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SSSTC CL1-4D256 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 119% (192nd of 1072)

Based on 210 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SSSTC CL1-4D256
Poor: 70%Average: 119% Great: 156%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SSSTC CL1-4D256 256GB averaged 19.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SSSTC CL1-4D256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 304MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,236MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SSSTC CL1-4D256 256GB is 86.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SSSTC CL1-4D256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 259MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 20.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 210 samples)
Rank 192119%
Min Avg Max
660 Read 1,236 1,753
149 Write 588 1,121
193 Mixed 552 952
172 SusWrite 259 341
145% 659 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.2 4K Read 34 42.2
27.7 4K Write 83.7 148
8.92 4K Mixed 20.1 26.7
122% 45.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
284 DQ Read 577 688
88.3 DQ Write 264 685
96.5 DQ Mixed 304 473
256% 382 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BS262 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 167 435 400 761 1029 MB/s
209% Outstanding
Read 3,145
Write 24.7
Mixed 13.2
SusWrite 492
194% 919 MB/s
4K Read 67.4
4K Write 26.3
4K Mixed 15.2
136% 36.3 MB/s
DQ Read 485
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 363
261% 344 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AS262 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 314 142 164 249 154 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 1666
Write 1,025
Mixed 417
SusWrite 219
183% 832 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 93.1
4K Mixed 18.4
112% 45.8 MB/s
DQ Read 683
DQ Write 432
DQ Mixed 174
233% 429 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AS262 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 341 406 429 354 494 MB/s
93.8% Outstanding
Read 764
Write 55.3
Mixed 409
SusWrite 387
89% 404 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 81.2
4K Mixed 9.3
92% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 265
210% 295 MB/s
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BS262 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 81 90 91 85 79 MB/s
39.4% Below average
Read 311
Write 159
Mixed 156
SusWrite 94.1
40% 180 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 17.5
4K Mixed 11.3
47% 14.7 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 67.8
DQ Mixed 136
106% 151 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,884,187 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 14%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
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System: Lenovo 82MD

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples119x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples47x
Gen Intel Core i3-1115G411thBench 52%, 1,033 samples40x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples154x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples87x
SSD
SSSTC CL1-4D256 256GBNvmeBench 119%, 210 samples68x
RAM
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples101x
M471A5244CB0-CWE 1x4GBSamsungBench 34%, 6,590 samples30x
4JQA-0622AD 1x4GBAdataBench 28%, 21 samples14x
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