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256GB S300 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 70.2% (664th of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: LS 256GB S300
Poor: 39%Average: 70.2% Great: 90%

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Good average bench

The LS 256GB S300 256GB averaged 29.7% 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 101MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 262MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LS 256GB S300 256GB is 51%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the LS 256GB S300 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 253MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 290MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 66470.2%
Min Avg Max
318 Read 412 482
258 Write 327 401
43.2 Mixed 290 374
85.6 SusWrite 253 377
71.8% 320 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.3 4K Read 23.8 30.7
44 4K Write 58.1 95.1
1.5 4K Mixed 20.9 32.1
93.6% 34.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
76.9 DQ Read 198 304
161 DQ Write 262 314
39.4 DQ Mixed 101 215
112% 187 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
238GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 300 301 301 301 303 MB/s
82.5% Excellent
Read 443
Write 305
Mixed 300
SusWrite 302
76% 337 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 52.6
4K Mixed 29.2
107% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 211
184% 273 MB/s
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0615A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 55 126 103 102 102 MB/s
70% Very good
Read 441
Write 401
Mixed 374
SusWrite 138
76% 338 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 57.5
4K Mixed 23.2
107% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 227
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 50.7
100% 197 MB/s
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0615A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 348 346 373 360 364 MB/s
69.2% Good
Read 359
Write 338
Mixed 336
SusWrite 357
78% 348 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 47.9
4K Mixed 19.9
77% 28.3 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 45.7
83% 159 MB/s
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1128A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 327 333 334 328 114 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 372
Write 326
Mixed 308
SusWrite 295
73% 325 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 47.1
4K Mixed 10.3
66% 25.2 MB/s
DQ Read 101
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 41.4
73% 137 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,873,086 SSDs tested

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Typical 256GB S300 256GB Builds (Compare 1,982 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Intel X79

CPU
Xeon E5-2689 0IntelBench 71%, 6,987 samples339x
Xeon E5-2650 v2IntelBench 67%, 5,123 samples270x
Xeon E5-2640 0IntelBench 65%, 3,274 samples144x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples126x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples115x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples109x
SSD
256GB S300 256GBLSBench 70%, 9 samples1x
RAM
M393B5170GB0- 2x4GBSamsungBench 52%, 1,540 samples127x
M393B1K70DH0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 1,683 samples63x
HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GBHynixBench 67%, 393 samples58x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $130

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