Average Bench: 115% (199th of 1071)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: NS256GSSD510
Poor: 93%Average: 115% Great: 138%

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Outstanding average bench

The NS256GSSD510 256GB averaged 15.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the NS256GSSD510 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 269MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 813MB/s

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 Random Mixed IO Speed 18.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 223MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Min Avg Max
471 Read 813 1,156
292 Write 605 918
569 Mixed 683 797
583 SusWrite 644 704
154% 686 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.9 4K Read 32.6 37.3
64.4 4K Write 66.9 69.5
14.7 4K Mixed 18.7 22.7
109% 39.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
290 DQ Read 312 334
206 DQ Write 223 239
248 DQ Mixed 269 290
201% 268 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0806A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 661 756 704 764 713 MB/s
Read 1,156
Write 918
Mixed 797
SusWrite 704
200% 894 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 69.5
4K Mixed 22.7
122% 43.2 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 239
DQ Mixed 290
216% 288 MB/s
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0806A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 595 638 580 504 626 MB/s
Read 471
Write 292
Mixed 569
SusWrite 583
108% 479 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 64.4
4K Mixed 14.7
95% 35.7 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 248
185% 248 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,751,294 SSDs tested

Typical NS256GSSD510 256GB Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: CSL UNITY F27B

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