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PC711 SK hy 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 229% (73rd of 1072)

Based on 88 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PC711 NVMe SK hy
Poor: 114%Average: 229% Great: 310%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC711 SK hy 256GB averaged 129.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC711 SK hy 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 772MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,112MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC711 SK hy 256GB is 196%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC711 SK hy 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 599MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 127MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 88 samples)
Rank 73229%
Min Avg Max
1,166 Read 2,112 2,739
581 Write 1,777 2,204
590 Mixed 1,303 1,565
420 SusWrite 599 733
323% 1,448 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.9 4K Read 53.2 72.4
46.6 4K Write 127 202
28.6 4K Mixed 69.3 101
237% 83.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
291 DQ Read 886 1,430
270 DQ Write 688 1,201
294 DQ Mixed 772 1,303
582% 782 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 41001131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 555 434 432 430 448 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 2,056
Write 1,378
Mixed 1,103
SusWrite 522
281% 1,265 MB/s
4K Read 50.9
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 61.5
210% 71.7 MB/s
DQ Read 808
DQ Write 791
DQ Mixed 767
585% 789 MB/s
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 41001131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1736 437 457 440 438 433 MB/s
193% Outstanding
Read 1,496
Write 2,037
Mixed 1,291
SusWrite 657
309% 1,370 MB/s
4K Read 50.1
4K Write 91.4
4K Mixed 63.5
206% 68.3 MB/s
DQ Read 745
DQ Write 548
DQ Mixed 614
468% 636 MB/s
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 41001131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 202 218 246 267 290 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 1,700
Write 1,168
Mixed 515
SusWrite 245
200% 907 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 47.5
4K Mixed 31.6
116% 37.5 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 136
101% 134 MB/s
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Gaming 55%
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Desktop 80%
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Workstation 74%
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System: Dell Precision 7920 Tower

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 4214R1stBench 70%, 89 samples43x
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 41141stBench 63%, 670 samples32x
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 4210R1stBench 69%, 106 samples30x
GPU
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples60x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples56x
Quadro RTX 5000NvidiaBench 131%, 1,749 samples51x
SSD
PC711 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 229%, 88 samples1x
RAM
HMA82GR7DJR8N-XN 4x16GBHynixBench 103%, 194 samples28x
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 8x8GBHynixBench 94%, 220 samples19x
HMA82GR7DJR8N-XN 8x16GBHynixBench 153%, 50 samples16x
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