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Series NVMe SSD 256G 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 180% (121st of 1072)

Based on 984 user benchmarks.  Model: M Series NVMe SSD 256G
Poor: 116%Average: 180% Great: 252%

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Outstanding average bench

The M Series NVMe SSD 256G 256GB averaged 79.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the M Series NVMe SSD 256G 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 303MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,629MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M Series NVMe SSD 256G 256GB is 136%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the M Series NVMe SSD 256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 495MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 984 samples)
Rank 121180%
Min Avg Max
1,064 Read 1,629 2,115
69.4 Write 864 1,679
104 Mixed 730 1,396
160 SusWrite 495 1,072
205% 929 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.9 4K Read 51.3 64.6
34.7 4K Write 124 202
9.34 4K Mixed 38.6 67.6
193% 71.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
265 DQ Read 641 779
68.6 DQ Write 585 1,007
60 DQ Mixed 303 544
312% 510 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 364 736 667 649 701 MB/s
218% Outstanding
Read 1,721
Write 155
Mixed 283
SusWrite 600
149% 690 MB/s
4K Read 54.6
4K Write 283
4K Mixed 54.7
303% 131 MB/s
DQ Read 773
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 110
193% 393 MB/s
211GB free
Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 711 142 137 165 167 165 MB/s
183% Outstanding
Read 1,669
Write 1,173
Mixed 1,008
SusWrite 248
227% 1,024 MB/s
4K Read 48
4K Write 172
4K Mixed 48.3
226% 89.5 MB/s
DQ Read 769
DQ Write 767
DQ Mixed 506
452% 681 MB/s
100GB free
Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 751 217 167 168 164 138 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 1,619
Write 1,103
Mixed 1,020
SusWrite 268
222% 1,002 MB/s
4K Read 48
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 46.2
207% 78.5 MB/s
DQ Read 765
DQ Write 727
DQ Mixed 540
462% 677 MB/s
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 174 200 188 312 293 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 1,588
Write 89
Mixed 136
SusWrite 247
110% 515 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 68.4
4K Mixed 34.6
132% 45.6 MB/s
DQ Read 460
DQ Write 382
DQ Mixed 435
322% 426 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 106 134 199 126 48 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 1,397
Write 646
Mixed 112
SusWrite 174
126% 582 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 45.1
4K Mixed 6.8
96% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 37.4
DQ Mixed 249
171% 221 MB/s
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Gaming 79%
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Workstation 74%
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CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,013x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,182x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,949x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,316x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,304x
SSD
Series NVMe SSD 256G 256GBMBench 180%, 984 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,558x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,519x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $598

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