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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 151% (154th of 1072)

Based on 91 user benchmarks.  Model: ALCYON
Poor: 62%Average: 151% Great: 246%

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Outstanding average bench

The ALCYON 256GB averaged 51.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ALCYON 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 175MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,122MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ALCYON 256GB is 184%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the ALCYON 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 542MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 344MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 91 samples)
Rank 154151%
Min Avg Max
379 Read 1,122 2,100
229 Write 777 1,218
242 Mixed 605 966
121 SusWrite 542 1,111
170% 761 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.3 4K Read 42.6 59.9
60.8 4K Write 119 217
22 4K Mixed 41.7 59.6
181% 67.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
77.2 DQ Read 344 804
157 DQ Write 509 1,040
62.9 DQ Mixed 175 352
203% 343 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.10.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 346 286 268 262 261 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 2,003
Write 1,030
Mixed 676
SusWrite 282
219% 998 MB/s
4K Read 44.2
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 54.4
197% 70.6 MB/s
DQ Read 802
DQ Write 829
DQ Mixed 360
396% 663 MB/s
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.10.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 354 242 270 272 247 MB/s
186% Outstanding
Read 2,008
Write 1,182
Mixed 496
SusWrite 272
217% 990 MB/s
4K Read 46.6
4K Write 86
4K Mixed 47.5
177% 60 MB/s
DQ Read 735
DQ Write 830
DQ Mixed 352
384% 639 MB/s
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.0.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 233 250 249 253 249 MB/s
177% Outstanding
Read 1,547
Write 995
Mixed 860
SusWrite 261
203% 916 MB/s
4K Read 57
4K Write 217
4K Mixed 43.2
257% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 830
DQ Mixed 62.5
185% 378 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.0.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 187 56 224 115 125 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 1,568
Write 390
Mixed 79
SusWrite 162
118% 550 MB/s
4K Read 53.3
4K Write 35.7
4K Mixed 22.5
128% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 40.2
DQ Mixed 26
45% 94.2 MB/s
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H190117D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 249 238 152 130 145 MB/s
89.1% Excellent
Read 504
Write 478
Mixed 454
SusWrite 190
91% 407 MB/s
4K Read 44.2
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 33.4
172% 65.1 MB/s
DQ Read 197
DQ Write 91
DQ Mixed 189
128% 159 MB/s
137GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.3.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 43 155 124 173 33 MB/s
64.2% Good
Read 398
Write 244
Mixed 265
SusWrite 127
58% 258 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 94.6
4K Mixed 26.2
114% 47 MB/s
DQ Read 75
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 92.9
83% 122 MB/s
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Typical ALCYON 256GB Builds (Compare 9,087 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B365M DS3H - $146

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $95Bench 85%, 299,482 samples2,541x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $135Bench 80%, 34,310 samples1,047x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples982x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples625x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples603x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples504x
SSD
ALCYON 256GBBench 151%, 91 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples401x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples377x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples180x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $523

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