Kbg50zns256g

NVMe KIOXIA 256GB

NVMe KIOXIA 256GB
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Effective Speed +66% Effective Speed 66%Average Score +83% Read 183%, Write 147%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 7%, Mixed 146%, 4K Mixed 25%, SusWrite 46%Peak Score +143% Read 314%, Write 251%, 4K Read 58%, 4K Write 54%, Mixed 218%, 4K Mixed 65%, SusWrite 38%Value & Sentiment -407%User Rating -14%, Market Share -800%Nice To Haves +213% DQ Read 310%, DQ Write 248%, DQ Mixed 295%, ADQ Read 121%, ADQ Write 61%, ADQ Mixed 129%, Age 291%, AS-SSD Total 246%

Average Bench: 163% (139^th of 1071)

Based on 635 user benchmarks. Model: KBG50ZNS256G NVMe KIOXIA 256GB

Poor: 76%Average: 163% Great: 264%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kbg50zns256g NVMe KIOXIA 256GB averaged 63.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kbg50zns256g NVMe KIOXIA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 597MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 721MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kbg50zns256g NVMe KIOXIA 256GB is 188%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kbg50zns256g NVMe KIOXIA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 433MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 93.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 635 samples)

Rank 139163%

Min	Avg	Max
551	Read 1,295	2,100
372	Write 1,001	1,703
379	Mixed 884	1,344
286	SusWrite 433	533
201% 903 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.6	4K Read 44.8	67.8
21.3	4K Write 93.4	189
19	4K Mixed 56.2	96.3
189% 64.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
178	DQ Read 721	1,504
90.1	DQ Write 465	1,247
109	DQ Mixed 597	1,308
444% 594 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TUR-User, 5 days ago.

176GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11200104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1189 401 404 403 403 403 MB/s

227% Outstanding

Write 1,765

Mixed 1,385

SusWrite 534

319% 1430 MB/s

4K Read 59.4

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 73.8

246% 83 MB/s

DQ Read 970

DQ Write 649

DQ Mixed 815

607% 811 MB/s

VNM-User, 1 day ago.

151GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11200108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1225 382 407 395 406 400 MB/s

209% Outstanding

Write 1,534

Mixed 1,180

SusWrite 536

287% 1,287 MB/s

4K Read 49.4

4K Write 94.9

4K Mixed 62

204% 68.8 MB/s

DQ Read 960

DQ Write 672

DQ Mixed 837

620% 823 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

85GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11200107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 758 402 399 394 405 398 MB/s

205% Outstanding

Write 1,279

Mixed 1,286

SusWrite 459

275% 1,238 MB/s

4K Read 50.1

4K Write 90.4

4K Mixed 49.9

188% 63.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,148

DQ Write 761

DQ Mixed 1,010

738% 973 MB/s

USA-User, 6 days ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11200107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 374 369 378 378 405 MB/s

185% Outstanding

Write 1,290

Mixed 1,094

SusWrite 426

250% 1,124 MB/s

4K Read 43.7

4K Write 78.7

4K Mixed 43.5

164% 55.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,128

DQ Write 760

DQ Mixed 959

712% 949 MB/s

POL-User, 4 days ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11200104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 396 452 387 382 397 MB/s

154% Outstanding

Write 1,402

Mixed 1,082

SusWrite 428

245% 1,097 MB/s

4K Read 33.9

4K Write 71

4K Mixed 36.5

136% 47.1 MB/s

DQ Read 731

DQ Write 515

DQ Mixed 669

487% 638 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

178GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11200108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 672 602 331 318 338 325 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 799

Mixed 671

SusWrite 431

160% 716 MB/s

4K Read 36.5

4K Write 66.1

4K Mixed 42.8

145% 48.5 MB/s

DQ Read 490

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 315

241% 334 MB/s

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 15%

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System: Dell Latitude 5430

CPU
Core i5-1245UIntelBench 63%, 1,436 samples	297x
Core i5-1235UIntelBench 60%, 8,532 samples	236x
Core i7-1265UIntelBench 61%, 1,579 samples	199x

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Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples	551x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 12%, 3,470 samples	342x
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	16x

SSD
NVMe KIOXIA 256GBKbg50zns256gBench 163%, 635 samples	1x

RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 26,875 samples	140x
M471A1G44BB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 6,868 samples	76x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,085 samples	52x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kbg50zns256g

NVMe KIOXIA 256GB

Average Bench: 163% (139^th of 1071)

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NVMe KIOXIA 256GB

Average Bench: 163% (139th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 163% (139^th of 1071)