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NVMe KIOXIA 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 186% (112th of 1072)

Based on 833 user benchmarks.  Model: KXG60ZNV256G NVMe KIOXIA 256GB
Poor: 97%Average: 186% Great: 251%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kxg60znv256g NVMe KIOXIA 256GB averaged 86.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kxg60znv256g NVMe KIOXIA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 632MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,517MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kxg60znv256g NVMe KIOXIA 256GB is 153%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kxg60znv256g NVMe KIOXIA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 499MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 114MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 833 samples)
Rank 112186%
Min Avg Max
640 Read 1,517 2,116
408 Write 1,150 1,630
517 Mixed 1,018 1,298
333 SusWrite 499 589
233% 1,046 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.2 4K Read 43.8 55.7
33.4 4K Write 114 197
27.7 4K Mixed 58.5 82.1
202% 72.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
294 DQ Read 806 1,204
129 DQ Write 661 1,248
183 DQ Mixed 632 794
501% 700 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 57 60 59 58 MB/s
669% Outstanding
Read 6,210
Write 59
Mixed 116
SusWrite 56.9
335% 1,610 MB/s
4K Read 1,034
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 7.5
1,579% 349 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1270 399 406 411 409 408 MB/s
212% Outstanding
Read 1,940
Write 1,607
Mixed 1,298
SusWrite 550
301% 1,349 MB/s
4K Read 48.5
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 66.9
219% 76 MB/s
DQ Read 771
DQ Write 684
DQ Mixed 779
570% 745 MB/s
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 582 388 390 349 331 MB/s
186% Outstanding
Read 1,682
Write 1,492
Mixed 1,104
SusWrite 441
263% 1,180 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 55.3
184% 65.4 MB/s
DQ Read 765
DQ Write 788
DQ Mixed 397
403% 650 MB/s
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 604 415 412 412 412 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,287
Write 999
Mixed 879
SusWrite 523
206% 922 MB/s
4K Read 38.1
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 55.8
183% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 740
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 654
455% 578 MB/s
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 400 362 382 399 404 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,334
Write 1,228
Mixed 972
SusWrite 508
226% 1,010 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 93.4
4K Mixed 52.2
181% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 632
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 399
319% 456 MB/s
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Gaming 20%
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Desktop 78%
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Workstation 19%
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CPU
Core i7-1185G7IntelBench 67%, 9,588 samples989x
Core i5-1145G7IntelBench 69%, 4,608 samples336x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples186x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,590x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples6x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples3x
SSD
NVMe KIOXIA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 186%, 833 samples1x
RAM
8x2GBHCNNNCPMMLXR-NEEBench 104%, 714 samples552x
8x2GBUBE3D4AA-MGCRBench 115%, 461 samples353x
8x2GBHCNNNCPMBLHR-NEEBench 120%, 551 samples170x
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