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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 140% (168th of 1071)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: AAR256GN062921030
Poor: 73%Average: 140% Great: 168%

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Outstanding average bench

The AAR256GN062921030 256GB averaged 39.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AAR256GN062921030 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 409MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 604MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AAR256GN062921030 256GB is 95.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the AAR256GN062921030 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 319MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 21.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 168140%
Min Avg Max
335 Read 1,179 1,646
71.2 Write 733 1,020
302 Mixed 674 926
203 SusWrite 319 419
161% 726 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29 4K Read 39.2 51.7
37.3 4K Write 125 167
14.9 4K Mixed 21.8 30.5
154% 62.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
381 DQ Read 694 772
190 DQ Write 604 754
105 DQ Mixed 409 495
372% 569 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1102A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 56 57 59 62 52 MB/s
570% Outstanding
Read 5,770
Write 46.2
Mixed 100
SusWrite 55.7
310% 1,493 MB/s
4K Read 836
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 4.3
1,274% 281 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1102A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 521 172 176 187 140 164 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,646
Write 1,020
Mixed 926
SusWrite 227
211% 954 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 30.5
188% 74.6 MB/s
DQ Read 769
DQ Write 655
DQ Mixed 495
430% 640 MB/s
146GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1102A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 328 249 303 611 328 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1,446
Write 940
Mixed 805
SusWrite 362
197% 888 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 23.4
141% 56.1 MB/s
DQ Read 754
DQ Write 741
DQ Mixed 483
436% 659 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1102A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 219 281 439 108 275 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 1,212
Write 810
Mixed 738
SusWrite 288
169% 762 MB/s
4K Read 36.4
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 20.9
158% 67.1 MB/s
DQ Read 772
DQ Write 712
DQ Mixed 470
427% 651 MB/s
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1102A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 149 202 244 161 164 MB/s
72.8% Very good
Read 335
Write 304
Mixed 302
SusWrite 203
64% 286 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 66.1
4K Mixed 20.3
110% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 277
DQ Mixed 269
217% 309 MB/s

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Workstation 3%
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System: HP Laptop 15-da0xxx

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples1,514x
Core i3-7020UIntelBench 40%, 28,454 samples980x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples674x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples2,165x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples1,684x
MX110NvidiaBench 6%, 6,322 samples297x
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AAR256GN062921030 256GBBench 140%, 9 samples1x
RAM
M471A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 30%, 48,985 samples637x
RMSA3260NA78HAF-2400 1x8GBRamaxelBench 36%, 7,851 samples374x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 40%, 38,499 samples359x
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