Servicelife

2.5'' 256GB SATA3 SSD

2.5'' 256GB SATA3 SSD
BENCHMARKS (11)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -43%Effective Speed -43%Average Score -42%Read -19%, Write -60%, 4K Read -66%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed -32%, 4K Mixed -64%, SusWrite -29%Peak Score -5%Read -8%, Write -6%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -19%, SusWrite 10%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -26%DQ Read -17%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -11%, ADQ Read -88%, ADQ Write -67%, ADQ Mixed -68%, Age 69%, AS-SSD Total -13%

Average Bench: 68.9% (687^th of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model: ServiceLife 2.5'' 256GB SATA3 SSD

Poor: 49%Average: 68.9% Great: 90%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Servicelife 2.5'' 256GB SATA3 SSD averaged 31.0% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 155MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 71MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Servicelife 2.5'' 256GB SATA3 SSD is 40.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Servicelife 2.5'' 256GB SATA3 SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 229MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 253MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 68768.9%

Min	Avg	Max
215	Read 383	467
41.7	Write 253	459
89.3	Mixed 272	421
28.7	SusWrite 229	425
63.5% 284 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
4.4	4K Read 20.7	42.3
31.5	4K Write 71	115
15.7	4K Mixed 27.4	48.9
104% 39.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
75.6	DQ Read 174	313
15.6	DQ Write 173	315
34.7	DQ Mixed 155	298
121% 167 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ZAF-User, 20 months ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T180731

SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 269 96 95 221 111 MB/s

75.3% Very good

Write 108

Mixed 238

SusWrite 197

52% 234 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 67.9

4K Mixed 37.1

122% 43.4 MB/s

DQ Read 163

DQ Write 264

DQ Mixed 230

170% 219 MB/s

IDN-User, 2 years ago.

57GB free

Firmware: T190222

SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 227 223 238 238 236 MB/s

64.7% Good

Write 240

Mixed 197

SusWrite 231

61% 272 MB/s

4K Read 4.4

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 27

100% 47.7 MB/s

DQ Read 82

DQ Write 34.4

DQ Mixed 45.3

37% 53.9 MB/s

ZAF-User, 20 months ago.

199GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T180731

SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 345 341 276 339 347 MB/s

58.6% Above average

Write 336

Mixed 312

SusWrite 331

73% 325 MB/s

4K Read 9.7

4K Write 31.5

4K Mixed 15.8

52% 19 MB/s

DQ Read 158

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 228

169% 218 MB/s

IDN-User, 2 years ago.

34GB free

Firmware: T190222

SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 156 226 136 109 106 MB/s

55.5% Above average

Write 227

Mixed 256

SusWrite 154

57% 256 MB/s

4K Read 9.2

4K Write 73.3

4K Mixed 27.6

88% 36.7 MB/s

DQ Read 90.3

DQ Write 32.9

DQ Mixed 41.9

36% 55 MB/s

ZAF-User, 17 months ago.

27GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T180731

SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 25 19 24 27 40 MB/s

50.1% Above average

Write 132

Mixed 162

SusWrite 28.7

40% 184 MB/s

4K Read 21.8

4K Write 42

4K Mixed 24.7

87% 29.5 MB/s

DQ Read 173

DQ Write 46.3

DQ Mixed 34.7

45% 84.5 MB/s

IDN-User, 20 months ago.

54GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T190222

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 202 203 123 143 152 MB/s

49.1% Average

Write 231

Mixed 242

SusWrite 157

56% 253 MB/s

4K Read 14.2

4K Write 45.1

4K Mixed 19.6

70% 26.3 MB/s

DQ Read 75.6

DQ Write 32.6

DQ Mixed 48.9

38% 52.4 MB/s

ZAF-User, 5 months ago.

16GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T190429

SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 51 34 26 39 31 MB/s

47.6% Average

Write 41.7

Mixed 89.3

SusWrite 35.4

29% 134 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 41.4

4K Mixed 15.7

82% 27.8 MB/s

DQ Read 281

DQ Write 15.6

DQ Mixed 121

95% 139 MB/s

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Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 5459

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	111x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	65x
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 43%, 24,116 samples	7x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	177x
Radeon R5 M335AMDBench 5%, 605 samples	3x
Radeon R5 M335AMDBench 5%, 504 samples	3x

SSD
2.5'' 256GB SATA3 SSDServicelifeBench 69%, 11 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	13x
KNWMX1-ETB 1x4GBKingstonBench 26%, 3,520 samples	8x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 30,873 samples	8x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Servicelife

2.5'' 256GB SATA3 SSD

Average Bench: 68.9% (687^th of 1072)

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2.5'' 256GB SATA3 SSD

Average Bench: 68.9% (687th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 68.9% (687^th of 1072)