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SSDPR-PX500-256- 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 151% (154th of 1072)

Based on 33 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SSDPR-PX500-256-
Poor: 76%Average: 151% Great: 195%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SSDPR-PX500-256- 256GB averaged 50.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SSDPR-PX500-256- 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 253MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,385MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SSDPR-PX500-256- 256GB is 119%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SSDPR-PX500-256- 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 28MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 501MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 33 samples)
Rank 154151%
Min Avg Max
462 Read 1,385 2,240
39 Write 828 1,276
27.6 Mixed 744 1130
131 SusWrite 501 1,065
192% 865 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3 4K Read 39.1 61.5
15 4K Write 111 274
2.9 4K Mixed 28 83.9
154% 59.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.4 DQ Read 385 735
14.6 DQ Write 497 1,027
17.2 DQ Mixed 253 570
243% 378 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 676 166 632 191 192 190 MB/s
183% Outstanding
Read 1,134
Write 1,271
Mixed 1,073
SusWrite 341
214% 955 MB/s
4K Read 60.7
4K Write 247
4K Mixed 90.3
338% 133 MB/s
DQ Read 93.9
DQ Write 490
DQ Mixed 271
215% 285 MB/s
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: .0.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 261 256 260 260 260 MB/s
175% Outstanding
Read 1,768
Write 1,146
Mixed 729
SusWrite 277
216% 980 MB/s
4K Read 54.2
4K Write 163
4K Mixed 43.3
224% 86.7 MB/s
DQ Read 179
DQ Write 782
DQ Mixed 61.7
170% 341 MB/s
166GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 133 80 52 69 66 MB/s
92.3% Outstanding
Read 1,442
Write 694
Mixed 388
SusWrite 78.4
142% 651 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 13.1
4K Mixed 9.1
69% 18.5 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 26.3
77% 162 MB/s
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E0.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 266 260 259 447 190 MB/s
79% Very good
Read 530
Write 1,054
Mixed 259
SusWrite 328
123% 543 MB/s
4K Read 6.2
4K Write 87.2
4K Mixed 8.6
67% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 392
DQ Write 451
DQ Mixed 558
382% 467 MB/s
213GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 763 843 171 166 158 177 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 636
Write 817
Mixed 263
SusWrite 380
118% 524 MB/s
4K Read 3
4K Write 20.6
4K Mixed 26.2
49% 16.6 MB/s
DQ Read 265
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 269
189% 239 MB/s
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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples3,473x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples3,456x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples1x
GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples4,179x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples1,749x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples996x
SSD
SSDPR-PX500-256- 256GBNvmeBench 151%, 33 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples985x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples894x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 2x8GBRamaxelBench 71%, 6,014 samples586x
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