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KBG50ZNV256G KIOXIA 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 143% (164th of 1072)

Based on 129 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe KBG50ZNV256G KIOXIA
Poor: 88%Average: 143% Great: 251%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KBG50ZNV256G KIOXIA 256GB averaged 43.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KBG50ZNV256G KIOXIA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 454MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,189MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KBG50ZNV256G KIOXIA 256GB is 163%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KBG50ZNV256G KIOXIA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 417MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 77MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 129 samples)
Rank 164143%
Min Avg Max
714 Read 1,189 2,022
471 Write 874 1,514
471 Mixed 808 1,314
294 SusWrite 417 509
183% 822 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.6 4K Read 39.8 57.2
26.3 4K Write 77 167
20.2 4K Mixed 47.7 87.2
162% 54.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
256 DQ Read 573 1,204
102 DQ Write 327 1,063
182 DQ Mixed 454 1,127
337% 451 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP01AN00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1227 389 391 382 398 400 MB/s
276% Outstanding
Read 1,984
Write 1,519
Mixed 1,328
SusWrite 531
299% 1,340 MB/s
4K Read 62.8
4K Write 212
4K Mixed 95.4
330% 124 MB/s
DQ Read 1,551
DQ Write 1,250
DQ Mixed 1,326
1,013% 1,376 MB/s
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP01AN00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1265 396 389 395 392 398 MB/s
267% Outstanding
Read 2,009
Write 1,357
Mixed 1,352
SusWrite 539
292% 1,314 MB/s
4K Read 62.8
4K Write 195
4K Mixed 93
318% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 1,390
DQ Write 1,090
DQ Mixed 1,208
913% 1,229 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP01AN00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 443 444 446 448 448 MB/s
177% Outstanding
Read 1,540
Write 727
Mixed 966
SusWrite 455
204% 922 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 94
4K Mixed 46
170% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 995
DQ Write 627
DQ Mixed 558
484% 726 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 17%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation 16%
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System: HP Laptop 15-dy2xxx

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples1,252x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples506x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples378x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,758x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples897x
Xe GraphicsIntelBench 8%, 1 sample1x
SSD
KBG50ZNV256G KIOXIA 256GBNvmeBench 143%, 129 samples1x
RAM
M471A5244CB0-CWE 2x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 26,749 samples674x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 2x4GBHynixBench 71%, 7,522 samples338x
NT8GA64D88CX3S-JR 1x8GBNanyaBench 35%, 3,823 samples147x
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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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