Average Bench: 55.7% (845th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: HY 256GB SSD

Average average bench

The HY 256GB SSD 256GB averaged 44.2% 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 Random Write Speed 66.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 219MB/s

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 118MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 224MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Min Avg Max
286 Read 381 458
86 Write 240 376
143 Mixed 224 308
65.1 SusWrite 118 201
53.5% 241 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.9 4K Read 15.6 24.6
60.1 4K Write 66.9 70.2
6.5 4K Mixed 19.4 30.1
83.8% 33.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
81.2 DQ Read 140 181
135 DQ Write 219 293
25.6 DQ Mixed 69.4 129
83.5% 143 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R4201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 344 293 47 46 136 MB/s
Read 435
Write 376
Mixed 308
SusWrite 201
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 68.5
4K Mixed 30.1
109% 40.3 MB/s
DQ Read 82.7
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 129
115% 167 MB/s
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZD0R4201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 328 307 72 47 47 MB/s
Read 430
Write 376
Mixed 305
SusWrite 181
72% 323 MB/s
4K Read 13.7
4K Write 60.1
4K Mixed 30.1
91% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 81.2
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 127
115% 167 MB/s
212GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2109XKR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 80 65 64 77 65 MB/s
Read 458
Write 89.8
Mixed 144
SusWrite 70.7
41% 190 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 70.2
4K Mixed 19.4
99% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 181
DQ Write 135
DQ Mixed 34.2
59% 117 MB/s
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2109XKR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 49 68 64 64 61 MB/s
Read 298
Write 274
Mixed 143
SusWrite 65.1
43% 195 MB/s
4K Read 11.2
4K Write 65.5
4K Mixed 10.7
65% 29.1 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 30.5
62% 126 MB/s
212GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2109XKR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 66 60 63 68 73 MB/s
Read 286
Write 86
Mixed 218
SusWrite 70.7
37% 165 MB/s
4K Read 5.9
4K Write 70.2
4K Mixed 6.5
54% 27.5 MB/s
DQ Read 179
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 25.6
66% 137 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,808,906 SSDs tested

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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 56%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Notebook

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