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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 183% (118th of 1072)

Based on 202 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SSD 256G
Poor: 124%Average: 183% Great: 254%

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Outstanding average bench

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

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 450MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 758MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme 256G 256GB is 130%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme 256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 27.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 496MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 202 samples)
Rank 118183%
Min Avg Max
1,050 Read 1,654 2,251
341 Write 982 1,167
212 Mixed 858 1,109
219 SusWrite 496 1,038
221% 998 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.9 4K Read 46.6 57.8
52.9 4K Write 143 207
15.5 4K Mixed 27.3 33.4
181% 72.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
690 DQ Read 778 934
124 DQ Write 758 999
152 DQ Mixed 450 585
425% 662 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1106A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 136 109 146 111 127 MB/s
202% Outstanding
Read 2087
Write 1,155
Mixed 1,113
SusWrite 189
250% 1,136 MB/s
4K Read 58.7
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 33.9
229% 91.5 MB/s
DQ Read 933
DQ Write 932
DQ Mixed 573
529% 812 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 395 360 167 151 156 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 1,610
Write 823
Mixed 909
SusWrite 297
201% 910 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 174
4K Mixed 29.4
198% 82.8 MB/s
DQ Read 736
DQ Write 906
DQ Mixed 469
452% 704 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 383 236 114 115 108 MB/s
161% Outstanding
Read 1,521
Write 286
Mixed 888
SusWrite 221
160% 729 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 27.8
187% 76.6 MB/s
DQ Read 726
DQ Write 770
DQ Mixed 468
429% 655 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 631 439 216 314 104 116 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 1,414
Write 929
Mixed 821
SusWrite 303
192% 867 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 25.4
158% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 713
DQ Write 426
DQ Mixed 266
279% 468 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,657,605 SSDs tested

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Motherboard: Asrock B365M Pro4

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples1,203x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples509x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples486x
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RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples295x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples276x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples236x
SSD
256G 256GBNvmeBench 183%, 202 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples157x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples124x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $466

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