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Effective Speed -106%Effective Speed -106%Average Score -86%Read -47%, Write -35%, 4K Read -95%, 4K Write -225%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -127%, SusWrite -43%Peak Score -109%Read -45%, Write -39%, 4K Read -124%, 4K Write -327%, Mixed -46%, 4K Mixed -173%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -13%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -400%DQ Read -527%, DQ Write -578%, DQ Mixed -499%, ADQ Read -492%, ADQ Write -504%, ADQ Mixed -381%, Age 101%, AS-SSD Total -321%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 46.8% (889^th of 1058)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model:

Poor: 32%Average: 46.8% Great: 57%

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Asus ROG Flow X13 GV301QE_GV301QE (2)

Below average average bench

The averaged 53.2% 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 Random Read Speed 17.1MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 51.4MB/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 Read Speed 54.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 46.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 88946.8%

Min	Avg	Max
267	Read 310	349
218	Write 299	348
268	Mixed 275	283
6.6	SusWrite 198	348
60.8% 270 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.8	4K Read 17.1	18.7
24.2	4K Write 26.6	28.4
18.1	4K Mixed 19.1	20.7
64.4% 20.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
49.4	DQ Read 54.8	58.7
43.7	DQ Write 46.8	52
48.9	DQ Mixed 51.4	53
38.4% 51 MB/s

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

ROU-User, 19 months ago.

809GB free

Firmware: 0101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 345 354 342 354 352 MB/s

56.6% Above average

Write 218

Mixed 283

SusWrite 348

64% 284 MB/s

4K Read 18.7

4K Write 26.3

4K Mixed 20.7

69% 21.9 MB/s

DQ Read 58.7

DQ Write 52

DQ Mixed 53

40% 54.6 MB/s

FIN-User, 5 months ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 296 301 307 312 107 MB/s

53.6% Above average

Write 301

Mixed 268

SusWrite 270

67% 297 MB/s

4K Read 18.6

4K Write 28.4

4K Mixed 19.2

68% 22.1 MB/s

DQ Read 49.4

DQ Write 46.9

DQ Mixed 51.9

38% 49.4 MB/s

FIN-User, 2 years ago.

631GB free

Firmware: 0101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 7 6.1 8.4 5.2 5.7 MB/s

31.7% Below average

Write 330

Mixed 274

SusWrite 6.6

49% 220 MB/s

4K Read 13.8

4K Write 27.4

4K Mixed 18.2

59% 19.8 MB/s

DQ Read 53

DQ Write 44.4

DQ Mixed 48.9

37% 48.8 MB/s

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System: Asus ROG Flow X13 GV301QE_GV301QE

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900HSAMDBench 89%, 16,375 samples	956x
Ryzen 9 5980HSAMDBench 82%, 360 samples	71x
Ryzen 7 5800HSAMDBench 85%, 2,889 samples	22x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 18%, 85,223 samples	688x
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 58%, 10,152 samples	284x
RTX 3080 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 129%, 10,999 samples	71x

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Bench 47%, 4 samples	3x

RAM
MT53E1G32D2NP-046 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 1,658 samples	732x
MT53E2G32D4NQ-046 2x16GBUnknownBench 82%, 447 samples	168x
K4UBE3D4AA-MGCR 2x8GBUnknownBench 84%, 597 samples	149x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $280	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $111
Intel Core i7-12700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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