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KBG30ZMV256G TOSHIBA 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 127% (183rd of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe KBG30ZMV256G TOSHIBA
Poor: 61%Average: 127% Great: 168%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KBG30ZMV256G TOSHIBA 256GB averaged 26.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KBG30ZMV256G TOSHIBA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 271MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 60.1MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KBG30ZMV256G TOSHIBA 256GB is 107%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KBG30ZMV256G TOSHIBA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 249MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 321MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 183127%
Min Avg Max
518 Read 1,000 5,323
37.5 Write 321 789
19.5 Mixed 370 836
16.7 SusWrite 249 757
106% 485 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.3 4K Read 60.1 533
2.5 4K Write 64.9 176
5.5 4K Mixed 44.3 79.4
182% 56.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
340 DQ Read 565 657
16.1 DQ Write 196 570
32.9 DQ Mixed 271 547
229% 344 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
45GB free
Firmware: ADHA0102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 209 526 403 391 409 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 1132
Write 37.5
Mixed 595
SusWrite 382
118% 537 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 42.9
203% 76.6 MB/s
DQ Read 655
DQ Write 354
DQ Mixed 341
297% 450 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ADHA0102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 509 335 196 133 124 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 758
Write 536
Mixed 613
SusWrite 297
123% 551 MB/s
4K Read 42.3
4K Write 84.1
4K Mixed 53.4
177% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 617
DQ Write 225
DQ Mixed 381
292% 408 MB/s
222GB free
Firmware: ADHA0101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 10 8.8 8.8 8.5 8 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 2,041
Write 14.7
Mixed 171
SusWrite 9.7
117% 559 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 10.6
54% 13.9 MB/s
48GB free
Firmware: ADHA0102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 138 152 136 188 496 MB/s
94% Outstanding
Read 599
Write 83.6
Mixed 193
SusWrite 214
59% 272 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 33.5
4K Mixed 43.8
124% 36.7 MB/s
DQ Read 629
DQ Write 160
DQ Mixed 244
219% 345 MB/s
139GB free
Firmware: ADHA0101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 152 140 115 197 183 MB/s
73.6% Very good
Read 723
Write 122
Mixed 287
SusWrite 154
70% 322 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 21.9
4K Mixed 24.1
75% 22.4 MB/s
DQ Read 354
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 144
140% 226 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 58%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Dell Latitude E5570

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples686x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples608x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples457x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples1,363x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples1,041x
Radeon R7 M370AMDBench 7%, 300 samples15x
SSD
KBG30ZMV256G TOSHIBA 256GBNvmeBench 127%, 25 samples1x
RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples324x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples197x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples182x
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