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SSDS3STD240GB 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 69% (685th of 1072)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: NMICRO SSDS3STD240GB
Poor: 43%Average: 69% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The Nmicro SSDS3STD240GB 256GB 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 134MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.3MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nmicro SSDS3STD240GB 256GB is 36.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Nmicro SSDS3STD240GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 126MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 241MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 68569%
Min Avg Max
39.3 Read 385 462
60.2 Write 241 411
10.2 Mixed 283 356
66.8 SusWrite 126 170
57.7% 259 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.4 4K Read 29.3 36.4
36.2 4K Write 62 78.6
2.5 4K Mixed 30 37.5
116% 40.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
60.8 DQ Read 245 277
62.2 DQ Write 227 311
7.5 DQ Mixed 134 214
128% 202 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 111 113 37 4.7 90 MB/s
66.8% Good
Read 373
Write 239
Mixed 266
SusWrite 87.9
54% 242 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 69.5
4K Mixed 36.6
122% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 8.6
54% 130 MB/s
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 175 65 86 48 56 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 447
Write 176
Mixed 333
SusWrite 113
59% 267 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 41.1
4K Mixed 23.3
90% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 48.8
88% 175 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 180 72 42 81 57 MB/s
57.2% Above average
Read 341
Write 287
Mixed 256
SusWrite 113
56% 249 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 48.9
4K Mixed 22.5
87% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 224
DQ Mixed 176
147% 211 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 48 84 83 43 97 MB/s
36.4% Below average
Read 39.3
Write 302
Mixed 10.2
SusWrite 73.8
24% 106 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 36.2
4K Mixed 20
62% 22.5 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 253
DQ Mixed 9.6
71% 164 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,770,789 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Veriton M4610G

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples50x
Core i7-2600Intel  $190Bench 67%, 185,630 samples24x
Core i5-2320Intel  $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples23x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples13x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples11x
SSD
SSDS3STD240GB 256GBNmicroBench 69%, 21 samples1x
RAM
Nanya NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 10GBUnknownBench 33%, 8 samples5x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 12GBSamsungBench 45%, 50 samples3x
HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 2x2GBHynixBench 45%, 2,708 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $250

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