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SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GB

SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GB
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Effective Speed +57% Effective Speed 57%Average Score +79% Read 125%, Write 136%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed 137%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite 119%Peak Score +118% Read 177%, Write 204%, 4K Read 28%, 4K Write 46%, Mixed 187%, 4K Mixed 36%, SusWrite 151%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +105% DQ Read 7%, DQ Write 158%, DQ Mixed 76%, ADQ Read 19%, ADQ Write 81%, ADQ Mixed 93%, Age 330%, AS-SSD Total 75%

Average Bench: 155% (148^th of 1072)

Based on 20 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe SM2P32A8-256GC1

Poor: 73%Average: 155% Great: 203%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GB averaged 54.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 502MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 524MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GB is 130%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 389MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 648MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)

Rank 148155%

Min	Avg	Max
456	Read 1,031	1,404
131	Write 958	1,472
212	Mixed 852	1,214
120	SusWrite 648	970
196% 872 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.1	4K Read 38	54.9
35.7	4K Write 101	179
10.3	4K Mixed 49.4	79.1
174% 62.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
354	DQ Read 389	394
121	DQ Write 524	924
208	DQ Mixed 502	584
366% 471 MB/s

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BRA-User, 7 months ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC0S0304 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1379 1361 1427 267 211 200 MB/s

188% Outstanding

Write 1,401

Mixed 1,162

SusWrite 807

265% 1,179 MB/s

4K Read 40.1

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 58.3

189% 66.5 MB/s

DQ Read 394

DQ Write 749

DQ Mixed 581

439% 575 MB/s

BRA-User, 7 months ago.

113GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC0S0304 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1065 1249 1131 653 236 188 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 908

Mixed 882

SusWrite 753

192% 852 MB/s

4K Read 34.6

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 45.2

173% 66 MB/s

DQ Read 391

DQ Write 682

DQ Mixed 576

426% 550 MB/s

BRA-User, 6 months ago.

80GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC0S0304 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1075 1134 925 218 205 133 MB/s

148% Outstanding

Write 1119

Mixed 902

SusWrite 615

212% 944 MB/s

4K Read 29.3

4K Write 71.6

4K Mixed 45.5

141% 48.8 MB/s

DQ Read 393

DQ Write 531

DQ Mixed 511

372% 478 MB/s

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Workstation 15%

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System: Asus VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X513EAN_X513EAN

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Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples	31x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples	15x

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Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	46x

SSD
SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GBNvmeBench 155%, 20 samples	12x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CWE Smart SMS4WEC3C0K0446SCG 8GBSamsungBench 67%, 49 samples	24x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE M471A1K43DB1-CWE 16GBSamsungBench 73%, 829 samples	4x
M471A5244CB0-CWE Kingston HX432S22IB/16 20GBSamsungBench 46%, 3 samples	3x

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Nvme

SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GB

Average Bench: 155% (148^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 155% (148th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 155% (148^th of 1072)