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CS1031 256GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 164% (139th of 1072)

Based on 1,296 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS1031 256GB SSD
Poor: 89%Average: 164% Great: 223%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS1031 256GB SSD averaged 63.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS1031 256GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 570MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 760MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS1031 256GB SSD is 134%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY CS1031 256GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 485MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 959MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,296 samples)
Rank 139164%
Min Avg Max
397 Read 959 1,159
328 Write 1,020 1,257
280 Mixed 900 1,099
209 SusWrite 485 1,055
189% 841 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.1 4K Read 46 56.2
46.3 4K Write 136 253
18.5 4K Mixed 59.6 80.9
218% 80.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
364 DQ Read 539 747
176 DQ Write 760 1,178
188 DQ Mixed 570 711
453% 623 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
170GB free
Firmware: CS103E00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1143 734 184 188 189 189 MB/s
185% Outstanding
Read 1,050
Write 1,216
Mixed 1,055
SusWrite 438
211% 940 MB/s
4K Read 49
4K Write 198
4K Mixed 70.9
270% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 420
DQ Write 1,067
DQ Mixed 551
475% 679 MB/s
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103200
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1026 335 268 220 215 216 MB/s
141% Outstanding
Read 1,021
Write 1,034
Mixed 945
SusWrite 380
190% 845 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 70
4K Mixed 53.4
172% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 732
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 251
257% 429 MB/s
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103E00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 480 268 263 142 77 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 1,014
Write 1,218
Mixed 1032
SusWrite 352
203% 904 MB/s
4K Read 43
4K Write 88.7
4K Mixed 55.6
183% 62.4 MB/s
DQ Read 439
DQ Write 392
DQ Mixed 561
381% 464 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 837 1114 610 10 420 94 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 790
Write 989
Mixed 847
SusWrite 514
177% 785 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 44.6
137% 46.7 MB/s
DQ Read 546
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 379
293% 408 MB/s
175GB free
Firmware: CS103200
SusWrite @10s intervals: 875 650 222 199 207 205 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 750
Write 895
Mixed 777
SusWrite 393
159% 704 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 76.9
4K Mixed 42.1
133% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 644
DQ Write 446
DQ Mixed 524
397% 538 MB/s
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Typical CS1031 256GB SSD Builds (Compare 3,828 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Dell Inspiron 3501

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples1,544x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples745x
Core i3-1005G1IntelBench 44%, 22,960 samples606x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,809x
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples975x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples814x
SSD
CS1031 256GB SSDPNYBench 164%, 1,296 samples1x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples334x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples265x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 1x4GBUnknownBench 35%, 612 samples151x
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