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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 95.7% (276th of 1072)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD 256GB
Poor: 45%Average: 95.7% Great: 143%

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Excellent average bench

The SSD 256GB 240GB averaged just 4.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SSD 256GB 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 234MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 900MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 256GB 240GB is 97.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SSD 256GB 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 239MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 16.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 27695.7%
Min Avg Max
301 Read 900 1546
168 Write 661 1,149
191 Mixed 579 948
114 SusWrite 239 310
132% 595 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.7 4K Read 28.3 44.7
11 4K Write 75.5 121
5.3 4K Mixed 16.8 24.7
104% 40.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
79.7 DQ Read 357 685
71.9 DQ Write 310 625
14.4 DQ Mixed 234 470
202% 300 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1218A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 766 156 150 152 155 154 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 1,176
Write 1,144
Mixed 895
SusWrite 255
194% 868 MB/s
4K Read 47.5
4K Write 164
4K Mixed 21.8
187% 77.8 MB/s
DQ Read 689
DQ Write 789
DQ Mixed 462
425% 647 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HT3130A2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 302 294 334 325 307 MB/s
71.3% Very good
Read 471
Write 287
Mixed 278
SusWrite 310
75% 336 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 80.5
4K Mixed 13.4
96% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 96.5
DQ Write 168
DQ Mixed 15.7
45% 93.5 MB/s
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HT3130A2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 226 263 312 281 283 MB/s
66.3% Good
Read 464
Write 338
Mixed 269
SusWrite 258
74% 332 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 66.7
4K Mixed 11.1
94% 35.8 MB/s
DQ Read 79.7
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 15.2
41% 84.5 MB/s
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HT3130A2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 196 241 258 327 287 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 447
Write 332
Mixed 265
SusWrite 256
73% 325 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 12.8
77% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 95.6
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 15.2
42% 88.5 MB/s
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HT3130A2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 198 208 304 314 325 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 381
Write 168
Mixed 191
SusWrite 251
55% 248 MB/s
4K Read 12.4
4K Write 15.4
4K Mixed 8.7
38% 12.2 MB/s
DQ Read 83.6
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 14.4
40% 83.2 MB/s
207GB free
Firmware: HT3130A2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 140 138 155 164 150 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 323
Write 291
Mixed 240
SusWrite 149
56% 251 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 33.5
4K Mixed 9.9
59% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 93.4
DQ Write 168
DQ Mixed 15.4
44% 92.2 MB/s
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HCS1A25E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 156 224 72 47 38 MB/s
29.5% Poor
Read 301
Write 234
Mixed 223
SusWrite 114
49% 218 MB/s
4K Read 5.7
4K Write 11
4K Mixed 5.3
21% 7.33 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 71.9
DQ Mixed 18
33% 66.9 MB/s
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Gaming 76%
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Desktop 77%
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Workstation 79%
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System: Huananzhi X99-F8

CPU
Xeon E5-2678 v3IntelBench 71%, 6,301 samples137x
Xeon E5-2680 v4IntelBench 72%, 1,639 samples59x
Xeon E5-2680 v3IntelBench 71%, 1,417 samples32x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples41x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples29x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples23x
SSD
256GB 240GBSSDBench 96%, 12 samples1x
RAM
HNMI8GD4240D0 4x8GBUnknownBench 91%, 126 samples23x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples23x
Atermiter 2x16GBUnknownBench 65%, 839 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $283

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