K1 256GB

K1 256GB
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Effective Speed -77%Effective Speed -77%Average Score -118%Read -23%, Write -76%, 4K Read -83%, 4K Write -102%, Mixed -44%, 4K Mixed -478%, SusWrite -24%Peak Score -82%Read -8%, Write -26%, 4K Read -29%, 4K Write -71%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -402%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -416%DQ Read -101%, DQ Write -32%, DQ Mixed -1,700%, ADQ Read -92%, ADQ Write -37%, ADQ Mixed -1,526%, Age 213%, AS-SSD Total -57%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 55.5% (845^th of 1072)

Based on 21 user benchmarks. Model: K1

Poor: 40%Average: 55.5% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The K1 256GB averaged 44.4% 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 Write Speed 211MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.8MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the K1 256GB is 33.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the K1 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 16MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 7.79MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)

Rank 84555.5%

Min	Avg	Max
274	Read 373	471
6	Write 230	386
22.8	Mixed 249	331
49.5	SusWrite 240	352
61% 273 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.1	4K Read 18.8	33.4
11.9	4K Write 43.4	71.6
4.8	4K Mixed 7.79	11.6
61.5% 23.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
122	DQ Read 170	183
24.6	DQ Write 211	272
2.8	DQ Mixed 16	18.4
60.6% 132 MB/s

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

DZA-User, 15 months ago.

205GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 324 271 341 240 185 MB/s

65.2% Good

Write 124

Mixed 344

SusWrite 277

66% 295 MB/s

4K Read 22.6

4K Write 49.5

4K Mixed 11.3

75% 27.8 MB/s

DQ Read 180

DQ Write 241

DQ Mixed 17.1

67% 146 MB/s

DZA-User, 15 months ago.

205GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 312 335 361 364 348 MB/s

54% Above average

Write 259

Mixed 269

SusWrite 327

64% 282 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 33.7

4K Mixed 7.5

54% 19.6 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 187

DQ Mixed 17.2

56% 120 MB/s

JOR-User, 5 months ago.

97GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 75 90 97 83 83 MB/s

50.8% Above average

Write 341

Mixed 27.5

SusWrite 94

49% 221 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 61.2

4K Mixed 11

83% 32 MB/s

DQ Read 177

DQ Write 24.6

DQ Mixed 15.8

33% 72.5 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

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System: HP ProBook 650 G2

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	426x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	351x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	169x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,008x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	95x
Radeon R7 M365XAMDBench 6%, 77 samples	3x

SSD
K1 256GBBench 56%, 21 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	114x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	102x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	50x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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

K1 256GB

Average Bench: 55.5% (845^th of 1072)

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