Sp-8

PRO 256GB

PRO 256GB
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Effective Speed -56%Effective Speed -56%Average Score -57%Read -24%, Write -70%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -37%, Mixed -48%, 4K Mixed -85%, SusWrite -115%Peak Score -21%Read -2%, Write -17%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write -32%, Mixed -12%, 4K Mixed -68%, SusWrite -0%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -58%DQ Read -70%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed -97%, ADQ Read -167%, ADQ Write -27%, ADQ Mixed -141%, Age 77%, AS-SSD Total -33%

Average Bench: 63.2% (765^th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: SP-8 PRO 256GB

Poor: 44%Average: 63.2% Great: 77%

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Above average average bench

The Sp-8 PRO 256GB averaged 36.8% 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 108MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sp-8 PRO 256GB is 32.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sp-8 PRO 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 138MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 122MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 76563.2%

Min	Avg	Max
304	Read 368	496
19.1	Write 239	416
1	Mixed 243	378
28.3	SusWrite 138	386
55% 247 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.5	4K Read 28	36.7
24.5	4K Write 63.8	92.9
0.6	4K Mixed 24.3	34.6
107% 38.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23	DQ Read 122	216
23.4	DQ Write 228	329
0.2	DQ Mixed 108	168
101% 153 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IDN-User, 12 months ago.

181GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 909XKR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 122 121 121 121 129 MB/s

74.5% Very good

Write 348

Mixed 313

SusWrite 134

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 31.2

4K Write 77.1

4K Mixed 30.3

127% 46.2 MB/s

DQ Read 214

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 158

145% 221 MB/s

IDN-User, 13 months ago.

212GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2009XKR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 400 396 146 59 17 MB/s

71.2% Very good

Write 368

Mixed 325

SusWrite 234

77% 346 MB/s

4K Read 23.2

4K Write 69

4K Mixed 21.3

99% 37.8 MB/s

DQ Read 80.5

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 36.5

77% 149 MB/s

TUR-User, 6 months ago.

191GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0411A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 406 392 426 433 435 MB/s

66.3% Good

Write 429

Mixed 381

SusWrite 417

97% 432 MB/s

4K Read 25.2

4K Write 16

4K Mixed 13.8

64% 18.3 MB/s

DQ Read 54.4

DQ Write 15.8

DQ Mixed 15.8

17% 28.7 MB/s

IDN-User, 8 months ago.

141GB free (System drive)

Firmware: XKR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 57 74 120 108 26 MB/s

65.5% Good

Write 394

Mixed 336

SusWrite 97.4

66% 292 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 67.1

4K Mixed 33.5

121% 42.8 MB/s

DQ Read 87.6

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 134

120% 174 MB/s

IDN-User, 8 months ago.

142GB free (System drive)

Firmware: XKR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 25 24 189 26 26 MB/s

64.4% Good

Write 349

Mixed 321

SusWrite 96.5

62% 278 MB/s

4K Read 27.3

4K Write 68.8

4K Mixed 33.2

120% 43.1 MB/s

DQ Read 71

DQ Write 271

DQ Mixed 136

115% 160 MB/s

IDN-User, 23 months ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2104XKR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 18 5 15 21 61 MB/s

33.2% Below average

Write 8.7

Mixed 175

SusWrite 26

32% 148 MB/s

4K Read 14.5

4K Write 38

4K Mixed 1.4

44% 18 MB/s

DQ Read 134

DQ Write 63.8

DQ Mixed 1.4

27% 66.3 MB/s

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 42%

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Workstation 4%

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System: HP Pavilion 14 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	114x
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	100x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples	83x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	323x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	51x
Radeon R5AMDBench 2%, 40,685 samples	48x

SSD
PRO 256GBSp-8Bench 63%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 27%, 14,954 samples	22x
SH5641G8FJ8NWRNSQG 1x8GBSmartBench 28%, 3,351 samples	20x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	18x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 63.2% (765^th of 1072)

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