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KBG40ZPZ256G KIOXIA 256GB

KBG40ZPZ256G KIOXIA 256GB
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Effective Speed +57% Effective Speed 57%Average Score +70% Read 133%, Write 109%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed 139%, 4K Mixed 23%, SusWrite 51%Peak Score +88% Read 179%, Write 163%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 10%, Mixed 176%, 4K Mixed 21%, SusWrite 44%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +116% DQ Read 202%, DQ Write 74%, DQ Mixed 114%, ADQ Read 153%, ADQ Write 18%, ADQ Mixed 110%, Age 129%, AS-SSD Total 130%

Average Bench: 154% (149^th of 1072)

Based on 67 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe KBG40ZPZ256G NVMe KIOXIA 256GB

Poor: 97%Average: 154% Great: 189%

Popular builds with this SSD

Dell XPS 13 9310 2-in-1 (34)

Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KBG40ZPZ256G KIOXIA 256GB averaged 54.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KBG40ZPZ256G KIOXIA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 547MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 826MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KBG40ZPZ256G KIOXIA 256GB is 91.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KBG40ZPZ256G KIOXIA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 449MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 341MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 67 samples)

Rank 149154%

Min	Avg	Max
691	Read 1,064	1,414
108	Write 848	1,277
188	Mixed 859	1,169
90.8	SusWrite 449	557
180% 805 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26	4K Read 42.6	53
48.3	4K Write 98.9	135
30.1	4K Mixed 55.4	70.6
188% 65.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
368	DQ Read 826	1,107
65.4	DQ Write 341	622
91.4	DQ Mixed 547	709
415% 571 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

BOL-User, 6 months ago.

161GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10400105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 888 366 377 379 400 MB/s

143% Outstanding

Write 382

Mixed 1,040

SusWrite 537

163% 727 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 47.4

4K Mixed 50.6

150% 45.8 MB/s

DQ Read 706

DQ Write 402

DQ Mixed 529

400% 546 MB/s

AUS-User, 6 months ago.

171GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10400105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 382 393 455 341 380 MB/s

133% Outstanding

Write 954

Mixed 591

SusWrite 394

162% 721 MB/s

4K Read 39.2

4K Write 52.9

4K Mixed 50

152% 47.4 MB/s

DQ Read 745

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 400

330% 486 MB/s

GBR-User, 7 months ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10400105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 248 118 270 274 244 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 776

Mixed 873

SusWrite 220

150% 666 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 67.8

4K Mixed 52.6

173% 55.5 MB/s

DQ Read 807

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 662

466% 600 MB/s

USA-User, 7 months ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10400105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 525 520 538 435 389 337 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 511

Mixed 723

SusWrite 457

139% 621 MB/s

4K Read 41.3

4K Write 64.6

4K Mixed 44.8

154% 50.2 MB/s

DQ Read 441

DQ Write 225

DQ Mixed 365

262% 343 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 months ago.

82GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10400105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 141 215 94 143 31 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 420

Mixed 469

SusWrite 134

118% 540 MB/s

4K Read 34.3

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 43.9

168% 63.4 MB/s

DQ Read 348

DQ Write 246

DQ Mixed 68.1

113% 221 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10400105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 171 111 110 165 87 MB/s

98.9% Outstanding

Write 188

Mixed 223

SusWrite 134

76% 350 MB/s

4K Read 34.7

4K Write 72.3

4K Mixed 40.3

142% 49.1 MB/s

DQ Read 433

DQ Write 128

DQ Mixed 150

145% 237 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

26GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10400105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 60 126 70 26 21 MB/s

76.5% Very good

Write 112

Mixed 152

SusWrite 59

66% 311 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 38.2

4K Mixed 24.1

83% 27.8 MB/s

DQ Read 405

DQ Write 61.3

DQ Mixed 81.3

98% 182 MB/s

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 18%

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System: Dell XPS 13 9310 2-in-1

CPU
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples	566x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples	78x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples	1x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	606x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	6x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
KBG40ZPZ256G KIOXIA 256GBNvmeBench 154%, 67 samples	1x

RAM
8x2GBUnknownBench 114%, 8,850 samples	406x
8x4GBUnknownBench 90%, 5,222 samples	203x
8x1GBUnknownBench 98%, 1,329 samples	36x

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Dell XPS 13 9310 2-in-1 (34)

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Nvme

KBG40ZPZ256G KIOXIA 256GB

Average Bench: 154% (149^th of 1072)

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KBG40ZPZ256G KIOXIA 256GB

Average Bench: 154% (149th of 1072)

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