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PC711 SK hynix 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 235% (68th of 1072)

Based on 297 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PC711 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
Poor: 136%Average: 235% Great: 311%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC711 SK hynix 256GB averaged 134.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC711 SK hynix 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 787MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,199MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC711 SK hynix 256GB is 175%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC711 SK hynix 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 528MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 137MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 297 samples)
Rank 68235%
Min Avg Max
1,117 Read 2,199 2,754
338 Write 1,571 2,200
429 Mixed 1,126 1,553
250 SusWrite 528 684
301% 1,356 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31 4K Read 57.9 71.4
59.5 4K Write 137 202
33.1 4K Mixed 72.9 99.7
254% 89.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
299 DQ Read 1,007 1,392
175 DQ Write 609 1,149
238 DQ Mixed 787 1,241
592% 801 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 41001131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 404 419 413 418 410 MB/s
230% Outstanding
Read 2,508
Write 1,880
Mixed 922
SusWrite 413
316% 1,431 MB/s
4K Read 45.7
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 77
233% 81.8 MB/s
DQ Read 903
DQ Write 494
DQ Mixed 566
456% 654 MB/s
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 41001131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1329 439 457 441 436 441 MB/s
220% Outstanding
Read 2,119
Write 1,933
Mixed 1,494
SusWrite 590
343% 1,534 MB/s
4K Read 53.8
4K Write 94.9
4K Mixed 62
211% 70.2 MB/s
DQ Read 838
DQ Write 670
DQ Mixed 745
560% 751 MB/s
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 41001131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 308 296 288 413 288 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 1,960
Write 324
Mixed 461
SusWrite 320
166% 766 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 96.9
4K Mixed 47
179% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 496
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 350
261% 354 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 41001131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 437 405 392 341 319 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1,545
Write 1,061
Mixed 861
SusWrite 389
214% 964 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 49.9
4K Mixed 49.4
150% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 664
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 445
334% 457 MB/s
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 41001131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 354 345 344 352 348 MB/s
151% Outstanding
Read 1,648
Write 1,132
Mixed 669
SusWrite 354
210% 951 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 93.7
4K Mixed 36.4
133% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 711
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 510
376% 507 MB/s
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Typical PC711 SK hynix 256GB Builds (Compare 1,617 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 20%
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Desktop 79%
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Workstation 19%
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System: Dell Latitude 7420

CPU
Core i7-1185G7IntelBench 67%, 9,588 samples989x
Core i5-1145G7IntelBench 69%, 4,608 samples336x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples186x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,590x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples6x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples3x
SSD
PC711 SK hynix 256GBNvmeBench 235%, 297 samples1x
RAM
8x2GBHCNNNCPMMLXR-NEEBench 104%, 714 samples552x
8x2GBUBE3D4AA-MGCRBench 115%, 461 samples353x
8x2GBHCNNNCPMBLHR-NEEBench 120%, 551 samples170x
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