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256GB 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 44.4% (919th of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: DST6256-SSD 256GB
Poor: 27%Average: 44.4% Great: 78%

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Below average average bench

The Dst6256-ssd 256GB 256GB averaged 55.5% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 74.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 55.7MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Dst6256-ssd 256GB 256GB is 50.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Dst6256-ssd 256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 52.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 110MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 91944.4%
Min Avg Max
310 Read 410 496
118 Write 307 422
55.1 Mixed 203 360
37 SusWrite 110 343
57.1% 257 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 10.2 34.5
29.6 4K Write 55.7 110
0.5 4K Mixed 10.2 31
58.1% 25.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.6 DQ Read 52.1 119
41.8 DQ Write 140 309
24.5 DQ Mixed 74.7 178
63.1% 88.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
204GB free
Firmware: W0221B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 311 310 313 314 314 MB/s
87% Excellent
Read 496
Write 314
Mixed 360
SusWrite 311
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 22.2
134% 52.7 MB/s
DQ Read 92.6
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 32.1
73% 144 MB/s
170GB free
Firmware: VE0R840D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 406 394 396 398 380 MB/s
81.7% Excellent
Read 217
Write 152
Mixed 339
SusWrite 396
63% 276 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 82.2
4K Mixed 36.3
134% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 64.1
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 109
102% 151 MB/s
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VE0R840D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 344 359 344 97 83 MB/s
69.3% Good
Read 318
Write 347
Mixed 289
SusWrite 235
67% 298 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 75.2
4K Mixed 30.8
112% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 62.6
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 110
101% 149 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VE0R840D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 325 341 330 342 221 MB/s
58.6% Above average
Read 310
Write 342
Mixed 286
SusWrite 310
70% 312 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 32.8
4K Mixed 20.9
68% 23.2 MB/s
DQ Read 63
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 108
90% 125 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VE1R900F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 321 332 342 121 92 MB/s
50% Average
Read 329
Write 340
Mixed 283
SusWrite 251
68% 301 MB/s
4K Read 13.7
4K Write 23.6
4K Mixed 17.6
56% 18.3 MB/s
DQ Read 78.4
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 88.5
67% 89.3 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-HD3 - $200

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples103x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples62x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples37x
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HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples93x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples27x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples25x
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256GB 256GBDst6256-ssdBench 44%, 25 samples12x
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2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples38x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 16,567 samples10x
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