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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 65.5% (737th of 1072)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: ThinPC
Poor: 29%Average: 65.5% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The ThinPC 256GB averaged 34.5% 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 Write Speed 72.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 252MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ThinPC 256GB is 62%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the ThinPC 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 205MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 35.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 73765.5%
Min Avg Max
393 Read 445 470
317 Write 382 417
16.9 Mixed 290 382
48.4 SusWrite 205 411
73.9% 330 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.5 4K Read 21.1 27.4
6.5 4K Write 72.5 102
0.3 4K Mixed 17.5 26.5
92.9% 37.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
75.2 DQ Read 148 192
158 DQ Write 252 332
24.7 DQ Mixed 35.5 41
73.2% 145 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0722A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 410 404 415 415 416 MB/s
91.1% Outstanding
Read 456
Write 400
Mixed 380
SusWrite 411
93% 412 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 97.2
4K Mixed 25.5
121% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 188
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 39.7
92% 186 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0929A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 307 275 263 278 272 MB/s
80.8% Excellent
Read 468
Write 386
Mixed 356
SusWrite 286
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 89.8
4K Mixed 25.7
122% 47.6 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 35.8
69% 134 MB/s
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0722A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 84 124 62 129 8.8 MB/s
73.3% Very good
Read 458
Write 390
Mixed 382
SusWrite 87.8
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 26.5
128% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 189
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 40.1
92% 185 MB/s
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0722A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 265 273 271 271 276 MB/s
67.9% Good
Read 463
Write 384
Mixed 359
SusWrite 272
83% 369 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 86
4K Mixed 13.6
91% 39.4 MB/s
DQ Read 102
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 23.7
52% 104 MB/s
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0929A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 101 138 88 84 88 MB/s
52.4% Above average
Read 438
Write 348
Mixed 16.9
SusWrite 128
51% 233 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 39.2
4K Mixed 17.2
66% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 40.1
61% 115 MB/s
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 17 134 7.3 16 14 MB/s
29.1% Poor
Read 393
Write 317
Mixed 284
SusWrite 48.4
58% 260 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 0.3
39% 10.1 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,910,314 SSDs tested

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Typical ThinPC 256GB Builds (Compare 16 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 50%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: Google Zako

CPU
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples14x
Celeron 2955UIntelBench 37%, 542 samples2x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples14x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples2x
SSD
ThinPC 256GBBench 65%, 8 samples3x
RAM
(0) None 2x4GBUnknownBench 48%, 75 samples4x
(0) None 2x8GBUnknownBench 49%, 38 samples4x
(0) None 1x8GBUnknownBench 30%, 25 samples3x
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