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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 60.8% (796th of 1072)

Based on 45 user benchmarks.  Model: 256G
Poor: 45%Average: 60.8% Great: 75%

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Above average average bench

The 256G 256GB averaged 39.2% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 151MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 210MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 256G 256GB is 30.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 256G 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 129MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 264MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 45 samples)
Rank 79660.8%
Min Avg Max
228 Read 336 445
54.7 Write 300 405
127 Mixed 282 355
68.9 SusWrite 264 388
66.4% 295 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.4 4K Read 16.7 27.5
5.1 4K Write 50.5 92.9
4.2 4K Mixed 20.2 34.6
78% 29.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.9 DQ Read 129 199
37.4 DQ Write 210 306
13.5 DQ Mixed 151 214
120% 163 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R3G5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 398 420 415 214 201 MB/s
91.1% Outstanding
Read 403
Write 414
Mixed 348
SusWrite 341
85% 377 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 39
146% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 106
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 184
147% 198 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R3G40
SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 377 379 400 284 65 MB/s
73.5% Very good
Read 397
Write 405
Mixed 336
SusWrite 313
82% 363 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 54.1
4K Mixed 27.6
97% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 122
DQ Write 260
DQ Mixed 195
147% 192 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R3G5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 386 399 401 210 212 MB/s
71.4% Very good
Read 379
Write 387
Mixed 250
SusWrite 333
76% 337 MB/s
4K Read 15.5
4K Write 59.9
4K Mixed 28.2
91% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 121
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 178
131% 168 MB/s
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R3G5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 286 289 259 249 283 MB/s
60% Above average
Read 295
Write 308
Mixed 305
SusWrite 275
67% 296 MB/s
4K Read 16
4K Write 40.8
4K Mixed 22.8
75% 26.5 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 179
136% 178 MB/s
166GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V7.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 233 185 220 121 99 MB/s
44.3% Average
Read 324
Write 298
Mixed 259
SusWrite 175
59% 264 MB/s
4K Read 11
4K Write 28.6
4K Mixed 12
47% 17.2 MB/s
DQ Read 133
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 166
118% 149 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,752,948 SSDs tested

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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 29%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Asus X551MA

CPU
Celeron N2830IntelBench 29%, 10,608 samples153x
Celeron N2840IntelBench 28%, 20,923 samples79x
Celeron N2815IntelBench 27%, 1,028 samples58x
GPU
HD Graphics (Bay Trail 0.667 - 0.854 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 90,156 samples338x
SSD
256G 256GBBench 61%, 45 samples1x
RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples136x
ASU16D3LS1KBG/4G 1x4GBKingstonBench 20%, 728 samples50x
AO1L16BC4R1-BQ7S 1x4GBAdataBench 17%, 369 samples32x
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