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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 54.8% (855th of 1072)

Based on 130 user benchmarks.  Model: RTHMB256VBM4MWDL
Poor: 42%Average: 54.8% Great: 68%

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Average average bench

The RTHMB256VBM4MWDL 256GB averaged 45.2% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 95MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 402MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the RTHMB256VBM4MWDL 256GB is 26.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the RTHMB256VBM4MWDL 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 167MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 225MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 130 samples)
Rank 85554.8%
Min Avg Max
316 Read 402 458
153 Write 225 244
172 Mixed 229 299
88.2 SusWrite 167 235
56.8% 256 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.36 4K Read 13.7 22.4
13.4 4K Write 43 64.7
4.89 4K Mixed 16.5 28.1
64.6% 24.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.9 DQ Read 162 207
47.7 DQ Write 175 216
4.88 DQ Mixed 95 141
91.7% 144 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
218GB free
Firmware: T1059
SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 240 239 240 241 239 MB/s
69% Good
Read 462
Write 246
Mixed 194
SusWrite 240
63% 286 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 48.1
4K Mixed 23.5
86% 30.6 MB/s
DQ Read 206
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 144
126% 188 MB/s
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1059
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 92 91 118 107 99 MB/s
48.9% Average
Read 382
Write 236
Mixed 191
SusWrite 116
51% 231 MB/s
4K Read 14
4K Write 27.8
4K Mixed 17.1
58% 19.6 MB/s
DQ Read 196
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 124
112% 170 MB/s
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1059
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 126 63 96 80 97 MB/s
48.8% Average
Read 396
Write 230
Mixed 203
SusWrite 108
52% 234 MB/s
4K Read 14.2
4K Write 29.9
4K Mixed 18.3
61% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 197
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 142
113% 159 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1059
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 71 78 67 70 76 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 303
Write 235
Mixed 185
SusWrite 92.3
45% 204 MB/s
4K Read 13.2
4K Write 25
4K Mixed 14.7
52% 17.6 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 174
DQ Mixed 124
110% 166 MB/s
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1059
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 126 122 110 133 128 MB/s
41.5% Average
Read 324
Write 224
Mixed 190
SusWrite 137
49% 219 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 19
4K Mixed 13.1
44% 14.5 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 151
DQ Mixed 109
92% 133 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1059
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 100 59 44 34 45 MB/s
37.3% Below average
Read 332
Write 222
Mixed 186
SusWrite 76.5
45% 204 MB/s
4K Read 11.5
4K Write 17.1
4K Mixed 12.3
42% 13.6 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 96.8
85% 127 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 45%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Lenovo 80QL

CPU
Core m5-6Y54IntelBench 43%, 1,733 samples21x
Core m7-6Y75IntelBench 43%, 1,933 samples8x
Core m3-6Y30IntelBench 44%, 5,480 samples7x
GPU
HD 515 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 3%, 10,056 samples36x
SSD
RTHMB256VBM4MWDL 256GBBench 55%, 130 samples13x
RAM
K4E6E304EE-EGCF 2x4GBSamsungBench 58%, 953 samples10x
2x4GBElpidaBench 51%, 4,362 samples8x
H9CCNNN8GTMLAR-NUD 2x2GBHynixBench 46%, 464 samples7x
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