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TS256A 251GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 25.3% (1038th of 1072)

Based on 63 user benchmarks.  Model: APPLE SSD TS256A
Poor: 13%Average: 25.3% Great: 32%

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Very poor average bench

The Apple TS256A 251GB averaged 74.6% 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 Read Speed 12.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 11.5MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple TS256A 251GB is just 18.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Apple TS256A 251GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 13.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 31.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 63 samples)
Rank 103825.3%
Min Avg Max
78.8 Read 106 122
36.5 Write 97.5 122
49.1 Mixed 78.3 95.3
11.9 SusWrite 85.5 120
20.6% 91.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.26 4K Read 12.7 20.6
11.6 4K Write 26.5 37.7
4.38 4K Mixed 11.5 16.9
48% 16.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.13 DQ Read 13.2 23.3
14.6 DQ Write 31.8 44.8
5.65 DQ Mixed 12.9 19
12.6% 19.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
123GB free
Firmware: AGAA0205
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 179 175 184 181 171 MB/s
43.5% Average
Read 209
Write 172
Mixed 114
SusWrite 176
38% 168 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 50.9
4K Mixed 14.6
78% 29 MB/s
DQ Read 12.4
DQ Write 48.2
DQ Mixed 18.2
18% 26.3 MB/s
123GB free
Firmware: AGAA0205
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 182 186 180 179 176 MB/s
36.8% Below average
Read 169
Write 171
Mixed 135
SusWrite 178
37% 163 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 40.2
4K Mixed 14.3
58% 22.3 MB/s
DQ Read 10.7
DQ Write 48.4
DQ Mixed 16.5
16% 25.2 MB/s
162GB free
Firmware: AGAB0202
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 102 116 106 118 109 MB/s
28% Poor
Read 112
Write 115
Mixed 74.2
SusWrite 108
23% 102 MB/s
4K Read 12.9
4K Write 25.8
4K Mixed 14.2
51% 17.6 MB/s
DQ Read 12.5
DQ Write 35.1
DQ Mixed 19
16% 22.2 MB/s
162GB free
Firmware: AGAB0202
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 106 102 103 105 103 MB/s
24.7% Poor
Read 97.4
Write 108
Mixed 79.6
SusWrite 103
22% 97.1 MB/s
4K Read 10.6
4K Write 28
4K Mixed 11
45% 16.5 MB/s
DQ Read 8.5
DQ Write 28
DQ Mixed 12.8
11% 16.4 MB/s
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Typical TS256A 251GB Builds (Compare 880 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 63%
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Workstation
Workstation 15%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 - $59

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples285x
FX-4300AMD  $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples246x
FX-8300AMD  $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples53x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples72x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples42x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples40x
SSD
TS256A 251GBAppleBench 25%, 63 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples351x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples264x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples99x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $165

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