The Cheapest 256GB SSD Review & Benchmarks! Actually good in 2020?
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In this video we take a look at a cheap budget SSD with 256gb of storage space for only $15. This includes a few different benchmarks such as the time it takes to load into games and testing to see what its read and write speed is in mbps.
Note: The comparison test of the samsung 860 evo vs the unbranded ssd was not conducted on identical systems. This was because I wanted to run each drive on a system that would be proportionally accurate to the value and cost of each drive, so don't take it as a fair, side by side comparison.
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Script (All I could fit): Hello everybody and today we'll be taking a look at an unbranded 256gb SSD which I purchased for only $15. I bought it a few months ago off of offerup to use in a laptop I was refurbishing, but, given its very low price, I wanted to take a more in depth look into its performance. For the benchmarks today we will include synthetic tests such as crystal diskmark along with real world applications such as loading times for multiple games. But, let's head right into the testing and be sure to like and sub if you enjoyed the video.
Today's ssd in question is the unbranded oem Ossd256gbtss2. It has a total capacity of 256 gb and utilizes the sata 3 form factor. Now, i couldn't find the listing because i had purchased it so many months ago, but when i bought it, it just came in an unopened antistatic bag with no other protection, so my expectations were low. So, I went home, installed it into a laptop, and threw Windows 10 on the system. The install took a typical amount of time, and was nothing out of the ordinary, but i was just relieved that it wasn't a total piece of garbage. The laptop, however, was quite literally from the garbage but the specs inside weren't too bad at all. Inside this hp pavilion dv7t laptop you'll find an intel i7 2630qm, 8gb of ram, an amd hd 6770m, and of course, the unbranded ssd we'll be testing today. I tried looking all over the internet for any hint to where this ssd originated from or who manufactured it, but, so far the strongest lead I have is the sticker on the back that says it is made in taiwan. However, when searching around for its information, I did find that it was occasionally utilized in lenovo laptops such as Lenovo 20BHS0EK00. https://www.userbenchmark.com/System/...
A Lot of what is found online in regards to this ssd were benchmarks, most of which come from foriegn websites, so bits of information for this ssd were far and few between.
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This ssd also popped up sometimes on used seller websites such as on ebay. But, those listings are likely quite outdated due to them being significantly overpriced and you probably shouldn't buy one unless you get a good deal like I did.
But, i think we just about covered all the necessary background information about this ssd so how about we head right into some benchmarks.
The first benchmark I ran on the system was of the Windows 10 startup time. For this benchmark, I provided the drive with optimal conditions and the only programs installed on it at the time were the default windows ones along with the operating system. The reason I mention this is because it turns out that the more full an ssd is, the worse it will perform.
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In total, the time it took to boot up the laptop to the point of sign in was 1 minute and 35 seconds. Thats, not very good, but it's not terrible either. I mean, it's better than most hard drives you'd find installed in a laptop, but it doesn't really stay true to the quick boot up times typically achieved by solid state drives. But, for $15, i can't complain much, and the boot up was about what i expected since this is a none to high end ssd.
Afterwards I then conducted the synthetic benchmarks on this ssd before installing a few games. The first test I did was of userbenchmark. Userbenchmark will benchmark all components of one's system, but we'll specifically be taking a look at how this ssd performed. The results of this test saw this unbranded ssd sitting at a comfortable 53.1%, meaning that it performed better than about 53.1% of all other ssds testing using userbenchmark. The 43%, however, means that it performed better than 43% of identical ssds tested on userbenchmark. In fact, it ended up scoring the highest out of any component on the system.
I also ran the test of crystaldiskmark on this computer. This test gave us the specific numbers in terms of the ssds performance and got 552 megabytes per second on the sequential read test and 452megabytes per second on the sequential write test.