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D1-xtreme

256GB 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 163% (140th of 1072)

Based on 111 user benchmarks.  Model: D1-XTREME 256GB
Poor: 103%Average: 163% Great: 211%

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Outstanding average bench

The D1-xtreme 256GB 256GB averaged 63.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the D1-xtreme 256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,554MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 633MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the D1-xtreme 256GB 256GB is 108%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the D1-xtreme 256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 50.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 332MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 111 samples)
Rank 140163%
Min Avg Max
928 Read 1,554 1,717
51.7 Write 804 1,201
83.8 Mixed 660 1,080
115 SusWrite 332 629
185% 838 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.2 4K Read 47.4 56.7
21.4 4K Write 121 208
14.6 4K Mixed 39.4 52.2
186% 69.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
370 DQ Read 633 770
49.4 DQ Write 508 1,000
9.34 DQ Mixed 50.3 80.5
179% 397 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 1.7 1.8 20 22 39 MB/s
673% Outstanding
Read 9,594
Write 56.7
Mixed 59.6
SusWrite 14.5
504% 2,431 MB/s
4K Read 719
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 3.1
1,094% 241 MB/s
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 646 634 122 575 566 90 MB/s
199% Outstanding
Read 1,636
Write 1,090
Mixed 1,019
SusWrite 439
232% 1,046 MB/s
4K Read 48.4
4K Write 178
4K Mixed 48.4
230% 91.6 MB/s
DQ Read 760
DQ Write 976
DQ Mixed 80.5
280% 606 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 77 77 134 58 106 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 1,467
Write 1,006
Mixed 838
SusWrite 108
189% 855 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 177
4K Mixed 40.5
214% 87.5 MB/s
DQ Read 449
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 18
96% 225 MB/s
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 44 14 96 41 132 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 1595
Write 54.5
Mixed 24
SusWrite 72.3
91% 436 MB/s
4K Read 56.9
4K Write 44.2
4K Mixed 2.3
112% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 763
DQ Write 94.3
DQ Mixed 16.5
117% 291 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 57 57 39 58 56 MB/s
68.3% Good
Read 636
Write 54
Mixed 198
SusWrite 51.4
50% 235 MB/s
4K Read 48.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 40.3
126% 30.3 MB/s
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Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples3,597x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,696x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1,083x
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RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,285x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples982x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples982x
SSD
256GB 256GBD1-xtremeBench 163%, 111 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples930x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples425x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $421

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