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SSD 256GB

SSD 256GB
BENCHMARKS (127)
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Effective Speed -67%Effective Speed -67%Average Score -91%Read -17%, Write -29%, 4K Read -48%, 4K Write -72%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed -422%, SusWrite -29%Peak Score -76%Read -10%, Write -28%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -67%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed -366%, SusWrite -17%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -388%DQ Read -103%, DQ Write -32%, DQ Mixed -1,652%, ADQ Read -100%, ADQ Write -24%, ADQ Mixed -1,395%, Age 264%, AS-SSD Total -57%

Average Bench: 59.1% (812^th of 1072)

Based on 127 user benchmarks. Model: YS SSD

Poor: 46%Average: 59.1% Great: 73%

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The YS SSD 256GB averaged 40.8% 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. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 233MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.2MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the YS SSD 256GB is 26.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the YS SSD 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 17.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 8.62MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 127 samples)

Rank 81259.1%

Min	Avg	Max
300	Read 391	462
221	Write 314	378
225	Mixed 294	348
127	SusWrite 229	332
68.8% 307 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.7	4K Read 23.2	34.9
22.2	4K Write 51	73.3
6.04	4K Mixed 8.62	12.5
73.2% 27.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
106	DQ Read 163	181
143	DQ Write 233	271
14.5	DQ Mixed 17.4	18.9
63.7% 138 MB/s

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

PAK-User, 28 days ago.

125GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 388 398 380 394 396 MB/s

70.4% Very good

Write 139

Mixed 56.7

SusWrite 358

58% 262 MB/s

4K Read 37.7

4K Write 18.3

4K Mixed 10.6

80% 22.2 MB/s

DQ Read 181

DQ Write 86.4

DQ Mixed 10.7

41% 92.6 MB/s

CAN-User, 6 days ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS1A25E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 170 68 60 54 35 MB/s

68.4% Good

Write 416

Mixed 372

SusWrite 129

78% 351 MB/s

4K Read 37.7

4K Write 87.9

4K Mixed 11.1

118% 45.6 MB/s

DQ Read 164

DQ Write 198

DQ Mixed 15.9

58% 126 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 months ago.

122GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 57 157 139 94 333 MB/s

53.4% Above average

Write 60.7

Mixed 60.5

SusWrite 138

38% 174 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 54.6

4K Mixed 6.1

77% 29.2 MB/s

DQ Read 177

DQ Write 93.7

DQ Mixed 5.4

39% 92.1 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS1A25C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 233 73 89 73 72 MB/s

39.5% Below average

Write 263

Mixed 210

SusWrite 127

51% 230 MB/s

4K Read 12.6

4K Write 23.6

4K Mixed 7.2

41% 14.5 MB/s

DQ Read 157

DQ Write 158

DQ Mixed 14.3

50% 110 MB/s

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Dell Latitude E7470

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Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	1,746x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	1,368x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	105x

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HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	3,220x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	72x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1x

SSD
SSD 256GBYSBench 59%, 127 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	494x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	343x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 1x8GBMicronBench 39%, 4,454 samples	289x

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Average Bench: 59.1% (812^th of 1072)

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