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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 59.2% (811th of 1072)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: HT 256GB SSD
Poor: 43%Average: 59.2% Great: 68%

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Average average bench

The HT 256GB SSD 256GB averaged 40.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 243MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 58.2MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HT 256GB SSD 256GB is 25.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the HT 256GB SSD 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 20.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 11.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 81159.2%
Min Avg Max
363 Read 406 493
12.2 Write 307 410
31.8 Mixed 274 358
121 SusWrite 230 344
68.1% 304 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.8 4K Read 15.9 23.5
9.9 4K Write 58.2 92.9
5.7 4K Mixed 11.5 20.7
69.6% 28.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
109 DQ Read 145 186
52.3 DQ Write 243 320
14 DQ Mixed 20.9 29.6
64.7% 136 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0910A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 111 93 26 89 24 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 461
Write 374
Mixed 342
SusWrite 121
72% 325 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 92.9
4K Mixed 20.7
111% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 29.6
77% 155 MB/s
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0910A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 61 73 77 42 72 MB/s
64.2% Good
Read 492
Write 386
Mixed 332
SusWrite 105
73% 329 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 90.8
4K Mixed 20.3
114% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 108
DQ Write 105
DQ Mixed 0.9
30% 71.2 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW200619
SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 225 282 238 272 70 MB/s
55.8% Above average
Read 399
Write 350
Mixed 295
SusWrite 222
71% 316 MB/s
4K Read 16.1
4K Write 50.4
4K Mixed 9.1
63% 25.2 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 14.6
59% 129 MB/s
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW200619
SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 295 313 348 353 89 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 363
Write 12.2
Mixed 31.8
SusWrite 276
37% 171 MB/s
4K Read 7.8
4K Write 9.9
4K Mixed 5.7
24% 7.8 MB/s
DQ Read 146
DQ Write 52.3
DQ Mixed 14.8
33% 71.1 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,769,864 SSDs tested

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B360-H GAMING

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Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples320x
Core i5-9400FIntel  $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples262x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples221x
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RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples154x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples136x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples104x
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256GB SSD 256GBHTBench 59%, 7 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples106x
CM4X8GF2666C16K8 2x8GBCorsairBench 79%, 838 samples87x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples55x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $599

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