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ADATA FALCON 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 156% (146th of 1072)

Based on 46 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe ADATA FALCON
Poor: 108%Average: 156% Great: 200%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme ADATA FALCON 256GB averaged 55.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme ADATA FALCON 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 345MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,713MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme ADATA FALCON 256GB is 91.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme ADATA FALCON 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 266MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 451MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 46 samples)
Rank 146156%
Min Avg Max
330 Read 1,713 2,221
296 Write 729 926
289 Mixed 630 796
202 SusWrite 451 917
194% 881 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.8 4K Read 29.1 40.2
26.2 4K Write 93.1 150
16.5 4K Mixed 36.6 50.6
140% 52.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
76.7 DQ Read 266 401
72.6 DQ Write 495 733
74.7 DQ Mixed 345 459
272% 369 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s45 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 551 547 715 594 151 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1819
Write 792
Mixed 672
SusWrite 516
209% 950 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 77.5
4K Mixed 23
118% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 357
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 422
289% 356 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V900 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 740 498 230 278 172 110 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 1,276
Write 813
Mixed 722
SusWrite 338
175% 787 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 41.6
161% 62 MB/s
DQ Read 286
DQ Write 674
DQ Mixed 379
318% 446 MB/s
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2s57 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 788 706 226 176 80 77 MB/s
141% Outstanding
Read 1,623
Write 711
Mixed 656
SusWrite 342
183% 833 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 83.3
4K Mixed 34.7
123% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 538
DQ Mixed 336
273% 377 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,769,864 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 14%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire A515-56G

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples619x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples333x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples77x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples691x
GeForce MX350NvidiaBench 18%, 3,277 samples177x
GeForce MX450NvidiaBench 29%, 1,913 samples109x
SSD
ADATA FALCON 256GBNvmeBench 156%, 46 samples1x
RAM
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 38%, 20,126 samples230x
ACR26D4S9S1KA-4 Hynix HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 8GBKingstonBench 63%, 4,994 samples154x
4ATF51264HZ-3G2J1 Hynix HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 8GBMicronBench 66%, 1,340 samples64x
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