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256GB 256GB

256GB 256GB
BENCHMARKS (6)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -84%Effective Speed -84%Average Score -97%Read -14%, Write -34%, 4K Read -175%, 4K Write -100%, Mixed -48%, 4K Mixed -263%, SusWrite -46%Peak Score -57%Read -2%, Write -24%, 4K Read -90%, 4K Write -70%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -197%, SusWrite 0%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -236%DQ Read -243%, DQ Write -17%, DQ Mixed -724%, ADQ Read -285%, ADQ Write -12%, ADQ Mixed -747%, Age 215%, AS-SSD Total -79%

Average Bench: 53.4% (870^th of 1074)

Based on 6 user benchmarks. Model: ORIGINAL SSD 256GB

Poor: 35%Average: 53.4% Great: 81%

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Average average bench

The Original 256GB 256GB averaged 46.6% 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 258MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 400MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Original 256GB 256GB is 45.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Original 256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 84.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 30.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)

Rank 87053.4%

Min	Avg	Max
330	Read 400	498
235	Write 303	391
27.6	Mixed 242	362
46	SusWrite 203	388
64.1% 287 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
3.9	4K Read 12.5	22.6
10	4K Write 43.7	72.1
2.9	4K Mixed 12.4	19.6
58% 22.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
68.1	DQ Read 84.8	107
176	DQ Write 258	307
0.5	DQ Mixed 30.7	40.2
64.1% 125 MB/s

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

EGY-User, 23 months ago.

194GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0424A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 391 401 399 399 401 MB/s

80.6% Excellent

Write 391

Mixed 362

SusWrite 388

92% 410 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 72.1

4K Mixed 19.3

96% 37.8 MB/s

DQ Read 107

DQ Write 272

DQ Mixed 29.2

68% 136 MB/s

EGY-User, 11 months ago.

211GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0128A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 344 185 114 114 196 MB/s

42.5% Average

Write 327

Mixed 189

SusWrite 213

64% 285 MB/s

4K Read 3.9

4K Write 13.1

4K Mixed 2.9

17% 6.63 MB/s

DQ Read 68.1

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 37.4

72% 137 MB/s

EGY-User, 18 months ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0128A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 11 91 7.9 88 13 MB/s

39.2% Below average

Write 285

Mixed 284

SusWrite 46

55% 249 MB/s

4K Read 11

4K Write 37.3

4K Mixed 11.6

51% 20 MB/s

DQ Read 83.2

DQ Write 176

DQ Mixed 40.2

56% 99.7 MB/s

EGY-User, 16 months ago.

83GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0424A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 200 58 63 63 71 MB/s

35.2% Below average

Write 265

Mixed 27.6

SusWrite 104

41% 187 MB/s

4K Read 5.4

4K Write 10

4K Mixed 6.5

22% 7.3 MB/s

DQ Read 91.1

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 0.5

53% 122 MB/s

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Dell Latitude E7470

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	1,748x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	1,374x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	106x

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HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	3,229x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	72x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1x

SSD
256GB 256GBOriginalBench 53%, 6 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	495x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	343x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 1x8GBMicronBench 39%, 4,454 samples	290x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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