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PC300 SK hy 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 113% (202nd of 1072)

Based on 3,798 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PC300 NVMe SK hy
Poor: 71%Average: 113% Great: 137%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB averaged 12.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 415MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 596MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB is 66.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 300MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 351MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,798 samples)
Rank 202113%
Min Avg Max
427 Read 793 1,000
194 Write 351 413
235 Mixed 397 502
136 SusWrite 300 402
102% 460 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.7 4K Read 33.3 35.5
32.8 4K Write 85.2 116
17.6 4K Mixed 33.6 41.9
139% 50.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
256 DQ Read 596 724
141 DQ Write 342 416
166 DQ Mixed 415 498
323% 451 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
140GB free
Firmware: 20003A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 369 354 382 370 376 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 854
Write 351
Mixed 437
SusWrite 359
111% 500 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 74.2
4K Mixed 35.8
126% 45.8 MB/s
DQ Read 672
DQ Write 396
DQ Mixed 486
375% 518 MB/s
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 362 365 362 358 356 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 848
Write 379
Mixed 450
SusWrite 364
113% 510 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 69.1
4K Mixed 34.7
122% 43.5 MB/s
DQ Read 578
DQ Write 383
DQ Mixed 452
345% 471 MB/s
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 326 318 317 322 320 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 929
Write 331
Mixed 415
SusWrite 320
110% 499 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 66.8
4K Mixed 31.9
120% 42.5 MB/s
DQ Read 546
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 438
326% 437 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 158 0 0 0 0 MB/s
96.7% Outstanding
Read 833
Write 401
Mixed 455
SusWrite 90.6
98% 445 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 68.5
4K Mixed 34.2
121% 43.2 MB/s
DQ Read 549
DQ Write 374
DQ Mixed 425
327% 449 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 138 101 105 115 113 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 574
Write 333
Mixed 164
SusWrite 132
66% 301 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 60.6
4K Mixed 25.7
98% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 168
DQ Mixed 285
207% 275 MB/s
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20007A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 357 379 387 382 390 MB/s
71.9% Very good
Read 558
Write 405
Mixed 398
SusWrite 377
97% 434 MB/s
4K Read 14.2
4K Write 31.8
4K Mixed 22.2
67% 22.7 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 116
88% 119 MB/s
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Gaming 11%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 10%
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CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples3,707x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples13x
GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples2,581x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples1,410x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples6x
SSD
PC300 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 113%, 3,798 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples1,169x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples264x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples235x
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