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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 151% (154th of 1072)

Based on 101 user benchmarks.  Model: SM2P32A8-256GC1
Poor: 77%Average: 151% Great: 213%

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Outstanding average bench

The SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GB averaged 50.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 453MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,070MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GB is 136%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 78.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 356MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 101 samples)
Rank 154151%
Min Avg Max
581 Read 1,163 2,046
237 Write 1,070 1,492
306 Mixed 890 1,262
131 SusWrite 674 907
213% 949 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.81 4K Read 31.3 50.6
21.8 4K Write 78.2 139
11.4 4K Mixed 42.5 70.5
143% 50.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
172 DQ Read 356 394
98.9 DQ Write 481 910
138 DQ Mixed 453 583
332% 430 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1325 1280 243 222 149 126 MB/s
160% Outstanding
Read 1,341
Write 1,484
Mixed 1059
SusWrite 558
249% 1,110 MB/s
4K Read 42.6
4K Write 89.1
4K Mixed 50.3
176% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 393
DQ Write 386
DQ Mixed 467
329% 415 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 1020 1155 652 403 181 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 952
Write 1,231
Mixed 792
SusWrite 708
208% 921 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 84.6
4K Mixed 43.1
152% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 417
DQ Mixed 432
307% 386 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1090 1120 1118 829 230 199 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 1072
Write 1,283
Mixed 1,052
SusWrite 764
235% 1,043 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 47.5
4K Mixed 35.9
118% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 269
202% 273 MB/s
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 831 773 805 696 213 191 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 758
Write 792
Mixed 695
SusWrite 585
159% 708 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 46.1
4K Mixed 38.9
114% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 403
290% 373 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 213 196 174 145 104 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 423
Write 231
Mixed 319
SusWrite 174
64% 286 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 63.9
4K Mixed 34.7
132% 44.6 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 234
187% 269 MB/s
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 161 138 106 100 76 MB/s
63.8% Good
Read 494
Write 219
Mixed 230
SusWrite 120
58% 266 MB/s
4K Read 5.1
4K Write 43.6
4K Mixed 32.5
72% 27.1 MB/s
DQ Read 349
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 320
227% 293 MB/s
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Desktop 52%
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Workstation 10%
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CPU
Core i3-1005G1IntelBench 44%, 22,960 samples377x
Core i5-1035G1IntelBench 51%, 53,170 samples285x
Core i7-1065G7IntelBench 53%, 58,314 samples43x
GPU
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples662x
Iris Plus G7IntelBench 9%, 52,498 samples43x
GeForce RTX 3090 TiNvidiaBench 7%, 1 sample1x
SSD
SM2P32A8-256GC1 256GBBench 151%, 101 samples1x
RAM
4ATF51264HZ-3G2J1 Hynix HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 8GBMicronBench 71%, 1,143 samples124x
M471A5244CB0-CWE Hynix HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 8GBSamsungBench 57%, 2,191 samples112x
M471A5244CB0-CWE 1x4GBSamsungBench 34%, 6,590 samples89x
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