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256G 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 73.6% (598th of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: Qunion SSD 256G
Poor: 59%Average: 73.6% Great: 87%

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Good average bench

The Qunion 256G 256GB averaged 26.3% 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 31.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 73.9MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Qunion 256G 256GB is 28.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Qunion 256G 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 20.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 250MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 59873.6%
Min Avg Max
341 Read 439 510
316 Write 365 452
87.6 Mixed 298 421
78.3 SusWrite 250 403
75.7% 338 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.6 4K Read 31.5 41.6
11.2 4K Write 73.9 109
0.3 4K Mixed 16.8 33.2
108% 40.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
154 DQ Read 180 218
94.3 DQ Write 244 306
0.3 DQ Mixed 20.6 52.4
69% 148 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2227P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 431 441 243 370 345 MB/s
81.1% Excellent
Read 479
Write 452
Mixed 386
SusWrite 378
95% 424 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 78.2
4K Mixed 13.3
104% 40.5 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 257
DQ Mixed 15.8
66% 144 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0920A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 118 51 39 40 42 MB/s
74.1% Very good
Read 434
Write 334
Mixed 332
SusWrite 92.6
66% 298 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 99.4
4K Mixed 26.9
137% 53.1 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 1.9
67% 157 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0920A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 131 29 38 35 25 MB/s
72.3% Very good
Read 402
Write 349
Mixed 329
SusWrite 78.3
65% 290 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 26.8
138% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 43.4
88% 173 MB/s
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HCS1A25C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 279 309 307 325 329 MB/s
61.4% Good
Read 391
Write 344
Mixed 278
SusWrite 307
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 46
4K Mixed 7.2
77% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 94.3
DQ Mixed 13.6
40% 88.7 MB/s
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2227P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 212 203 275 278 260 MB/s
58.6% Above average
Read 341
Write 343
Mixed 305
SusWrite 253
70% 311 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 65.5
4K Mixed 9.1
78% 31.9 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 165
DQ Mixed 15.7
52% 114 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,860,903 SSDs tested

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CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples1,022x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples959x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples908x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples487x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples460x
SSD
256G 256GBQunionBench 74%, 11 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples1,369x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples490x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples354x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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