Nforce

256M2 256GB-SSQX32

256M2 256GB-SSQX32
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Effective Speed -38%Effective Speed -38%Average Score -35%Read -24%, Write -15%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -84%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -71%, SusWrite 6%Peak Score -27%Read -14%, Write -11%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -90%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed -51%, SusWrite 3%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +3% DQ Read -66%, DQ Write -30%, DQ Mixed -27%, ADQ Read -73%, ADQ Write -54%, ADQ Mixed -29%, Age 350%, AS-SSD Total -46%

Average Bench: 71.3% (647^th of 1071)

Based on 5 user benchmarks. Model: NFORCE 256M2 256GB-SSQX32

Poor: 48%Average: 71.3% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The Nforce 256M2 256GB-SSQX32 averaged 28.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 201MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.8MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 189MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 315MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)

Rank 64771.3%

Min	Avg	Max
300	Read 369	446
308	Write 352	436
255	Mixed 330	411
232	SusWrite 315	397
77% 342 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.9	4K Read 22.8	34.8
22.3	4K Write 47.7	64.5
17.4	4K Mixed 26.3	38.7
93.4% 32.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
94.9	DQ Read 189	221
75.3	DQ Write 188	275
87.1	DQ Mixed 201	260
147% 193 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

IND-User, 21 months ago.

212GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H210928a

SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 273 354 310 329 348 MB/s

89% Excellent

Write 346

Mixed 353

SusWrite 322

80% 356 MB/s

4K Read 34.8

4K Write 64.5

4K Mixed 38.7

136% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 221

DQ Write 275

DQ Mixed 260

193% 252 MB/s

IND-User, 21 months ago.

200GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H210928a

SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 385 389 398 402 403 MB/s

88.3% Excellent

Write 436

Mixed 411

SusWrite 397

95% 422 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 56.4

4K Mixed 33.6

122% 40.7 MB/s

DQ Read 210

DQ Write 182

DQ Mixed 201

149% 198 MB/s

IND-User, 21 months ago.

208GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H210928a

SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 323 329 322 333 330 MB/s

69.9% Good

Write 336

Mixed 315

SusWrite 321

74% 329 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 63.9

4K Mixed 22.6

88% 34.3 MB/s

DQ Read 216

DQ Write 224

DQ Mixed 236

173% 225 MB/s

IND-User, 21 months ago.

208GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H210928a

SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 302 337 307 311 262 MB/s

61% Good

Write 334

Mixed 316

SusWrite 303

74% 327 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 31.2

4K Mixed 17.4

64% 21.7 MB/s

DQ Read 203

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 219

158% 202 MB/s

IND-User, 20 months ago.

211GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H210928a

SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 203 215 225 238 248 MB/s

48.1% Average

Write 308

Mixed 255

SusWrite 232

62% 274 MB/s

4K Read 13.9

4K Write 22.3

4K Mixed 19.1

57% 18.4 MB/s

DQ Read 94.9

DQ Write 75.3

DQ Mixed 87.1

65% 85.8 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 5%

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System: HP EliteBook 840 G3

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	3,462x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	938x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	868x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	5,606x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x

SSD
256M2 256GB-SSQX32NforceBench 71%, 5 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	726x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	710x
HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 36%, 6,703 samples	284x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Nforce

256M2 256GB-SSQX32

Average Bench: 71.3% (647^th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 71.3% (647th of 1071)

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