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256GB SSD 256GB

256GB SSD 256GB
BENCHMARKS (12,615)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -391%Effective Speed -391%Average Score -423%Read -488%, Write -734%, 4K Read -147%, 4K Write -113%, Mixed -529%, 4K Mixed -193%, SusWrite -757%Peak Score -246%Read -207%, Write -384%, 4K Read -200%, 4K Write -86%, Mixed -280%, 4K Mixed -199%, SusWrite -364%Value & Sentiment -414%User Rating -37%, Market Share -791%Nice To Haves -359%DQ Read -364%, DQ Write -86%, DQ Mixed -334%, ADQ Read -604%, ADQ Write -252%, ADQ Mixed -810%, Age -214%, AS-SSD Total -209%

Average Bench: 111% (219^th of 1080)

Based on 12,615 user benchmarks. Model: Lexar 256GB SSD

Poor: 54%Average: 111% Great: 240%

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Outstanding average bench

The Lexar 256GB SSD 256GB averaged 11.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lexar 256GB SSD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 163MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 35.6MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lexar 256GB SSD 256GB is 186%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Lexar 256GB SSD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 369MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 243MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12,615 samples)

Rank 219111%

Min	Avg	Max
341	Read 712	1,935
187	Write 560	1,330
205	Mixed 514	1,233
97	SusWrite 369	987
121% 539 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17	4K Read 35.6	62.8
36.6	4K Write 97.5	203
16	4K Mixed 37.7	72.8
154% 56.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
87.8	DQ Read 243	500
46.8	DQ Write 356	1,019
29.8	DQ Mixed 163	484
162% 254 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IRN-User, 1 day ago.

147GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1.19.B3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 635 647 615 584 689 607 MB/s

165% Outstanding

Write 666

Mixed 676

SusWrite 630

152% 672 MB/s

4K Read 54.2

4K Write 169

4K Mixed 63

252% 95.4 MB/s

DQ Read 344

DQ Write 615

DQ Mixed 97.3

182% 352 MB/s

PAK-User, 23 hrs ago.

109GB free

Firmware: H190117D

SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 456 459 462 293 244 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 476

Mixed 449

SusWrite 398

102% 454 MB/s

4K Read 42.1

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 47.7

186% 68.1 MB/s

DQ Read 293

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 332

242% 312 MB/s

USA-User, 20 hrs ago.

46GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1.15

SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 157 121 66 57 52 MB/s

92.4% Outstanding

Write 284

Mixed 338

SusWrite 106

73% 331 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 193

4K Mixed 35

187% 84.9 MB/s

DQ Read 91.4

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 81.6

81% 125 MB/s

SAU-User, 1 day ago.

178GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H190117D

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 172 191 191 189 194 MB/s

77.8% Very good

Write 253

Mixed 273

SusWrite 190

64% 287 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 29.2

135% 55.5 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 230

DQ Mixed 194

146% 191 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V4.7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 121 176 145 145 143 MB/s

71.2% Very good

Write 426

Mixed 360

SusWrite 151

80% 357 MB/s

4K Read 33.1

4K Write 71.2

4K Mixed 24.6

119% 43 MB/s

DQ Read 168

DQ Write 141

DQ Mixed 33.4

58% 114 MB/s

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H510M-A

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Core i5-10400FIntel $94Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	823x
Core i5-11400FIntel $101Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	557x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	423x

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RTX 3060Nvidia $280Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	363x
GTX 1650Nvidia $150Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	254x
RTX 3050Nvidia $236Bench 74%, 82,770 samples	180x

SSD
256GB SSD 256GBLexarBench 111%, 12,615 samples	1x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	187x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	164x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 91%, 47,229 samples	120x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $374

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Lexar

256GB SSD 256GB

Average Bench: 111% (219^th of 1080)

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256GB SSD 256GB

Average Bench: 111% (219th of 1080)

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