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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 60.2% (801st of 1072)

Based on 327 user benchmarks.  Model: RTNMB256VBM8EWXL
Poor: 46%Average: 60.2% Great: 73%

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Above average average bench

The RTNMB256VBM8EWXL 256GB averaged 39.7% 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 91.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 415MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the RTNMB256VBM8EWXL 256GB is 27.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the RTNMB256VBM8EWXL 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 159MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 229MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 327 samples)
Rank 80160.2%
Min Avg Max
321 Read 415 469
204 Write 229 242
183 Mixed 235 300
74.7 SusWrite 159 237
57.7% 260 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.28 4K Read 17.4 22.8
19.8 4K Write 50.4 69.3
9.39 4K Mixed 20 29.8
78.6% 29.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.3 DQ Read 190 260
51 DQ Write 180 217
9.74 DQ Mixed 91.5 144
94.3% 154 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
238GB free
Firmware: T1054
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 243 243 245 242 243 MB/s
81.1% Excellent
Read 473
Write 238
Mixed 196
SusWrite 242
64% 287 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 80
4K Mixed 32.2
120% 45.3 MB/s
DQ Read 260
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 148
136% 208 MB/s
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1054
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 156 150 150 150 150 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 415
Write 240
Mixed 204
SusWrite 160
56% 254 MB/s
4K Read 15.1
4K Write 32.1
4K Mixed 18.6
64% 21.9 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 215
DQ Mixed 141
132% 205 MB/s
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1054
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 201 214 213 211 210 MB/s
55% Above average
Read 366
Write 233
Mixed 194
SusWrite 208
56% 250 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 28.7
4K Mixed 17.1
58% 19.8 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 138
125% 192 MB/s
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1054
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 131 51 57 44 43 MB/s
53.2% Above average
Read 399
Write 227
Mixed 201
SusWrite 80.7
50% 227 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 37
4K Mixed 21.1
70% 24.5 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 145
133% 206 MB/s
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1054
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 114 118 94 143 142 MB/s
52.5% Above average
Read 375
Write 221
Mixed 183
SusWrite 124
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 13.7
4K Write 30.5
4K Mixed 20.4
63% 21.5 MB/s
DQ Read 241
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 138
128% 197 MB/s
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1054
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 127 125 125 118 141 MB/s
51.6% Above average
Read 368
Write 231
Mixed 157
SusWrite 136
50% 223 MB/s
4K Read 15
4K Write 32.3
4K Mixed 19.2
64% 22.2 MB/s
DQ Read 246
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 124
111% 169 MB/s
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Workstation 4%
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System: Lenovo 80JV

CPU
Core i7-5500UIntelBench 46%, 73,655 samples33x
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples29x
Core i3-5020UIntelBench 51%, 3,262 samples4x
GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples57x
GTX 940MNvidiaBench 9%, 15,731 samples6x
GeForce 920MNvidiaBench 5%, 11,731 samples5x
SSD
RTNMB256VBM8EWXL 256GBBench 60%, 327 samples10x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples14x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 27%, 39,427 samples12x
RMT3160ME68FAF1600 1x8GBRamaxelBench 28%, 6,313 samples10x
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