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SPECTRIX S40G 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 185% (114th of 1071)

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 114185%
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 Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
180GB free
Firmware: VB411D45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1037 1044 1081 757 1000 1111 MB/s
272% Outstanding
Read 2,465
Write 1,086
Mixed 1,064
SusWrite 1,005
311% 1,405 MB/s
4K Read 53.1
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 76.9
255% 91 MB/s
DQ Read 735
DQ Write 718
DQ Mixed 785
573% 746 MB/s
161GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB421D65
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1092 1145 1154 1154 1149 496 MB/s
238% Outstanding
Read 1,914
Write 1,152
Mixed 1,186
SusWrite 1,032
294% 1,321 MB/s
4K Read 53.8
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 54.5
211% 73.9 MB/s
DQ Read 737
DQ Write 811
DQ Mixed 798
594% 782 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB411D43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 620 246 220 237 184 208 MB/s
212% Outstanding
Read 2,486
Write 1065
Mixed 1058
SusWrite 286
268% 1,224 MB/s
4K Read 48.8
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 67.3
218% 75.2 MB/s
DQ Read 741
DQ Write 450
DQ Mixed 122
218% 438 MB/s
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB421D57
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 221 173 150 135 143 MB/s
141% Outstanding
Read 1,811
Write 389
Mixed 110
SusWrite 173
133% 621 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 57.8
4K Mixed 43.3
140% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 415
DQ Write 199
DQ Mixed 215
184% 276 MB/s
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Typical SPECTRIX S40G 256GB Builds (Compare 6,595 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
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 - $109

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $114Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,615x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $193Bench 73%, 446,215 samples706x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $155Bench 96%, 206,018 samples478x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples405x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $365Bench 100%, 301,333 samples363x
RX 580AMD  $189Bench 52%, 861,249 samples351x
SSD
SPECTRIX S40G 256GBXPGBench 185%, 12,871 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples306x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples257x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples249x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $448

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