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SPEED 256GB

SPEED 256GB
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Effective Speed -72%Effective Speed -72%Average Score -72%Read -28%, Write -29%, 4K Read -76%, 4K Write -102%, Mixed -31%, 4K Mixed -215%, SusWrite -24%Peak Score -35%Read -5%, Write -20%, 4K Read -39%, 4K Write -58%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -99%, SusWrite -5%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -54%DQ Read -83%, DQ Write -28%, DQ Mixed -145%, ADQ Read -194%, ADQ Write -33%, ADQ Mixed -355%, Age 452%, AS-SSD Total -50%

Average Bench: 57.2% (829^th of 1072)

Based on 102 user benchmarks. Model: MAX SPEED 256GB

Poor: 35%Average: 57.2% Great: 76%

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Average average bench

The MAX SPEED 256GB averaged 42.7% 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 Write Speed 218MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.5MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MAX SPEED 256GB is 41.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MAX SPEED 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 111MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 14.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 102 samples)

Rank 82957.2%

Min	Avg	Max
282	Read 358	484
206	Write 313	405
88.3	Mixed 274	362
122	SusWrite 240	367
66.5% 296 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.3	4K Read 19.5	31
15.2	4K Write 43.4	77.5
4.55	4K Mixed 14.3	29.3
70.9% 25.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
66.6	DQ Read 111	201
77.5	DQ Write 218	279
10.7	DQ Mixed 57.2	135
73.9% 129 MB/s

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

DZA-User, 1 month ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP2818E3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 306 318 303 290 200 MB/s

69.6% Good

Write 332

Mixed 312

SusWrite 286

78% 348 MB/s

4K Read 34

4K Write 56.7

4K Mixed 9.1

93% 33.3 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 185

DQ Mixed 11.8

53% 118 MB/s

PAK-User, 2 months ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP3105A3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 289 321 69 13 145 MB/s

49.5% Average

Write 371

Mixed 310

SusWrite 181

63% 277 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 61.7

4K Mixed 9.4

72% 29.8 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 243

DQ Mixed 15

58% 124 MB/s

BGD-User, 2 months ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP3105A3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 174 164 194 159 162 MB/s

42.1% Average

Write 215

Mixed 179

SusWrite 170

51% 228 MB/s

4K Read 10.6

4K Write 24.9

4K Mixed 7.2

38% 14.2 MB/s

DQ Read 121

DQ Write 168

DQ Mixed 14.9

48% 101 MB/s

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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	3,451x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	933x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	866x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	5,588x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x

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SPEED 256GBMAXBench 57%, 102 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	724x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	708x
HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 36%, 6,703 samples	283x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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