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256GB 256GB

256GB 256GB
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Effective Speed -57%Effective Speed -57%Average Score -83%Read -8%, Write -13%, 4K Read -166%, 4K Write -148%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -257%, SusWrite 24%Peak Score -87%Read -5%, Write -18%, 4K Read -159%, 4K Write -131%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -278%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -322%DQ Read -107%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -1,236%, ADQ Read -211%, ADQ Write -47%, ADQ Mixed -998%, Age 85%, AS-SSD Total -56%

Average Bench: 62.5% (774^th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks. Model: Generic SSD 256GB

Poor: 54%Average: 62.5% Great: 71%

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Above average average bench

The Generic 256GB 256GB averaged 37.4% 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 Write Speed 197MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 423MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 23.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 105MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)

Rank 77462.5%

Min	Avg	Max
368	Read 423	482
333	Write 360	411
284	Mixed 325	371
356	SusWrite 369	385
83.1% 370 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.4	4K Read 12.9	16.6
26.4	4K Write 35.3	52.9
11.2	4K Mixed 12.6	15.4
54.4% 20.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
61.1	DQ Read 105	177
134	DQ Write 197	336
22.9	DQ Mixed 23.7	24.8
54% 108 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

POL-User, 4 years ago.

215GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0831B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 398 392 363 370 366 MB/s

71.1% Very good

Write 353

Mixed 326

SusWrite 374

83% 370 MB/s

4K Read 14.3

4K Write 52.9

4K Mixed 13.5

67% 26.9 MB/s

DQ Read 177

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 24.3

84% 179 MB/s

POL-User, 4 years ago.

226GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R083

SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 417 367 419 273 418 MB/s

65.6% Good

Write 411

Mixed 371

SusWrite 385

93% 412 MB/s

4K Read 16.6

4K Write 29.8

4K Mixed 15.4

61% 20.6 MB/s

DQ Read 61.1

DQ Write 137

DQ Mixed 23.4

39% 73.7 MB/s

POL-User, 4 years ago.

219GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0831B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 372 371 371 373 372 MB/s

61.1% Good

Write 358

Mixed 322

SusWrite 370

83% 369 MB/s

4K Read 12.2

4K Write 32.2

4K Mixed 11.4

50% 18.6 MB/s

DQ Read 103

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 23.2

52% 103 MB/s

POL-User, 4 years ago.

220GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0831B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 361 363 363 364 363 MB/s

61% Good

Write 347

Mixed 324

SusWrite 362

81% 362 MB/s

4K Read 12.1

4K Write 35

4K Mixed 11.4

52% 19.5 MB/s

DQ Read 122

DQ Write 192

DQ Mixed 24.8

56% 113 MB/s

POL-User, 4 years ago.

218GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R083

SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 365 373 357 334 332 MB/s

53.8% Above average

Write 333

Mixed 284

SusWrite 356

75% 335 MB/s

4K Read 9.4

4K Write 26.4

4K Mixed 11.2

43% 15.7 MB/s

DQ Read 61.2

DQ Write 134

DQ Mixed 22.9

39% 72.6 MB/s

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System: Apple Macmini6,2

CPU
Core i7-3615QMIntelBench 62%, 2,657 samples	83x
Core i7-3720QMIntel $100Bench 65%, 9,911 samples	21x

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HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	102x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	1x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	1x

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256GB 256GBGenericBench 63%, 5 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	69x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	15x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	8x

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