Average Bench: 67.5% (706th of 1072)

Based on 166 user benchmarks.  Model: Realtek RTL9210 NVME

Above average average bench

The Realtek RTL9210 NVME 256GB averaged 32.5% 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 145MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.6MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Realtek RTL9210 NVME 256GB is 65.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Realtek RTL9210 NVME 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 250MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 38.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 166 samples)
Min Avg Max
134 Read 332 727
122 Write 332 719
86.9 Mixed 250 467
78.6 SusWrite 303 637
68.6% 304 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.7 4K Read 25.6 37.9
18.9 4K Write 38.2 74.4
11.6 4K Mixed 26 47.4
92.4% 30 MB/s
Min Avg Max
85.6 DQ Read 169 281
72.4 DQ Write 156 272
24 DQ Mixed 145 292
114% 157 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
31GB free
Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 222 192 190 191 198 MB/s
Read 730
Write 351
Mixed 420
SusWrite 227
96% 432 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 44.4
4K Mixed 29.5
94% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 194
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 212
155% 202 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 291 323 310 313 311 MB/s
Read 170
Write 264
Mixed 221
SusWrite 308
55% 241 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 35
4K Mixed 25.7
82% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 129
DQ Mixed 151
106% 132 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,723,094 SSDs tested

Typical RTL9210 NVME 256GB Builds (Compare 74 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

System: Apple MacBookPro16,1

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