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CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB

CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB
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Effective Speed +69% Effective Speed 69%Average Score +60% Read 166%, Write 66%, 4K Read 17%, 4K Write 18%, Mixed 58%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite 85%Peak Score +67% Read 191%, Write 79%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write 10%, Mixed 58%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite 113%Value & Sentiment -873%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,733%Nice To Haves +97% DQ Read 135%, DQ Write 125%, DQ Mixed 99%, ADQ Read 127%, ADQ Write 89%, ADQ Mixed 91%, Age 2%, AS-SSD Total 110%

Average Bench: 166% (135^th of 1072)

Based on 1,424 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe CX2-8B256-Q11 NV

Poor: 113%Average: 166% Great: 206%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB averaged 66.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 498MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 740MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB is 93.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 549MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 566MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,424 samples)

Rank 135166%

Min	Avg	Max
710	Read 1,215	1,472
347	Write 672	870
376	Mixed 566	667
215	SusWrite 549	825
167% 751 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.2	4K Read 40	46.1
49.1	4K Write 103	134
25.5	4K Mixed 51.3	64.1
181% 64.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
269	DQ Read 740	861
187	DQ Write 546	805
205	DQ Mixed 498	658
412% 595 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

AUS-User, 2 days ago.

136GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 792 854 824 854 861 846 MB/s

177% Outstanding

Write 851

Mixed 631

SusWrite 839

188% 839 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 93.5

4K Mixed 51.7

176% 61.6 MB/s

DQ Read 771

DQ Write 597

DQ Mixed 574

459% 647 MB/s

POL-User, 14 days ago.

185GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 488110E Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 740 707 733 753 757 755 MB/s

151% Outstanding

Write 812

Mixed 614

SusWrite 741

191% 858 MB/s

4K Read 31

4K Write 57.5

4K Mixed 38.3

126% 42.3 MB/s

DQ Read 409

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 332

254% 347 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 months ago.

89GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 582 556 552 529 524 507 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 705

Mixed 619

SusWrite 542

164% 736 MB/s

4K Read 37.6

4K Write 75.6

4K Mixed 47.3

158% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 687

DQ Write 442

DQ Mixed 483

382% 538 MB/s

HRV-User, 13 days ago.

50GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 296 278 271 267 258 MB/s

148% Outstanding

Write 533

Mixed 479

SusWrite 282

143% 650 MB/s

4K Read 38.9

4K Write 90.4

4K Mixed 47.1

167% 58.8 MB/s

DQ Read 802

DQ Write 420

DQ Mixed 514

408% 579 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 months ago.

44GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 48811QC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 257 253 251 247 232 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 395

Mixed 446

SusWrite 253

109% 492 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 63.1

4K Mixed 37.1

123% 42.6 MB/s

DQ Read 519

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 320

265% 386 MB/s

GBR-User, 23 days ago.

153GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 542 415 555 414 466 512 MB/s

89.7% Excellent

Write 437

Mixed 451

SusWrite 484

114% 507 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 38.8

4K Mixed 19.2

77% 26.3 MB/s

DQ Read 321

DQ Write 158

DQ Mixed 202

160% 227 MB/s

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Typical CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB Builds (Compare 1,720 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 58%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,036x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	375x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	589x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	312x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x

SSD
CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GBNvmeBench 166%, 1,424 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 39%, 5,448 samples	298x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	120x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	101x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB

Average Bench: 166% (135^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 166% (135th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 166% (135^th of 1072)