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Lexar

NM6A1 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2022.

Average Bench: 149% (166th of 1079)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: Lexar SSD NM6A1 256GB
Poor: 83%Average: 149% Great: 193%

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Outstanding average bench

The Lexar NM6A1 256GB averaged 48.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lexar NM6A1 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 486MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 942MB/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 Write Speed 73.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 638MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 166149%
Min Avg Max
504 Read 976 1,200
593 Write 942 1,152
573 Mixed 882 1,040
575 SusWrite 638 736
193% 860 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.2 4K Read 38.5 59.3
24.8 4K Write 73.9 104
17.9 4K Mixed 48 66.7
159% 53.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
364 DQ Read 568 999
180 DQ Write 381 635
210 DQ Mixed 486 691
359% 478 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN10660
SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 1025 1016 899 256 251 MB/s
193% Outstanding
Read 1,155
Write 1,083
Mixed 956
SusWrite 736
221% 983 MB/s
4K Read 49.8
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 63
211% 71.9 MB/s
DQ Read 999
DQ Write 635
DQ Mixed 691
549% 775 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 9139
SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 959 782 348 342 346 MB/s
168% Outstanding
Read 1,046
Write 1,152
Mixed 1,040
SusWrite 616
217% 963 MB/s
4K Read 59.3
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 66.7
231% 76.8 MB/s
DQ Read 451
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 535
355% 426 MB/s
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 9139
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1097 1069 651 322 322 279 MB/s
151% Outstanding
Read 1,200
Write 941
Mixed 962
SusWrite 623
209% 931 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 63.2
4K Mixed 44.6
145% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 460
DQ Write 415
DQ Mixed 506
361% 460 MB/s
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 9139
SusWrite @10s intervals: 539 523 731 518 549 591 MB/s
83.3% Excellent
Read 504
Write 593
Mixed 573
SusWrite 575
127% 561 MB/s
4K Read 9.2
4K Write 24.8
4K Mixed 17.9
50% 17.3 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 210
172% 251 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,134,323 SSDs tested

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Gaming 17%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 16%
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Motherboard: Intel NUC11PABi5

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 68%, 82,426 samples579x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples557x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples2x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples2x
SSD
NM6A1 256GBLexarBench 149%, 4 samples1x
RAM
CBD32D4S2S1MF-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 72%, 127 samples22x
KF3200C20S4/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 80%, 1,312 samples12x
Limited KD48GS881-26N1900 2x8GBEssencoreBench 77%, 20 samples12x
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