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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 55.4% (855th of 1080)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD SATA3 256GB
Poor: 34%Average: 55.4% Great: 77%

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Average average bench

The SSD SATA3 256GB averaged 44.5% 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 Read Speed 22.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 214MB/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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 32.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 129MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 85555.4%
Min Avg Max
237 Read 364 492
261 Write 327 393
295 Mixed 351 407
199 SusWrite 237 274
71.9% 320 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.7 4K Read 22.3 28.9
7.5 4K Write 41.3 75.1
10.1 4K Mixed 15.8 21.4
75.9% 26.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
129 DQ Read 129 129
214 DQ Write 214 214
32.5 DQ Mixed 32.5 32.5
63.8% 125 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0803A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 402 411 145 144 166 MB/s
76.9% Very good
Read 492
Write 393
Mixed 407
SusWrite 274
88% 392 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 75.1
4K Mixed 21.4
111% 41.8 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 214
DQ Mixed 32.5
64% 125 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0803A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 128 180 188 224 205 MB/s
34% Below average
Read 237
Write 261
Mixed 295
SusWrite 199
56% 248 MB/s
4K Read 15.7
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 10.1
41% 11.1 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,209,884 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
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Workstation
Workstation 3%
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System: Acer Aspire A515-46

CPU
Ryzen 3 3350U Vega Mobile GfxAMDBench 52%, 523 samples220x
Ryzen 7 3700UAMDBench 49%, 23,686 samples16x
GPU
Radeon Vega 6 GraphicsAMDBench 8%, 2,461 samples220x
Radeon RX Vega 10 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 37,264 samples16x
SSD
SATA3 256GBSSDBench 55%, 2 samples1x
RAM
4ATF51264HZ-3G2J1 1x4GBMicronBench 35%, 7,475 samples83x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 1,684 samples13x
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 1x4GBHynixBench 32%, 9,575 samples8x
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