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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 137% (172nd of 1072)

Based on 96 user benchmarks.  Model: V-GEN01SM21AR256ITNVME 256GB
Poor: 92%Average: 137% Great: 186%

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Outstanding average bench

The V-gen01sm21ar256itnvme 256GB 256GB averaged 37.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the V-gen01sm21ar256itnvme 256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 210MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,325MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the V-gen01sm21ar256itnvme 256GB 256GB is 93.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the V-gen01sm21ar256itnvme 256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 19.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 452MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 96 samples)
Rank 172137%
Min Avg Max
868 Read 1,325 1,493
81.5 Write 842 1,270
111 Mixed 575 952
116 SusWrite 452 811
177% 798 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.4 4K Read 41.6 52.1
15.4 4K Write 98 196
7.63 4K Mixed 19.1 28.7
139% 52.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
174 DQ Read 339 428
15.9 DQ Write 406 1,024
27.7 DQ Mixed 210 358
204% 318 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
238GB free
Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1233 1235 1238 1241 1238 1231 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 1,393
Write 1,199
Mixed 860
SusWrite 1,236
263% 1,172 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 26.3
156% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 982
DQ Mixed 357
364% 570 MB/s
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 635 568 111 139 111 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 1,366
Write 1,020
Mixed 845
SusWrite 297
196% 882 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 26.3
155% 60.3 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 535
DQ Mixed 356
296% 421 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 463 362 433 293 177 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 1,388
Write 1,090
Mixed 865
SusWrite 383
208% 932 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 79.4
4K Mixed 22.7
130% 47 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 104
120% 212 MB/s
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 225 250 150 77 108 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 1,318
Write 133
Mixed 135
SusWrite 149
92% 434 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 58.7
4K Mixed 11.9
110% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 110
128% 223 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 284 31 117 104 28 MB/s
92.7% Outstanding
Read 1,177
Write 466
Mixed 132
SusWrite 146
104% 480 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 45.8
4K Mixed 11
96% 31.7 MB/s
DQ Read 344
DQ Write 86.3
DQ Mixed 90.9
99% 174 MB/s
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RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples191x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples161x
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256GB 256GBV-gen01sm21ar256itnvmeBench 137%, 96 samples1x
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Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples133x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples124x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples114x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $371

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