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PNY CS1030 256GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 188% (111th of 1072)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PNY CS1030 256GB SSD
Poor: 112%Average: 188% Great: 231%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PNY CS1030 256GB SSD averaged 87.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PNY CS1030 256GB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 771MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,065MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PNY CS1030 256GB SSD is 119%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PNY CS1030 256GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 450MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 111188%
Min Avg Max
554 Read 1,083 1,336
281 Write 1,229 1,627
465 Mixed 1,067 1,342
135 SusWrite 450 630
215% 957 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41.7 4K Read 47.9 56.8
114 4K Write 179 230
44.1 4K Mixed 65.9 85.5
252% 97.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
861 DQ Read 1,065 1281
294 DQ Write 720 1,059
113 DQ Mixed 771 1,167
608% 852 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
139GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103D10 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1430 379 446 109 333 105 MB/s
214% Outstanding
Read 1,198
Write 1,625
Mixed 1328
SusWrite 467
260% 1,155 MB/s
4K Read 49.2
4K Write 204
4K Mixed 76.1
280% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 1,270
DQ Write 1,057
DQ Mixed 1,147
864% 1158 MB/s
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103D10 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1041 386 395 129 267 471 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 1,266
Write 1,625
Mixed 1,310
SusWrite 448
262% 1,162 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 184
4K Mixed 70.3
259% 100 MB/s
DQ Read 1,222
DQ Write 1,005
DQ Mixed 1,097
826% 1,108 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103D10 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1032 388 258 128 259 182 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 962
Write 1,375
Mixed 1,164
SusWrite 374
219% 969 MB/s
4K Read 41.8
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 58.6
199% 71.6 MB/s
DQ Read 962
DQ Write 788
DQ Mixed 876
656% 875 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS103D10 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 89 88 130 181 73 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 554
Write 281
Mixed 465
SusWrite 135
80% 359 MB/s
4K Read 43.8
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 44.1
186% 69 MB/s
DQ Read 861
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 113
205% 423 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,783,775 SSDs tested

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Typical PNY CS1030 256GB SSD Builds (Compare 2,297 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
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System: Lenovo 20VE

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples1,225x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples881x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples191x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,992x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples189x
GeForce MX450NvidiaBench 29%, 1,913 samples110x
SSD
PNY CS1030 256GB SSDNvmeBench 188%, 7 samples1x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 32%, 6,771 samples296x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples278x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE Hynix HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 16GBSamsungBench 66%, 408 samples113x
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