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PCIe 256GB

PCIe 256GB
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Effective Speed +63% Effective Speed 63%Average Score +73% Read 224%, Write 114%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 37%, Mixed 113%, 4K Mixed -58%, SusWrite 46%Peak Score +138% Read 337%, Write 160%, 4K Read 39%, 4K Write 72%, Mixed 180%, 4K Mixed 16%, SusWrite 161%Value & Sentiment -862%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,711%Nice To Haves +109% DQ Read 154%, DQ Write 174%, DQ Mixed 82%, ADQ Read 84%, ADQ Write 101%, ADQ Mixed 43%, Age 81%, AS-SSD Total 152%

Average Bench: 161% (143^rd of 1072)

Based on 301 user benchmarks. Model: OSC PCIe 256GB

Poor: 87%Average: 161% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The OSC PCIe 256GB averaged 61.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the OSC PCIe 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 371MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,481MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OSC PCIe 256GB is 155%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the OSC PCIe 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 434MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 28.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 301 samples)

Rank 143161%

Min	Avg	Max
715	Read 1,481	2,213
124	Write 868	1,263
125	Mixed 766	1,184
172	SusWrite 434	1,009
197% 888 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.1	4K Read 45	59.8
37.5	4K Write 120	210
10.8	4K Mixed 28.5	67.4
168% 64.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
280	DQ Read 599	934
65.6	DQ Write 580	983
78.8	DQ Mixed 371	604
339% 517 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ARE-User, 8 days ago.

192GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T1202A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1148 1129 1138 1141 1143 533 MB/s

247% Outstanding

Write 1,152

Mixed 1039

SusWrite 1,039

288% 1,294 MB/s

4K Read 56

4K Write 187

4K Mixed 26.8

218% 90.1 MB/s

DQ Read 930

DQ Write 1,058

DQ Mixed 572

548% 853 MB/s

LKA-User, 8 days ago.

146GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0323A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1221 1249 1233 173 150 124 MB/s

199% Outstanding

Write 1,243

Mixed 1,038

SusWrite 692

260% 1,167 MB/s

4K Read 55.3

4K Write 166

4K Mixed 28.8

208% 83.3 MB/s

DQ Read 502

DQ Write 812

DQ Mixed 423

386% 579 MB/s

LKA-User, 1 day ago.

141GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0323A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1227 1208 1033 168 120 167 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 1,221

Mixed 1,021

SusWrite 654

254% 1138 MB/s

4K Read 51.9

4K Write 164

4K Mixed 28.5

202% 81.6 MB/s

DQ Read 499

DQ Write 810

DQ Mixed 425

387% 578 MB/s

LKA-User, 10 days ago.

147GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V0323A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1200 1210 627 145 148 127 MB/s

191% Outstanding

Write 1,240

Mixed 1,022

SusWrite 576

252% 1,131 MB/s

4K Read 52.8

4K Write 167

4K Mixed 28.5

205% 82.6 MB/s

DQ Read 498

DQ Write 841

DQ Mixed 426

392% 588 MB/s

BRA-User, 4 days ago.

163GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1116 433 939 600 957 982 MB/s

181% Outstanding

Write 1,266

Mixed 895

SusWrite 838

247% 1,101 MB/s

4K Read 47.1

4K Write 98.4

4K Mixed 25.5

156% 57 MB/s

DQ Read 373

DQ Write 911

DQ Mixed 354

352% 546 MB/s

IND-User, 19 days ago.

211GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 894 1066 1059 884 857 827 MB/s

166% Outstanding

Write 1,062

Mixed 756

SusWrite 931

226% 1,009 MB/s

4K Read 41.3

4K Write 94.4

4K Mixed 13.7

130% 49.8 MB/s

DQ Read 360

DQ Write 586

DQ Mixed 349

299% 432 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

62GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T1102A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 442 428 143 335 286 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 64.5

Mixed 119

SusWrite 327

101% 473 MB/s

4K Read 37.8

4K Write 86.6

4K Mixed 9.3

115% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 388

DQ Write 97

DQ Mixed 338

224% 275 MB/s

IRN-User, 7 days ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T1103F0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 205 135 218 312 326 MB/s

93.6% Outstanding

Write 522

Mixed 522

SusWrite 230

104% 463 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 17.8

122% 50.7 MB/s

DQ Read 742

DQ Write 221

DQ Mixed 99.7

173% 354 MB/s

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG B460M BAZOOKA (MS-7C83)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	582x
Core i5-10400Intel $125Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	210x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	119x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	161x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	143x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	106x

SSD
PCIe 256GBOSCBench 161%, 301 samples	1x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	49x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	46x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $497

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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: 161% (143^rd of 1072)

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