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256GB High-Performance 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 66.4% (726th of 1072)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: AQ SSD 256GB High-Performance
Poor: 51%Average: 66.4% Great: 83%

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Above average average bench

The AQ 256GB High-Performance 256GB averaged 33.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 71.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 243MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AQ 256GB High-Performance 256GB is 32.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AQ 256GB High-Performance 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 66.8MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 29.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 72666.4%
Min Avg Max
372 Read 451 487
264 Write 361 404
38.9 Mixed 283 352
23.9 SusWrite 212 414
73% 327 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.3 4K Read 22 27.8
53.7 4K Write 71.7 92
8 4K Mixed 19.4 24.5
96.1% 37.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.9 DQ Read 66.8 94
86 DQ Write 243 326
0.6 DQ Mixed 29.1 39.3
58.7% 113 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0818A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 368 372 380 383 380 MB/s
82.9% Excellent
Read 486
Write 386
Mixed 345
SusWrite 357
88% 394 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 92
4K Mixed 21.6
111% 45.6 MB/s
DQ Read 76.5
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 36.1
74% 142 MB/s
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0818A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 220 261 321 377 382 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 372
Write 362
Mixed 38.9
SusWrite 293
60% 266 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 62.7
4K Mixed 8
71% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 82.9
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 0.6
57% 130 MB/s
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0818A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 79 28 13 7.3 30 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 441
Write 337
Mixed 298
SusWrite 33.7
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 63.6
4K Mixed 21.8
94% 35.7 MB/s
DQ Read 73.3
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 39
70% 130 MB/s
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0818A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 11 103 11 71 18 MB/s
50.6% Above average
Read 423
Write 264
Mixed 264
SusWrite 59.8
56% 253 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 68.4
4K Mixed 18.4
93% 36.2 MB/s
DQ Read 24.9
DQ Write 86
DQ Mixed 22.4
27% 44.4 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,795,007 SSDs tested

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Typical 256GB High-Performance 256GB Builds (Compare 5,980 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard

System: HP Z440 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples1,244x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples1,040x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples861x
GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples740x
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples376x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples223x
SSD
256GB High-Performance 256GBAQBench 66%, 7 samples1x
RAM
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,030 samples184x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples178x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 59%, 1,132 samples157x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 9% - Terrible Total price: $440

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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