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SPECTRIX S40G 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 185% (113th of 1072)

Based on 12,871 user benchmarks.  Model: XPG SPECTRIX S40G
Poor: 74%Average: 185% Great: 273%

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Outstanding average bench

The XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB averaged 85.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 570MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,752MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB is 200%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 397MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 111MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,871 samples)
Rank 113185%
Min Avg Max
207 Read 1,752 2,608
229 Write 801 1,252
162 Mixed 794 1,258
89.4 SusWrite 397 1,006
206% 936 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.86 4K Read 46 61.3
34.9 4K Write 111 160
18.4 4K Mixed 60.6 80.5
206% 72.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
213 DQ Read 641 779
164 DQ Write 557 905
137 DQ Mixed 570 820
435% 589 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB411D43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 159 114 109 130 115 MB/s
238% Outstanding
Read 2,437
Write 1136
Mixed 890
SusWrite 186
254% 1,162 MB/s
4K Read 48.4
4K Write 217
4K Mixed 91.1
305% 119 MB/s
DQ Read 745
DQ Write 765
DQ Mixed 331
366% 613 MB/s
187GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB411D41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 993 914 400 904 118 128 MB/s
234% Outstanding
Read 2,509
Write 1,173
Mixed 1,149
SusWrite 576
298% 1,352 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 64.7
200% 69.9 MB/s
DQ Read 779
DQ Write 835
DQ Mixed 809
608% 808 MB/s
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB411D64
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1042 253 183 213 122 209 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 2,165
Write 1,076
Mixed 1,042
SusWrite 337
254% 1,155 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 61
217% 79.5 MB/s
DQ Read 659
DQ Write 827
DQ Mixed 749
563% 745 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB411D62
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 124 88 126 131 87 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 1,662
Write 434
Mixed 472
SusWrite 110
145% 670 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 81.6
4K Mixed 50.7
175% 58.8 MB/s
DQ Read 678
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 366
308% 456 MB/s
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB411D45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 148 73 113 105 109 MB/s
85.3% Excellent
Read 492
Write 324
Mixed 164
SusWrite 146
62% 282 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 59.3
4K Mixed 43.7
113% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 728
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 358
288% 420 MB/s
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB411D43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 179 152 184 135 138 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 336
Write 239
Mixed 658
SusWrite 178
80% 353 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 68.7
4K Mixed 28.6
130% 45 MB/s
DQ Read 473
DQ Write 225
DQ Mixed 519
340% 406 MB/s
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB421D57
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 162 145 140 95 75 MB/s
63.8% Good
Read 272
Write 180
Mixed 478
SusWrite 141
60% 268 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 50.4
4K Mixed 28.2
95% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 303
DQ Write 360
DQ Mixed 336
252% 333 MB/s
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Gaming 79%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples605x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples488x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples458x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples405x
SSD
SPECTRIX S40G 256GBXPGBench 185%, 12,871 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples291x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $497

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