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RBU-SNS8152S3256GF 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 56.6% (834th of 1072)

Based on 334 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON RBU-SNS8152S3256GF
Poor: 39%Average: 56.6% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3256GF 256GB averaged 43.3% 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 72.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 453MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3256GF 256GB is 36.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3256GF 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 114MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 139MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 334 samples)
Rank 83456.6%
Min Avg Max
341 Read 453 505
39.7 Write 139 158
96.9 Mixed 188 243
57.3 SusWrite 114 153
49.1% 224 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.96 4K Read 17.9 25.5
16.5 4K Write 57.8 89.9
5.6 4K Mixed 16.9 31.3
79.3% 30.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.8 DQ Read 203 276
42.9 DQ Write 123 158
6.77 DQ Mixed 72.7 113
78.4% 133 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 101 81 71 62 75 MB/s
63.1% Good
Read 486
Write 71.3
Mixed 193
SusWrite 77.5
45% 207 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 28.8
4K Mixed 31
93% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 156
DQ Mixed 30.6
72% 153 MB/s
46GB free
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 152 152 153 152 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 401
Write 157
Mixed 175
SusWrite 152
49% 221 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 51.1
4K Mixed 23.2
86% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 120
DQ Mixed 113
104% 165 MB/s
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 148 150 150 151 MB/s
59.9% Above average
Read 414
Write 153
Mixed 173
SusWrite 147
49% 222 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 54.3
4K Mixed 20.6
83% 31 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 151
DQ Mixed 114
110% 177 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 154 142 148 146 143 MB/s
55.8% Above average
Read 362
Write 145
Mixed 176
SusWrite 146
46% 207 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 37.6
4K Mixed 20.3
74% 25.6 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 104
107% 177 MB/s
215GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 114 86 111 85 MB/s
50.6% Above average
Read 382
Write 146
Mixed 176
SusWrite 117
45% 205 MB/s
4K Read 14.1
4K Write 28.8
4K Mixed 19.3
61% 20.7 MB/s
DQ Read 244
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 105
104% 169 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 44%
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Workstation 8%
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System: Acer Aspire R5-471T

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples70x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples17x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples87x
SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GF 256GBKingstonBench 57%, 334 samples11x
RAM
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples44x
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples30x
2x2GBHynixBench 40%, 7,517 samples8x
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