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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 123% (187th of 1072)

Based on 44 user benchmarks.  Model: WALRAM
Poor: 49%Average: 123% Great: 202%

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Outstanding average bench

The WALRAM 256GB averaged 22.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WALRAM 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 208MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 425MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WALRAM 256GB is 153%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WALRAM 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 21.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 319MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 44 samples)
Rank 187123%
Min Avg Max
286 Read 875 1,772
45.1 Write 715 1,456
150 Mixed 537 1,144
124 SusWrite 553 1,024
150% 670 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.1 4K Read 33.2 57.6
13 4K Write 95.2 257
4.5 4K Mixed 21.5 40.3
128% 50 MB/s
Min Avg Max
62.8 DQ Read 319 875
108 DQ Write 425 1,009
13 DQ Mixed 208 471
203% 317 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VE0R631D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 346 392 417 425 422 MB/s
92.9% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 346
Mixed 354
SusWrite 384
88% 391 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 85.8
4K Mixed 37.2
132% 49.5 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 184
148% 202 MB/s
173GB free
Firmware: V1.002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 425 424 424 424 364 MB/s
92.8% Outstanding
Read 406
Write 422
Mixed 363
SusWrite 412
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 97
4K Mixed 35.6
136% 52.8 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 204
159% 214 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: HPS1030A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 431 431 434 286 145 MB/s
82.3% Excellent
Read 498
Write 442
Mixed 393
SusWrite 360
95% 423 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 11.6
108% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 13.5
69% 152 MB/s
0GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 361 365 334 350 282 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 294
Write 347
Mixed 255
SusWrite 332
69% 307 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 38.1
4K Mixed 23
73% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 123
DQ Write 261
DQ Mixed 192
146% 192 MB/s
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 300 306 297 324 316 MB/s
55.3% Above average
Read 281
Write 292
Mixed 275
SusWrite 306
65% 288 MB/s
4K Read 11.3
4K Write 40.3
4K Mixed 12.1
54% 21.2 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 201
154% 206 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,882,896 SSDs tested

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Typical WALRAM 256GB Builds (Compare 772 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 126%
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Desktop
Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 119%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B660 DS3H AX DDR4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel  $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples247x
Core i5-12400Intel  $158Bench 98%, 17,352 samples71x
Core i5-12600KFIntel  $160Bench 109%, 40,032 samples53x
GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples115x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples108x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples60x
SSD
WALRAM 256GBBench 123%, 44 samples1x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples44x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples25x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $473

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $289Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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