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TS0256F 251GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 65% (741st of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: APPLE SSD TS0256F
Poor: 53%Average: 65% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The Apple TS0256F 251GB averaged 34.9% 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. Sequential Write Speed 437MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 487MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple TS0256F 251GB is 28.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Apple TS0256F 251GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 9.05MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 32.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 74165%
Min Avg Max
208 Read 487 607
241 Write 437 562
106 Mixed 325 453
71.1 SusWrite 325 396
88.3% 394 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.6 4K Read 14.6 26.1
6.6 4K Write 32.2 61.1
0.55 4K Mixed 9.05 21.7
50.8% 18.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.3 DQ Read 203 345
21.4 DQ Write 119 163
0.28 DQ Mixed 51.5 103
67.8% 125 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 109L0704
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 283 471 429 370 408 MB/s
78.1% Very good
Read 552
Write 465
Mixed 316
SusWrite 380
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 28.5
4K Mixed 19.5
72% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 101
111% 193 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 109L0704
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 302 389 341 413 343 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 490
Write 464
Mixed 322
SusWrite 355
92% 408 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 32.3
4K Mixed 19.4
68% 22.9 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 98.2
103% 175 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 109R0219
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 333 315 342 379 330 MB/s
67.1% Good
Read 423
Write 425
Mixed 309
SusWrite 326
83% 371 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 45.6
4K Mixed 15.8
65% 25 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 101
111% 193 MB/s
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 109L0704
SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 398 345 309 365 328 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 465
Write 404
Mixed 286
SusWrite 340
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 30.3
4K Mixed 16.8
63% 21.4 MB/s
DQ Read 215
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 95.9
92% 148 MB/s
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 109L0704
SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 376 275 334 399 353 MB/s
54.7% Above average
Read 427
Write 426
Mixed 197
SusWrite 346
78% 349 MB/s
4K Read 8.1
4K Write 14.8
4K Mixed 9.9
33% 10.9 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 93.6
83% 126 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,723,561 SSDs tested

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Typical TS0256F 251GB Builds (Compare 28 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

System: Apple MacBookAir6,1

CPU
Core i5-4250UIntel  $499Bench 50%, 1,765 samples16x
Core i5-4260UIntelBench 51%, 870 samples9x
Core i7-4650UIntelBench 51%, 4,310 samples3x
GPU
HD 5000 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 6,906 samples28x
SSD
TS0256F 251GBAppleBench 65%, 25 samples5x
RAM
0x483943434E4E4E384A544D4C41522D4E544D 2x2GBUnknownBench 49%, 215 samples10x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples8x
0x45424A3230554638454455302D474E2D4620 2x2GBUnknownBench 49%, 67 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 43% - Average Total price: $499

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