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hynix SC300 SATA 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 74.6% (585th of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: SK hynix SC300 SATA
Poor: 55%Average: 74.6% Great: 84%

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Good average bench

The SK hynix SC300 SATA 256GB averaged 25.3% 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 80.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.4MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix SC300 SATA 256GB is 29.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SK hynix SC300 SATA 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 261MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 282MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 58574.6%
Min Avg Max
408 Read 465 503
125 Write 282 369
162 Mixed 313 415
172 SusWrite 261 349
73.7% 330 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8 4K Read 22.4 30.7
23.7 4K Write 59.8 112
16.3 4K Mixed 22.8 33.8
94.8% 35 MB/s
Min Avg Max
128 DQ Read 265 372
25.7 DQ Write 217 308
15.3 DQ Mixed 80.8 278
104% 188 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2012
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 246 136 139 120 132 MB/s
88.7% Excellent
Read 484
Write 286
Mixed 262
SusWrite 172
67% 301 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 33.8
149% 59 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 261
DQ Mixed 247
202% 290 MB/s
145GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
84.4% Excellent
Read 495
Write 357
Mixed 336
88% 396 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 61.9
4K Mixed 22.5
97% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 326
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 32.1
98% 213 MB/s
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2012
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 267 251 270 240 256 MB/s
83% Excellent
Read 408
Write 248
Mixed 304
SusWrite 263
68% 306 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 86.4
4K Mixed 31.2
124% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 237
DQ Mixed 70.1
111% 214 MB/s
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2012
SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 342 333 355 359 358 MB/s
81.9% Excellent
Read 409
Write 357
Mixed 306
SusWrite 349
80% 355 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 46.8
4K Mixed 27.8
95% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 278
223% 315 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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System: Dell Latitude E7470

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples1,744x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples1,366x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples105x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples3,216x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples72x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples1x
SSD
hynix SC300 SATA 256GBSKBench 75%, 11 samples1x
RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples493x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples343x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 1x8GBMicronBench 39%, 4,454 samples289x
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