Lexar

SS D 256GB

SS D 256GB
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Effective Speed -61%Effective Speed -61%Average Score -50%Read -22%, Write -16%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write -67%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -139%, SusWrite -55%Peak Score -36%Read -10%, Write -17%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -61%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -122%, SusWrite -2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -225%DQ Read -86%, DQ Write -65%, DQ Mixed -774%, ADQ Read -92%, ADQ Write -91%, ADQ Mixed -698%, Age 69%, AS-SSD Total -62%

Average Bench: 61.1% (793^rd of 1072)

Based on 24 user benchmarks. Model: Lexar SS D

Poor: 45%Average: 61.1% Great: 73%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Lexar SS D 256GB averaged 38.9% 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 26.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 52.4MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lexar SS D 256GB is 28.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Lexar SS D 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 191MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 32.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)

Rank 79361.1%

Min	Avg	Max
295	Read 374	462
206	Write 348	414
55.4	Mixed 306	367
73	SusWrite 191	380
68.4% 305 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.7	4K Read 26.4	34.9
19.4	4K Write 52.4	76.1
11	4K Mixed 18.8	26.2
91.9% 32.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
94.8	DQ Read 170	197
20.2	DQ Write 151	217
19.8	DQ Mixed 32.6	37.9
59.5% 118 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 17 months ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V4.7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 170 139 74 72 63 MB/s

65.8% Good

Write 408

Mixed 365

SusWrite 113

73% 325 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 76.1

4K Mixed 24.1

122% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 183

DQ Write 93.6

DQ Mixed 30.6

52% 102 MB/s

USA-User, 22 months ago.

117GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V4.7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 113 54 57 52 29 MB/s

60.9% Good

Write 426

Mixed 365

SusWrite 85.3

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 33.6

4K Write 59.1

4K Mixed 23.4

112% 38.7 MB/s

DQ Read 184

DQ Write 69.4

DQ Mixed 27.3

46% 93.6 MB/s

GBR-User, 9 months ago.

28GB free

Firmware: V4.9

SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 186 161 198 195 124 MB/s

54.4% Above average

Write 288

Mixed 276

SusWrite 173

60% 265 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 36

4K Mixed 15.6

75% 25.2 MB/s

DQ Read 195

DQ Write 192

DQ Mixed 34.8

70% 141 MB/s

VEN-User, 3 months ago.

39GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 137 156 142 143 143 MB/s

40.8% Average

Write 284

Mixed 228

SusWrite 145

54% 242 MB/s

4K Read 13.7

4K Write 24.4

4K Mixed 11

48% 16.4 MB/s

DQ Read 140

DQ Write 92.7

DQ Mixed 29.6

45% 87.3 MB/s

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Typical SS D 256GB Builds (Compare 4,234 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	644x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	565x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples	393x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	1,796x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	619x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	581x

SSD
SS D 256GBLexarBench 61%, 24 samples	1x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	189x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	165x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	158x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $281

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Lexar

SS D 256GB

Average Bench: 61.1% (793^rd of 1072)

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SS D 256GB

Average Bench: 61.1% (793rd of 1072)

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Good consistency

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System: HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC

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Average Bench: 61.1% (793^rd of 1072)