Liteon

CA5-8D256 256GB

CA5-8D256 256GB
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Effective Speed +62% Effective Speed 62%Average Score +65% Read 210%, Write 102%, 4K Read 34%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 103%, 4K Mixed 9%, SusWrite -4%Peak Score +121% Read 287%, Write 229%, 4K Read 38%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed 214%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite 34%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +162% DQ Read 253%, DQ Write 198%, DQ Mixed 210%, ADQ Read 179%, ADQ Write 63%, ADQ Mixed 99%, Age 92%, AS-SSD Total 198%

Average Bench: 159% (144^th of 1072)

Based on 202 user benchmarks. Model: LITEON CA5-8D256

Poor: 96%Average: 159% Great: 224%

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Outstanding average bench

The Liteon CA5-8D256 256GB averaged 59.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Liteon CA5-8D256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 518MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 911MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Liteon CA5-8D256 256GB is 129%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Liteon CA5-8D256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 284MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 88.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 202 samples)

Rank 144159%

Min	Avg	Max
770	Read 1,419	1,963
36.2	Write 819	1,593
86.8	Mixed 730	1,331
70.8	SusWrite 284	517
180% 813 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.1	4K Read 45.9	59.1
25.9	4K Write 88.4	138
19.4	4K Mixed 48.9	75.3
179% 61.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
382	DQ Read 911	1,295
57	DQ Write 470	1,068
79.8	DQ Mixed 518	1,028
431% 633 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 5 months ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 330 326 329 332 328 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 711

Mixed 929

SusWrite 333

195% 881 MB/s

4K Read 46.2

4K Write 86

4K Mixed 57.8

190% 63.3 MB/s

DQ Read 451

DQ Write 263

DQ Mixed 341

258% 352 MB/s

BGD-User, 1 month ago.

171GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 6Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 901 335 241 262 237 251 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 1,497

Mixed 1,073

SusWrite 371

240% 1,072 MB/s

4K Read 39.2

4K Write 76.8

4K Mixed 53.1

168% 56.4 MB/s

DQ Read 435

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 355

269% 364 MB/s

MAR-User, 16 days ago.

41GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 133 128 102 270 227 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 90.4

Mixed 196

SusWrite 170

98% 461 MB/s

4K Read 34.9

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 36.2

153% 57.4 MB/s

DQ Read 699

DQ Write 98.1

DQ Mixed 289

240% 362 MB/s

LTU-User, 4 months ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 104 110 103 112 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 120

Mixed 202

SusWrite 111

88% 415 MB/s

4K Read 33.4

4K Write 69.3

4K Mixed 37.4

135% 46.7 MB/s

DQ Read 808

DQ Write 120

DQ Mixed 161

195% 363 MB/s

ALB-User, 4 months ago.

14GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CQ20901

SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 47 50 54 50 55 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 29.5

Mixed 64.2

SusWrite 48.4

97% 466 MB/s

4K Read 18.5

4K Write 36.7

4K Mixed 23.9

78% 26.4 MB/s

DQ Read 490

DQ Write 54.6

DQ Mixed 91.4

113% 212 MB/s

LKA-User, 4 months ago.

31GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4Q279

SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 79 108 109 108 109 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 76.3

Mixed 103

SusWrite 100

75% 352 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 80

4K Mixed 30

126% 46.6 MB/s

DQ Read 692

DQ Write 94.4

DQ Mixed 149

171% 312 MB/s

ALB-User, 4 months ago.

12GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CQ20901

SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 57 58 61 45 59 MB/s

86.6% Excellent

Write 55.6

Mixed 123

SusWrite 55.4

69% 325 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 45.8

4K Mixed 24.4

92% 31.4 MB/s

DQ Read 499

DQ Write 59.7

DQ Mixed 78.9

109% 212 MB/s

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Razer Blade 15 Mid 2019-Base

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	1,021x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	443x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	273x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples	272x

SSD
CA5-8D256 256GBLiteonBench 159%, 202 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples	762x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 85%, 10,266 samples	31x
Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2666 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 81%, 6,948 samples	16x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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CA5-8D256 256GB

Average Bench: 159% (144^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 159% (144th of 1072)

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