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Nvme-256gb

SSD 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 183% (118th of 1072)

Based on 36 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe-256GB SSD
Poor: 117%Average: 183% Great: 242%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme-256gb SSD 256GB averaged 82.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme-256gb SSD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 465MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,514MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme-256gb SSD 256GB is 125%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme-256gb SSD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 30.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 658MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 36 samples)
Rank 118183%
Min Avg Max
534 Read 1,514 1,983
78.5 Write 1,156 1,584
113 Mixed 941 1,263
123 SusWrite 658 1,129
238% 1,067 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.6 4K Read 44.2 58.4
34.1 4K Write 139 206
7.9 4K Mixed 30.4 42.7
179% 71.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
337 DQ Read 692 938
65.9 DQ Write 650 1,081
180 DQ Mixed 465 650
405% 602 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1119 828 325 621 200 98 MB/s
183% Outstanding
Read 1,600
Write 1,118
Mixed 950
SusWrite 532
234% 1,050 MB/s
4K Read 42.8
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 29.4
178% 71.4 MB/s
DQ Read 772
DQ Write 822
DQ Mixed 474
446% 689 MB/s
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 793 740 510 362 92 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 1,590
Write 1,123
Mixed 960
SusWrite 492
232% 1,041 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 29.7
174% 67.5 MB/s
DQ Read 772
DQ Write 643
DQ Mixed 475
419% 630 MB/s
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 168 137 444 376 338 MB/s
61.9% Good
Read 534
Write 196
Mixed 147
SusWrite 266
63% 286 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 34.1
4K Mixed 7.9
54% 19.6 MB/s
DQ Read 337
DQ Write 65.9
DQ Mixed 233
163% 212 MB/s
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Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples1,244x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples959x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples412x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples418x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples386x
Quadro M2000NvidiaBench 21%, 5,678 samples287x
SSD
SSD 256GBNvme-256gbBench 183%, 36 samples1x
RAM
HMA451R7MFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 90%, 1,961 samples349x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 96%, 1,319 samples209x
9ASF1G72PZ-2G3B1 4x8GBMicronBench 93%, 857 samples193x
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