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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 78.8% (507th of 1072)

Based on 128 user benchmarks.  Model: minisforum
Poor: 51%Average: 78.8% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The minisforum 256GB averaged 21.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the minisforum 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 200MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 308MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the minisforum 256GB is 38.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the minisforum 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 275MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 299MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 128 samples)
Rank 50778.8%
Min Avg Max
268 Read 356 450
107 Write 299 441
39 Mixed 306 381
129 SusWrite 275 394
69.5% 309 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.6 4K Read 26.9 35.2
15.8 4K Write 64.2 88.3
13.7 4K Mixed 31.6 40.4
115% 40.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41.9 DQ Read 245 306
33.9 DQ Write 308 346
30.7 DQ Mixed 200 215
172% 251 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMJ1.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 286 331 370 381 346 MB/s
76.3% Very good
Read 320
Write 184
Mixed 344
SusWrite 341
67% 297 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 51.5
4K Mixed 29
103% 35.3 MB/s
DQ Read 235
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 190
158% 226 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 205 102 68 89 77 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 379
Write 232
Mixed 283
SusWrite 114
56% 252 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 58.3
4K Mixed 29.7
112% 38.9 MB/s
DQ Read 241
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 149
132% 198 MB/s
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMJ1.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 270 284 273 196 202 MB/s
65.9% Good
Read 360
Write 250
Mixed 323
SusWrite 250
66% 296 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 38.9
4K Mixed 24.9
85% 28.5 MB/s
DQ Read 188
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 164
140% 202 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 143 60 39 13 67 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 407
Write 235
Mixed 302
SusWrite 79.2
57% 256 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 53.6
4K Mixed 30.3
110% 37.5 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 196
156% 219 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMJ1.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 5.7 6.4 140 350 178 MB/s
62.2% Good
Read 298
Write 340
Mixed 274
SusWrite 128
58% 260 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 56.3
4K Mixed 31
101% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 248
DQ Mixed 190
157% 224 MB/s
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMJ1.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 84 102 110 92 114 MB/s
40.4% Average
Read 315
Write 250
Mixed 248
SusWrite 108
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 12.2
4K Mixed 14.1
55% 15.5 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 25.3
DQ Mixed 42.3
46% 80.8 MB/s
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Gaming 4%
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Desktop 35%
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Workstation 4%
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System: Besstar GK41

CPU
Celeron J4125IntelBench 35%, 2,594 samples67x
GPU
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples67x
SSD
minisforum 256GBBench 79%, 128 samples30x
RAM
123456789012345678 2x4GBABCDBench 24%, 783 samples53x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples14x
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