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MKNSSDHL250GB-D8 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 160% (144th of 1072)

Based on 554 user benchmarks.  Model: MKNSSDHL250GB-D8
Poor: 89%Average: 160% Great: 199%

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Outstanding average bench

The Mushkin MKNSSDHL250GB-D8 250GB averaged 59.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Mushkin MKNSSDHL250GB-D8 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 344MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,524MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Mushkin MKNSSDHL250GB-D8 250GB is 110%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Mushkin MKNSSDHL250GB-D8 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 342MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 27.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 554 samples)
Rank 144160%
Min Avg Max
977 Read 1,524 1,725
58.3 Write 771 1,087
76.3 Mixed 650 971
136 SusWrite 342 574
181% 822 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.8 4K Read 46.7 57.4
16.4 4K Write 122 216
8.44 4K Mixed 27.5 46.5
170% 65.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
493 DQ Read 728 783
63.5 DQ Write 605 971
77.6 DQ Mixed 344 482
346% 559 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1161 766 545 403 146 141 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,688
Write 1,199
Mixed 1065
SusWrite 527
249% 1,120 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 47.1
204% 77 MB/s
DQ Read 774
DQ Write 722
DQ Mixed 552
468% 683 MB/s
232GB free
Firmware: S1111A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1125 1144 962 101 193 174 MB/s
188% Outstanding
Read 1,617
Write 1,099
Mixed 908
SusWrite 616
236% 1,060 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 30.1
175% 67.9 MB/s
DQ Read 773
DQ Write 805
DQ Mixed 462
438% 680 MB/s
124GB free
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 397 244 116 116 112 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,586
Write 1161
Mixed 1,028
SusWrite 233
223% 1,002 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 96.6
4K Mixed 39.5
160% 58.3 MB/s
DQ Read 779
DQ Write 817
DQ Mixed 550
482% 715 MB/s
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 707 503 487 142 146 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1,624
Write 1165
Mixed 275
SusWrite 423
192% 872 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 73.7
4K Mixed 28.7
144% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 777
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 198
212% 373 MB/s
119GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 391 300 448 311 155 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 1,438
Write 973
Mixed 830
SusWrite 306
197% 887 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 90.9
4K Mixed 23.7
138% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 778
DQ Write 617
DQ Mixed 462
410% 619 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 75 111 114 95 186 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 1,634
Write 695
Mixed 30.7
SusWrite 121
134% 620 MB/s
4K Read 48.8
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 755
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 16.6
146% 354 MB/s
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Typical MKNSSDHL250GB-D8 250GB Builds (Compare 1,455 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: Asrock B560M-HDV

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples332x
Core i5-11400Intel  $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples164x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples146x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples143x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples97x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples73x
SSD
MKNSSDHL250GB-D8 250GBMushkinBench 160%, 554 samples1x
RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples52x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples47x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $381

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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