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Ne-256

2280 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2022.

Average Bench: 171% (132nd of 1071)

Based on 216 user benchmarks.  Model: NE-256 2280
Poor: 88%Average: 171% Great: 250%

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Outstanding average bench

The Ne-256 2280 256GB averaged 71.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Ne-256 2280 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 450MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,484MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ne-256 2280 256GB is 161%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Ne-256 2280 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 648MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 216 samples)
Rank 132171%
Min Avg Max
366 Read 1,484 1,869
297 Write 1,238 2,046
347 Mixed 992 1,390
210 SusWrite 648 1,108
244% 1,091 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.8 4K Read 39.6 55.7
29.1 4K Write 95 188
13.6 4K Mixed 37.7 74.7
159% 57.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
248 DQ Read 555 1,256
148 DQ Write 550 1,010
180 DQ Mixed 450 910
366% 518 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN6329
SusWrite @10s intervals: 732 777 795 470 44 18 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,701
Write 843
Mixed 823
SusWrite 473
212% 960 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 66.6
4K Mixed 45.5
148% 49.3 MB/s
DQ Read 548
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 439
321% 425 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0721A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 337 181 342 190 320 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 1603
Write 867
Mixed 1,028
SusWrite 268
208% 941 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 30.3
163% 60.6 MB/s
DQ Read 413
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 129
154% 273 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: VC2S0390
SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 556 598 623 630 629 MB/s
141% Outstanding
Read 666
Write 637
Mixed 544
SusWrite 578
136% 606 MB/s
4K Read 36.4
4K Write 66.4
4K Mixed 44.9
148% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 758
DQ Write 737
DQ Mixed 468
428% 654 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN6329
SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 773 339 48 30 24 MB/s
139% Outstanding
Read 1,350
Write 768
Mixed 775
SusWrite 302
177% 799 MB/s
4K Read 36.6
4K Write 64.9
4K Mixed 45.5
148% 49 MB/s
DQ Read 604
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 480
351% 465 MB/s
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Motherboard: Intel X99H

CPU
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples337x
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples182x
Xeon E5-2650 v4IntelBench 66%, 1,056 samples99x
GPU
RX 580-2048SPAMDBench 41%, 38,816 samples99x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples86x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples68x
SSD
2280 256GBNe-256Bench 171%, 216 samples1x
RAM
atermiter 1x16GBUnknownBench 36%, 988 samples151x
HMA42GR7MFR4N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 37%, 604 samples108x
DDR4 8GB 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 462 samples71x
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