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Toshiba

THNSFC256GAMJ 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 33.6% (999th of 1072)

Based on 97 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA THNSFC256GAMJ
Poor: 22%Average: 33.6% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The Toshiba THNSFC256GAMJ 256GB averaged 66.4% 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 Random Read Speed 12.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 32.2MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba THNSFC256GAMJ 256GB is 20.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba THNSFC256GAMJ 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 16.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 16.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 97 samples)
Rank 99933.6%
Min Avg Max
105 Read 176 207
86.4 Write 154 183
84.1 Mixed 130 183
16.2 SusWrite 134 178
33.3% 148 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.74 4K Read 12.4 18
9.96 4K Write 32.2 56.1
4.13 4K Mixed 12.9 23.2
52.3% 19.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.7 DQ Read 16.3 20.4
22.8 DQ Write 55.8 81.7
6.68 DQ Mixed 16.2 30.1
18.2% 29.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
138GB free
Firmware: CJLA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 182 181 175 178 177 MB/s
46.6% Average
Read 222
Write 156
Mixed 119
SusWrite 179
38% 169 MB/s
4K Read 13.8
4K Write 56.7
4K Mixed 22.9
80% 31.1 MB/s
DQ Read 20.9
DQ Write 64.9
DQ Mixed 30.1
27% 38.6 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: 0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 180 178 174 186 183 MB/s
42.6% Average
Read 196
Write 172
Mixed 129
SusWrite 175
38% 168 MB/s
4K Read 10.2
4K Write 49.4
4K Mixed 22.6
71% 27.4 MB/s
DQ Read 15.6
DQ Write 61
DQ Mixed 25.2
23% 33.9 MB/s
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CJLA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 154 175 158 163 160 MB/s
40.1% Average
Read 130
Write 108
Mixed 92.5
SusWrite 156
28% 122 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 43.2
4K Mixed 21.9
76% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 19.2
DQ Write 61.1
DQ Mixed 28.1
25% 36.1 MB/s
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CJLA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 162 174 170 176 167 MB/s
39.2% Below average
Read 179
Write 136
Mixed 88.8
SusWrite 165
32% 142 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 37.6
4K Mixed 19.9
64% 23.3 MB/s
DQ Read 16.5
DQ Write 63.4
DQ Mixed 29.4
26% 36.4 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CJLA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 147 153 163 186 169 MB/s
34% Below average
Read 165
Write 156
Mixed 95.4
SusWrite 155
32% 143 MB/s
4K Read 8.5
4K Write 26.7
4K Mixed 17.3
49% 17.5 MB/s
DQ Read 16.8
DQ Write 80.9
DQ Mixed 22.6
25% 40.1 MB/s
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CJLA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 149 152 177 171 170 MB/s
30.7% Below average
Read 142
Write 142
Mixed 109
SusWrite 159
31% 138 MB/s
4K Read 9.3
4K Write 22.8
4K Mixed 13
43% 15 MB/s
DQ Read 18.7
DQ Write 69.1
DQ Mixed 29.1
27% 39 MB/s
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CJLA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 107 98 125 141 142 MB/s
27.1% Poor
Read 163
Write 184
Mixed 116
SusWrite 121
33% 146 MB/s
4K Read 6
4K Write 19.6
4K Mixed 11.6
34% 12.4 MB/s
DQ Read 20.1
DQ Write 80.6
DQ Mixed 19
24% 39.9 MB/s
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CJLA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 30 35 52 4.6 42 MB/s
3.02% Terrible
Read 1.5
Write 0.7
Mixed 8
SusWrite 32.7
2% 10.7 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
4% 0.8 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 59%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Lenovo 24491D1

CPU
Core i7-3740QMIntel  $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples7x
GPU
Quadro K1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 4,204 samples3x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples3x
GTX 570Nvidia  $350Bench 20%, 22,303 samples1x
SSD
THNSFC256GAMJ 256GBToshibaBench 34%, 97 samples2x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 2,172 samples2x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 53%, 1,054 samples1x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,421 samples1x
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