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Effective Speed -625%Effective Speed -625%Average Score -674%Read -818%, Write -1,090%, 4K Read -237%, 4K Write -190%, Mixed -761%, 4K Mixed -395%, SusWrite -1,230%Peak Score -900%Read -1,120%, Write -1,493%, 4K Read -503%, 4K Write -333%, Mixed -1,083%, 4K Mixed -661%, SusWrite -1,110%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,237%DQ Read -780%, DQ Write -502%, DQ Mixed -3,844%, ADQ Read -705%, ADQ Write -359%, ADQ Mixed -2,898%, Age -115%, AS-SSD Total -693%

Average Bench: 75.4% (576^th of 1080)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: UL SSD 256GB

Poor: 68%Average: 75.4% Great: 83%

Good average bench

The UL 256GB 256GB averaged 24.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the UL 256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 274MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.5MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 238MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 49.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 57675.4%

Min	Avg	Max
420	Read 457	486
360	Write 391	403
343	Mixed 375	395
101	SusWrite 238	378
81.9% 365 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.1	4K Read 26.5	31.9
32.5	4K Write 71.2	87.9
16.3	4K Mixed 22.4	28.9
106% 40 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
159	DQ Read 213	263
185	DQ Write 274	315
46.5	DQ Mixed 49.6	53.1
91.4% 179 MB/s

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NPL-User, 3 years ago.

212GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0205A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 386 380 367 366 368 MB/s

83.4% Excellent

Write 360

Mixed 343

SusWrite 369

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 87.9

4K Mixed 16.8

111% 44.3 MB/s

DQ Read 254

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 53.1

100% 198 MB/s

NPL-User, 9 months ago.

71GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0205A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 86 78 67 77 63 MB/s

77.1% Very good

Write 399

Mixed 375

SusWrite 104

76% 341 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 80.2

4K Mixed 28.9

128% 47 MB/s

DQ Read 263

DQ Write 315

DQ Mixed 49.9

104% 209 MB/s

NPL-User, 3 years ago.

146GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0205A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 107 96 131 45 47 MB/s

72.7% Very good

Write 401

Mixed 395

SusWrite 101

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 84

4K Mixed 27.7

122% 46.4 MB/s

DQ Read 177

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 49

92% 178 MB/s

NPL-User, 3 years ago.

219GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0205A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 354 384 384 374 379 MB/s

68.3% Good

Write 403

Mixed 386

SusWrite 378

91% 403 MB/s

4K Read 18.1

4K Write 32.5

4K Mixed 16.3

66% 22.3 MB/s

DQ Read 159

DQ Write 185

DQ Mixed 46.5

70% 130 MB/s

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