Kbg40znv256g

KIOXIA 256GB

KIOXIA 256GB
BENCHMARKS (13,541)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed +40% Effective Speed 40%Average Score +52% Read 106%, Write 85%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed 125%, 4K Mixed 3%, SusWrite 49%Peak Score +105% Read 198%, Write 202%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 24%, Mixed 205%, 4K Mixed 28%, SusWrite 52%Value & Sentiment -54%User Rating -14%, Market Share -95%Nice To Haves +127% DQ Read 253%, DQ Write 126%, DQ Mixed 110%, ADQ Read 124%, ADQ Write 36%, ADQ Mixed 83%, Age 109%, AS-SSD Total 173%

Average Bench: 138% (170^th of 1072)

Based on 13,541 user benchmarks. Model: KBG40ZNV256G KIOXIA

Poor: 68%Average: 138% Great: 210%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kbg40znv256g KIOXIA 256GB averaged 38.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kbg40znv256g KIOXIA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 477MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 731MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kbg40znv256g KIOXIA 256GB is 142%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kbg40znv256g KIOXIA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 442MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 77.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13,541 samples)

Rank 170138%

Min	Avg	Max
229	Read 943	1,509
147	Write 751	1,463
240	Mixed 806	1,289
217	SusWrite 442	587
165% 736 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.2	4K Read 38.2	56.1
17.2	4K Write 77.7	152
13.9	4K Mixed 46.2	74.4
158% 54.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
204	DQ Read 731	1,297
83.7	DQ Write 393	809
120	DQ Mixed 477	697
377% 534 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 18 hrs ago.

146GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP00AE00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 256 861 488 366 332 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 1,077

Mixed 1,126

SusWrite 479

220% 981 MB/s

4K Read 51.7

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 71

240% 85.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,126

DQ Write 692

DQ Mixed 688

572% 835 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

50GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP00AE00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 353 589 487 296 332 MB/s

158% Outstanding

Write 780

Mixed 973

SusWrite 428

171% 758 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 59.8

201% 69.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1025

DQ Write 568

DQ Mixed 646

521% 746 MB/s

USA-User, 22 hrs ago.

66GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP00AE00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 854 263 464 366 239 397 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 893

Mixed 884

SusWrite 430

173% 768 MB/s

4K Read 44.8

4K Write 87

4K Mixed 57

187% 62.9 MB/s

DQ Read 880

DQ Write 594

DQ Mixed 610

490% 695 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

199GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP00AE00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 668 863 476 405 366 403 MB/s

141% Outstanding

Write 648

Mixed 830

SusWrite 530

173% 776 MB/s

4K Read 31.6

4K Write 66.2

4K Mixed 35.3

128% 44.4 MB/s

DQ Read 764

DQ Write 385

DQ Mixed 673

473% 607 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

187GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP00AE00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 488 518 484 401 366 MB/s

123% Outstanding

Write 842

Mixed 795

SusWrite 456

174% 775 MB/s

4K Read 31.3

4K Write 55

4K Mixed 38.3

126% 41.5 MB/s

DQ Read 558

DQ Write 150

DQ Mixed 388

277% 365 MB/s

COL-User, 2 days ago.

163GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP00AE00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 514 610 616 359 358 319 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 573

Mixed 648

SusWrite 463

109% 474 MB/s

4K Read 47

4K Write 61.8

4K Mixed 58.9

179% 55.9 MB/s

DQ Read 773

DQ Write 537

DQ Mixed 586

456% 632 MB/s

PER-User, 2 days ago.

110GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP00AE00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 528 735 541 334 310 289 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 833

Mixed 539

SusWrite 456

147% 654 MB/s

4K Read 23.2

4K Write 82.4

4K Mixed 25.5

112% 43.7 MB/s

DQ Read 648

DQ Write 243

DQ Mixed 481

346% 457 MB/s

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 51%

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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop TG01-1xxx

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	2,865x
Core i5-10400Intel $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	523x
Core i3-10100Intel $94Bench 80%, 24,563 samples	503x

GPU
GTX 1650S (Super)Nvidia $295Bench 59%, 180,577 samples	1,272x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	999x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	751x

SSD
KIOXIA 256GBKbg40znv256gBench 138%, 13,541 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 91%, 9,246 samples	437x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 2,680 samples	281x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 71%, 9,655 samples	271x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $393

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kbg40znv256g

KIOXIA 256GB

Average Bench: 138% (170^th of 1072)

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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop TG01-1xxx

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Kbg40znv256g

KIOXIA 256GB

Average Bench: 138% (170th of 1072)

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench: 138% (170^th of 1072)