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Cl1-3d256-q11

NVMe SSSTC 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 122% (187th of 1072)

Based on 1,730 user benchmarks.  Model: CL1-3D256-Q11 NVMe SSSTC 256GB
Poor: 69%Average: 122% Great: 168%

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Outstanding average bench

The Cl1-3d256-q11 NVMe SSSTC 256GB averaged 22.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Cl1-3d256-q11 NVMe SSSTC 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 311MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,384MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Cl1-3d256-q11 NVMe SSSTC 256GB is 99.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Cl1-3d256-q11 NVMe SSSTC 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 258MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 16.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,730 samples)
Rank 187122%
Min Avg Max
674 Read 1,384 1,873
139 Write 685 1,152
192 Mixed 623 976
138 SusWrite 258 347
162% 737 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.8 4K Read 31.7 43.2
11.6 4K Write 78.5 167
6.9 4K Mixed 16.9 26.7
111% 42.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
294 DQ Read 497 690
97.7 DQ Write 390 876
99.4 DQ Mixed 311 480
269% 399 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22301116 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 820 313 251 230 230 235 MB/s
174% Outstanding
Read 1,878
Write 1,172
Mixed 1,025
SusWrite 346
245% 1,105 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 29.1
160% 61.6 MB/s
DQ Read 683
DQ Write 694
DQ Mixed 498
427% 625 MB/s
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22301116 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 545 333 135 272 169 276 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,788
Write 1,146
Mixed 992
SusWrite 288
233% 1,054 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 26.6
151% 59 MB/s
DQ Read 475
DQ Write 969
DQ Mixed 376
384% 607 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22301114 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 82 157 127 142 134 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 1,451
Write 1,027
Mixed 849
SusWrite 189
195% 879 MB/s
4K Read 15.5
4K Write 44.6
4K Mixed 11.9
62% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 460
DQ Write 524
DQ Mixed 351
304% 445 MB/s
114GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22301116 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 326 256 176 163 189 MB/s
90.6% Outstanding
Read 978
Write 729
Mixed 638
SusWrite 233
143% 644 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 50.5
4K Mixed 12.4
79% 29 MB/s
DQ Read 468
DQ Write 179
DQ Mixed 111
138% 253 MB/s
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 11%
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System: Dell Inspiron 5400 AIO

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples310x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples242x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples129x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples511x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples151x
GeForce MX330NvidiaBench 14%, 4,518 samples41x
SSD
NVMe SSSTC 256GBCl1-3d256-q11Bench 122%, 1,730 samples1x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples94x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 2,458 samples36x
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 26,875 samples34x
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