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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 136% (173rd of 1072)

Based on 523 user benchmarks.  Model: SK hynix PC601 HFS256GD9TNG-L2A0A
Poor: 87%Average: 136% Great: 180%

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Outstanding average bench

The SK hynix PC601 HFS256GD9TNG-L2A0A 256GB averaged 35.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SK hynix PC601 HFS256GD9TNG-L2A0A 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 441MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 496MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix PC601 HFS256GD9TNG-L2A0A 256GB is 92.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SK hynix PC601 HFS256GD9TNG-L2A0A 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 344MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 559MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 523 samples)
Rank 173136%
Min Avg Max
563 Read 1,052 1,471
269 Write 884 1,341
321 Mixed 559 1,166
197 SusWrite 344 398
158% 710 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.7 4K Read 38 52.7
43.7 4K Write 98 154
21.2 4K Mixed 41.5 63.5
163% 59.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
204 DQ Read 542 820
129 DQ Write 496 927
167 DQ Mixed 441 787
352% 493 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 323 325 318 319 315 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 1,274
Write 1,269
Mixed 506
SusWrite 339
189% 847 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 57
4K Mixed 45.5
141% 45.6 MB/s
DQ Read 768
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 397
335% 499 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 279 275 276 267 268 MB/s
134% Outstanding
Read 1381
Write 1,401
Mixed 480
SusWrite 274
196% 884 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 82.4
4K Mixed 37.7
146% 51.9 MB/s
DQ Read 529
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 380
288% 394 MB/s
201GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 358 362 364 364 362 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 940
Write 1,003
Mixed 442
SusWrite 393
155% 695 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 71.6
4K Mixed 32.7
129% 45.6 MB/s
DQ Read 520
DQ Write 464
DQ Mixed 443
346% 476 MB/s
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 266 269 271 271 253 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 972
Write 671
Mixed 387
SusWrite 281
128% 578 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 35.2
4K Mixed 31.7
97% 30.5 MB/s
DQ Read 570
DQ Write 251
DQ Mixed 713
448% 511 MB/s
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Typical hynix PC601 HFS256GD9TNG-L2A0A 256GB Builds (Compare 4,348 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-dk1xxx

CPU
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples3,594x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples729x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples21x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples2,284x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples767x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples587x
SSD
hynix PC601 HFS256GD9TNG-L2A0A 256GBSKBench 136%, 523 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 45%, 34,565 samples423x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples379x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 44%, 3,308 samples332x
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