Siamese

SSD 256GB

SSD 256GB
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Effective Speed -31%Effective Speed -31%Average Score -37%Read -1%, Write -41%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -47%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -57%, SusWrite -38%Peak Score -27%Read 2%, Write -16%, 4K Read -49%, 4K Write -43%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed -53%, SusWrite -36%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -44%DQ Read -28%, DQ Write -27%, DQ Mixed -76%, ADQ Read -38%, ADQ Write -29%, ADQ Mixed -120%, Age -3%, AS-SSD Total -28%

Average Bench: 75.1% (572^nd of 1072)

Based on 14 user benchmarks. Model: Siamese SSD

Poor: 60%Average: 75.1% Great: 88%

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Good average bench

The Siamese SSD 256GB averaged 24.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Siamese SSD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 118MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 28.7MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Siamese SSD 256GB is 27.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Siamese SSD 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 215MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 284MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)

Rank 57275.1%

Min	Avg	Max
330	Read 453	519
253	Write 288	417
59.7	Mixed 284	461
119	SusWrite 215	285
69.1% 310 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.1	4K Read 22.8	28.8
9	4K Write 59.6	85.6
10.8	4K Mixed 28.7	38
103% 37.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.2	DQ Read 237	286
22.4	DQ Write 224	283
17.8	DQ Mixed 118	188
120% 193 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

KOR-User, 4 years ago.

92GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1026A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 272 222 202 285 286 MB/s

87.5% Excellent

Write 284

Mixed 280

SusWrite 245

72% 322 MB/s

4K Read 28.8

4K Write 78.4

4K Mixed 38

134% 48.4 MB/s

DQ Read 266

DQ Write 272

DQ Mixed 181

160% 240 MB/s

KOR-User, 3 years ago.

201GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1026A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 281 286 288 282 283 MB/s

84.2% Excellent

Write 269

Mixed 248

SusWrite 284

70% 315 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 83

4K Mixed 29.6

120% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 263

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 179

160% 239 MB/s

KOR-User, 3 years ago.

217GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1026A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 252 282 279 278 282 MB/s

84.2% Excellent

Write 280

Mixed 261

SusWrite 271

69% 310 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 79.6

4K Mixed 35.1

123% 46.1 MB/s

DQ Read 276

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 179

161% 244 MB/s

KOR-User, 5 years ago.

109GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1126K

SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 238 242 231 243 245 MB/s

76.1% Very good

Write 253

Mixed 233

SusWrite 239

63% 284 MB/s

4K Read 20.2

4K Write 62.5

4K Mixed 31.4

104% 38 MB/s

DQ Read 286

DQ Write 283

DQ Mixed 186

167% 252 MB/s

KOR-User, 2 years ago.

149GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1026A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 207 198 177 203 233 MB/s

71.2% Very good

Write 272

Mixed 254

SusWrite 211

64% 284 MB/s

4K Read 21.8

4K Write 58.1

4K Mixed 27

98% 35.6 MB/s

DQ Read 268

DQ Write 271

DQ Mixed 47.3

97% 196 MB/s

KOR-User, 2 years ago.

41GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1026A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 181 99 100 102 102 MB/s

61% Good

Write 281

Mixed 273

SusWrite 135

63% 283 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 45.3

4K Mixed 22.7

86% 29.8 MB/s

DQ Read 217

DQ Write 182

DQ Mixed 158

130% 186 MB/s

KOR-User, 3 years ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1026A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 145 82 95 67 63 MB/s

59.7% Above average

Write 282

Mixed 59.7

SusWrite 119

48% 216 MB/s

4K Read 16.7

4K Write 32.8

4K Mixed 26.4

76% 25.3 MB/s

DQ Read 264

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 53.9

100% 198 MB/s

KOR-User, 5 years ago.

77GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1026A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 197 115 125 139 113 MB/s

39.5% Below average

Write 283

Mixed 231

SusWrite 153

56% 249 MB/s

4K Read 14.1

4K Write 9

4K Mixed 10.8

40% 11.3 MB/s

DQ Read 192

DQ Write 22.4

DQ Mixed 73.9

62% 96.2 MB/s

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System: Asus ROG GL552VW GAMING LAPTOP - $1,049

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Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	2,049x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	404x

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HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,614x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	839x

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SSD 256GBSiameseBench 75%, 14 samples	1x

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HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	423x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	356x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	169x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Siamese

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Average Bench: 75.1% (572^nd of 1072)

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