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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 66.5% (726th of 1072)

Based on 40 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD 256G
Poor: 22%Average: 66.5% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The SSD 256G 256GB averaged 33.4% 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 Mixed IO Speed 185MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 272MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 256G 256GB is 68.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SSD 256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 164MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 273MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 40 samples)
Rank 72666.5%
Min Avg Max
269 Read 428 1,663
162 Write 384 1,154
5.2 Mixed 305 976
20 SusWrite 273 494
77.9% 347 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.4 4K Read 20.1 48.9
2.5 4K Write 51.7 172
0.2 4K Mixed 19.5 48.5
82.8% 30.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
44.3 DQ Read 164 768
5.4 DQ Write 272 843
0.4 DQ Mixed 185 542
150% 207 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
63GB free
Firmware: ZD0R3G5A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 365 415 419 419 205 MB/s
92.3% Outstanding
Read 412
Write 419
Mixed 366
SusWrite 374
89% 393 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 88.8
4K Mixed 39.3
140% 52 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 188
151% 207 MB/s
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R3G5A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 393 415 422 421 243 MB/s
88.5% Excellent
Read 414
Write 415
Mixed 361
SusWrite 365
88% 388 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 80.3
4K Mixed 36
130% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 207
160% 214 MB/s
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R3G5A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 365 390 400 403 403 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 368
Write 360
Mixed 326
SusWrite 371
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 64.5
4K Mixed 29.8
108% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 205
160% 216 MB/s
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R3G5A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 404 411 412 414 347 MB/s
79.9% Very good
Read 389
Write 416
Mixed 341
SusWrite 393
87% 385 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 49.8
4K Mixed 29.7
98% 33.9 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 212
164% 217 MB/s
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP2818E3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 268 351 210 153 163 MB/s
55.3% Above average
Read 398
Write 387
Mixed 330
SusWrite 237
76% 338 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 52.6
4K Mixed 8.6
63% 25.7 MB/s
DQ Read 92.9
DQ Write 215
DQ Mixed 14.1
51% 107 MB/s
97GB free
Firmware: ZD0R3G30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 355 379 335 325 316 MB/s
51.6% Above average
Read 137
Write 343
Mixed 271
SusWrite 338
62% 272 MB/s
4K Read 12.6
4K Write 20
4K Mixed 16.3
51% 16.3 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 214
164% 216 MB/s
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Desktop 59%
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Workstation 5%
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System: Zyrex TACTICAL

CPU
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples6x
Core i5-4690Intel  $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples6x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples5x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples6x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples5x
SSD
256G 256GBSSDBench 67%, 40 samples6x
RAM
MPPU4GBPC1600 0 12GBKingstonBench 23%, 4 samples4x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples4x
M378B5273CH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 29%, 2,147 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 48% - Average Total price: $15

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