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P300-256

2280 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 165% (136th of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: P300-256 2280
Poor: 109%Average: 165% Great: 193%

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Outstanding average bench

The P300-256 2280 256GB averaged 65.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the P300-256 2280 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 645MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,404MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the P300-256 2280 256GB is 84.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the P300-256 2280 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 371MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 93.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 136165%
Min Avg Max
1,316 Read 1,404 1,474
22.9 Write 944 1,188
107 Mixed 758 1,011
210 SusWrite 371 622
193% 869 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.2 4K Read 44.1 50.9
26.1 4K Write 138 206
13 4K Mixed 39.3 49.3
190% 73.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
559 DQ Read 687 728
146 DQ Write 645 1,005
20.3 DQ Mixed 93.7 324
227% 475 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0705A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 583 280 818 742 556 MB/s
193% Outstanding
Read 1,460
Write 143
Mixed 107
SusWrite 520
120% 557 MB/s
4K Read 50.9
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 49.3
216% 81.4 MB/s
DQ Read 723
DQ Write 995
DQ Mixed 73.6
275% 597 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0705A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 604 514 245 130 115 115 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 1,430
Write 1,187
Mixed 1,007
SusWrite 287
218% 978 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 47.8
229% 92.3 MB/s
DQ Read 728
DQ Write 953
DQ Mixed 73.9
270% 585 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0705A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 665 495 115 130 114 114 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 1,462
Write 1,182
Mixed 1,011
SusWrite 272
219% 982 MB/s
4K Read 48.1
4K Write 175
4K Mixed 46.5
225% 89.9 MB/s
DQ Read 716
DQ Write 946
DQ Mixed 74.1
267% 579 MB/s
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0705A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 695 363 115 115 114 163 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 1,455
Write 1,182
Mixed 1,008
SusWrite 261
217% 976 MB/s
4K Read 49.8
4K Write 174
4K Mixed 48
229% 90.6 MB/s
DQ Read 723
DQ Write 920
DQ Mixed 74.2
264% 572 MB/s
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0705A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 616 175 87 102 100 MB/s
141% Outstanding
Read 1,353
Write 1150
Mixed 929
SusWrite 210
203% 910 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 38.2
177% 70 MB/s
DQ Read 716
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 20.3
132% 318 MB/s
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0705A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 72 598 211 95 106 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 1,346
Write 1,159
Mixed 633
SusWrite 216
186% 839 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 26.1
4K Mixed 13
84% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 614
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 73.7
139% 290 MB/s

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Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) - $127

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples978x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples649x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples226x
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GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples371x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples229x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples134x
SSD
2280 256GBP300-256Bench 165%, 10 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples212x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples74x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples66x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $675

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