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SSDSC2KF256H6 SATA 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 69.1% (684th of 1072)

Based on 1,321 user benchmarks.  Model: INTEL SSDSC2KF256H6 SATA 256GB
Poor: 46%Average: 69.1% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The Intel SSDSC2KF256H6 SATA 256GB averaged 30.9% 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 174MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.3MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDSC2KF256H6 SATA 256GB is 40%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Intel SSDSC2KF256H6 SATA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 117MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 286MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,321 samples)
Rank 68469.1%
Min Avg Max
328 Read 420 485
118 Write 286 433
148 Mixed 289 401
90.8 SusWrite 117 131
61.9% 278 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.3 4K Read 23.6 30.7
32.1 4K Write 66.9 98.6
14.4 4K Mixed 33.3 45.5
114% 41.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
72.1 DQ Read 247 275
65.2 DQ Write 190 316
59 DQ Mixed 174 228
142% 204 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
238GB free
Firmware: LBFD16N
SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 108 104 104 104 105 MB/s
80.1% Excellent
Read 436
Write 399
Mixed 379
SusWrite 135
76% 337 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 90
4K Mixed 37.2
135% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 272
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 218
184% 266 MB/s
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LBFD16N
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 138 98 101 101 96 MB/s
70.3% Very good
Read 438
Write 426
Mixed 226
SusWrite 113
67% 301 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 71.3
4K Mixed 36.6
125% 44.8 MB/s
DQ Read 206
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 174
124% 161 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LBFD07N
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 175 104 105 105 105 MB/s
68.9% Good
Read 454
Write 375
Mixed 284
SusWrite 122
69% 309 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 56.6
4K Mixed 29.8
103% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 230
180% 246 MB/s
176GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LBFD16N
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 162 99 100 100 95 MB/s
62.3% Good
Read 393
Write 275
Mixed 280
SusWrite 115
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 44.7
4K Mixed 34.3
96% 32.7 MB/s
DQ Read 272
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 208
150% 198 MB/s
153GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LBFD16N
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 128 104 106 105 103 MB/s
61.8% Good
Read 386
Write 151
Mixed 156
SusWrite 119
45% 203 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 47.9
4K Mixed 29.7
96% 33.1 MB/s
DQ Read 274
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 118
110% 174 MB/s
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LBFD16N
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 132 99 100 104 100 MB/s
52.3% Above average
Read 355
Write 197
Mixed 237
SusWrite 113
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 33.7
4K Mixed 23.8
75% 25 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 111
99% 152 MB/s
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Gaming 6%
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Desktop 51%
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Workstation 6%
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System: Dell Inspiron 5567

CPU
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples1,306x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples1,003x
Core i3-6006UIntelBench 36%, 47,111 samples118x
GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples2,421x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples118x
Radeon R7 M445AMDBench 7%, 623 samples45x
SSD
SSDSC2KF256H6 SATA 256GBIntelBench 69%, 1,321 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples639x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples222x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 1x8GBMicronBench 36%, 24,227 samples199x
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