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R3_256GB 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 51.5% (891st of 1080)

Based on 386 user benchmarks.  Model: GeIL R3_256GB
Poor: 29%Average: 51.5% Great: 86%

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Average average bench

The Geil R3_256GB 256GB averaged 48.5% 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 Random Read Speed 21.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 455MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Geil R3_256GB 256GB is 57%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Geil R3_256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 15.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 127MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 386 samples)
Rank 89151.5%
Min Avg Max
330 Read 455 506
53.2 Write 323 435
12.2 Mixed 178 404
36.9 SusWrite 127 386
60% 271 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.4 4K Read 21.4 30
6.5 4K Write 45.7 108
0.23 4K Mixed 9.37 25.8
68.7% 25.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
49.9 DQ Read 128 207
11.7 DQ Write 162 336
0.36 DQ Mixed 15.3 44.2
47.6% 102 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
26GB free
Firmware: S0411A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 43 43 39 47 35 MB/s
55.7% Above average
Read 448
Write 87.1
Mixed 7.7
SusWrite 48.4
32% 148 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 60.2
4K Mixed 14.3
83% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 26
77% 166 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: S0411A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 39 35 47 43 43 MB/s
49.7% Average
Read 458
Write 65.4
Mixed 256
SusWrite 49.4
45% 207 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 57.4
4K Mixed 4.1
74% 29 MB/s
DQ Read 165
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 35.5
67% 132 MB/s
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0628A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 113 67 61 61 60 MB/s
48% Average
Read 496
Write 418
Mixed 26.9
SusWrite 110
58% 263 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 16.2
4K Mixed 1.2
44% 13.3 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 1.1
62% 144 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0831B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 66 17 21 19 58 MB/s
40.6% Average
Read 441
Write 220
Mixed 45.3
SusWrite 40.2
41% 187 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 22.8
4K Mixed 1.8
46% 15.2 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 252
DQ Mixed 0.7
52% 122 MB/s
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0628A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 74 51 22 35 56 MB/s
40.1% Average
Read 448
Write 264
Mixed 337
SusWrite 82.8
63% 283 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 9.6
4K Mixed 0.7
36% 10 MB/s
DQ Read 75.6
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 1.1
50% 113 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,547,463 SSDs tested

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Gaming 39%
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Desktop 79%
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Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asrock A320M-HDV R4.0

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 73%, 179,588 samples910x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $60Bench 63%, 104,122 samples740x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples571x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples475x
RX 580AMD  $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples444x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples416x
SSD
R3_256GB 256GBGeilBench 51%, 386 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples138x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples130x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples118x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $330

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