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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 58.6% (817th of 1072)

Based on 37 user benchmarks.  Model: OSC mSATA 256GB
Poor: 46%Average: 58.6% Great: 68%

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Average average bench

The OSC mSATA 256GB averaged 41.4% 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 Write Speed 63.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 220MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OSC mSATA 256GB is 22.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OSC mSATA 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 9.86MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 188MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 37 samples)
Rank 81758.6%
Min Avg Max
299 Read 397 469
64.6 Write 227 342
119 Mixed 188 334
142 SusWrite 240 351
58.6% 263 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.5 4K Read 15 23.2
26.3 4K Write 63.3 98.4
6.9 4K Mixed 9.86 15.3
68.9% 29.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
100 DQ Read 149 197
124 DQ Write 220 311
14.2 DQ Mixed 63.2 82.2
81.7% 144 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0303B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 404 404 404 420 429 MB/s
85.4% Excellent
Read 485
Write 439
Mixed 396
SusWrite 413
98% 433 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 65.8
4K Mixed 22.2
107% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 34.4
72% 143 MB/s
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0303B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 328 332 349 329 325 MB/s
61.8% Good
Read 404
Write 364
Mixed 350
SusWrite 332
82% 363 MB/s
4K Read 12.7
4K Write 33.1
4K Mixed 16.5
58% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 150
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 36.1
64% 124 MB/s
193GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0205A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 294 286 96 96 90 MB/s
59.5% Above average
Read 408
Write 339
Mixed 311
SusWrite 196
70% 313 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 42.6
4K Mixed 18.8
77% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 42.5
69% 132 MB/s
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0927A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 196 208 195 150 158 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 452
Write 215
Mixed 172
SusWrite 186
57% 256 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 63.2
4K Mixed 10
75% 30.7 MB/s
DQ Read 133
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 60.9
77% 134 MB/s
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0707A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 223 230 235 247 248 MB/s
44% Average
Read 403
Write 230
Mixed 156
SusWrite 235
57% 256 MB/s
4K Read 12.7
4K Write 14.3
4K Mixed 8
37% 11.7 MB/s
DQ Read 95.6
DQ Write 17
DQ Mixed 25.4
27% 46 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,774,755 SSDs tested

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Typical mSATA 256GB Builds (Compare 1,811 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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System: Dell Precision M6800

CPU
Core i7-4810MQIntel  $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples545x
Core i7-4800MQIntel  $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples408x
Core i7-4910MQIntel  $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples214x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples1,018x
Quadro K3100MNvidiaBench 11%, 2,978 samples341x
Quadro K4100MNvidiaBench 16%, 1,157 samples192x
SSD
mSATA 256GBOSCBench 59%, 37 samples1x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 54%, 1,944 samples85x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples82x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 2,172 samples51x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $400

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