9

DQ Write 44.6

DQ Mixed 52.5

39% 51.3 MB/s

FIN-User, 4 months ago.

481GB free

Firmware: 0205

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 366 371 382 381 381 MB/s

41.3% Average

Write 65.5

Mixed 29.6

SusWrite 346

37% 163 MB/s

4K Read 12.1

4K Write 12.1

4K Mixed 9.1

36% 11.1 MB/s

DQ Read 13.9

DQ Write 13.7

DQ Mixed 12.8

10% 13.5 MB/s

FIN-User, 4 months ago.

481GB free

Firmware: 0205

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 365 372 380 384 384 MB/s

41% Average

Write 65.3

Mixed 33.5

SusWrite 347

37% 164 MB/s

4K Read 11.2

4K Write 12

4K Mixed 9.1

35% 10.8 MB/s

DQ Read 14

DQ Write 13.8

DQ Mixed 12.8

10% 13.5 MB/s

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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 $40	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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