Haze

256 GB 256GB

256 GB 256GB
BENCHMARKS (3)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -188%Effective Speed -188%Average Score -294%Read -12%, Write -230%, 4K Read -166%, 4K Write -258%, Mixed -143%, 4K Mixed -704%, SusWrite -549%Peak Score -169%Read -1%, Write -70%, 4K Read -156%, 4K Write -183%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -316%, SusWrite -435%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -332%DQ Read -225%, DQ Write -47%, DQ Mixed -841%, ADQ Read -205%, ADQ Write -105%, ADQ Mixed -1,362%, Age 238%, AS-SSD Total -113%

Average Bench: 34.2% (995^th of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: HAZE SSD 256 GB

Poor: 20%Average: 34.2% Great: 47%

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Poor average bench

The Haze 256 GB 256GB averaged 65.8% 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. Sequential Read Speed 408MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 141MB/s

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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 45.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 5.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 99534.2%

Min	Avg	Max
338	Read 408	504
31.3	Write 123	286
15.6	Mixed 148	339
26.5	SusWrite 45.7	72.4
39.5% 181 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.7	4K Read 12.9	16.8
0.4	4K Write 24.5	43.2
1	4K Mixed 5.6	14
39.7% 14.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
101	DQ Read 107	113
37.5	DQ Write 141	244
0.4	DQ Mixed 17.8	35.2
43% 88.4 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IND-User, 8 months ago.

171GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0521A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 19 30 166 48 49 MB/s

47.4% Average

Write 286

Mixed 339

SusWrite 72.4

60% 270 MB/s

4K Read 16.8

4K Write 43.2

4K Mixed 14

66% 24.7 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 244

DQ Mixed 35.2

68% 131 MB/s

IND-User, 8 months ago.

128GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0521A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 28 29 31 45 44 MB/s

35.2% Below average

Write 31.3

Mixed 88.3

SusWrite 38.2

35% 165 MB/s

4K Read 11.2

4K Write 29.9

4K Mixed 1.8

35% 14.3 MB/s

DQ Read 101

DQ Write 37.5

DQ Mixed 0.4

18% 46.3 MB/s

IND-User, 9 months ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0521A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 18 19 27 32 29 MB/s

19.9% Very poor

Write 51.2

Mixed 15.6

SusWrite 26.5

23% 108 MB/s

4K Read 10.7

4K Write 0.4

4K Mixed 1

18% 4.03 MB/s

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System: Lenovo 2466DT8

CPU
Core i5-3320MIntel $199Bench 48%, 30,496 samples	3x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	3x

SSD
256 GB 256GBHazeBench 34%, 3 samples	2x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	1x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	1x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB Samsung M471B1G73BH0-YK0 12GBHynixBench 39%, 21 samples	1x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $199

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Haze

256 GB 256GB

Average Bench: 34.2% (995^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 34.2% (995th of 1072)

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