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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 171% (130th of 1072)

Based on 1,123 user benchmarks.  Model: PM8256GPTCB4B8TF-E13T2A
Poor: 117%Average: 171% Great: 216%

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Outstanding average bench

The PM8256GPTCB4B8TF-E13T2A 256GB averaged 71.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PM8256GPTCB4B8TF-E13T2A 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 729MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 874MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PM8256GPTCB4B8TF-E13T2A 256GB is 99.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PM8256GPTCB4B8TF-E13T2A 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 414MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 893MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,123 samples)
Rank 130171%
Min Avg Max
419 Read 1,094 1,367
313 Write 973 1,346
359 Mixed 893 1,152
258 SusWrite 414 581
189% 843 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.4 4K Read 46.7 56.7
57.4 4K Write 137 203
28.1 4K Mixed 62.2 82.1
223% 81.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
537 DQ Read 874 1,110
249 DQ Write 658 938
300 DQ Mixed 729 931
555% 753 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM00.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 778 864 312 328 333 333 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,047
Write 1,068
Mixed 777
SusWrite 491
190% 846 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 60.5
204% 71.9 MB/s
DQ Read 890
DQ Write 480
DQ Mixed 675
505% 682 MB/s
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM00.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 375 333 457 286 217 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 1,223
Write 1150
Mixed 578
SusWrite 313
182% 816 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 37.1
164% 60.6 MB/s
DQ Read 554
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 388
303% 424 MB/s
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM00.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 381 206 267 139 326 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 692
Write 1,004
Mixed 920
SusWrite 227
161% 711 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 65.9
225% 82.5 MB/s
DQ Read 864
DQ Write 46.8
DQ Mixed 13.4
121% 308 MB/s
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Desktop 82%
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System: EVOO EG-LP10

CPU
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples141x
GPU
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples80x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples61x
SSD
PM8256GPTCB4B8TF-E13T2A 256GBBench 171%, 1,123 samples83x
RAM
GKE800SO102408-3200 1x8GBUnknownBench 45%, 108 samples54x
CT8G4SFRA32A.M8FRS 8945 GKE800SO102408-3200 16GBCrucialBench 86%, 7 samples7x
8945 GKE800SO102408-3200 16GBUnknownBench 78%, 9 samples6x
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