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BC901 SK hynix 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2022.

Average Bench: 165% (136th of 1072)

Based on 130 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe BC901 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
Poor: 88%Average: 165% Great: 279%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme BC901 SK hynix 256GB averaged 65.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme BC901 SK hynix 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 522MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,236MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme BC901 SK hynix 256GB is 191%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme BC901 SK hynix 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 28.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 101MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 130 samples)
Rank 136165%
Min Avg Max
598 Read 1,254 2,091
522 Write 1,236 2,168
456 Mixed 1,092 1821
221 SusWrite 759 1,200
244% 1,085 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.7 4K Read 41.4 64.6
25.3 4K Write 101 247
12.4 4K Mixed 28.4 47.7
153% 56.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
212 DQ Read 616 1,045
107 DQ Write 457 1,439
157 DQ Mixed 522 1,111
394% 531 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 51005151 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1724 1696 1764 269 277 228 MB/s
230% Outstanding
Read 1,478
Write 2,063
Mixed 1,664
SusWrite 993
350% 1,550 MB/s
4K Read 49.7
4K Write 195
4K Mixed 39.5
229% 94.6 MB/s
DQ Read 998
DQ Write 950
DQ Mixed 906
699% 951 MB/s
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 51006151 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1663 1742 570 273 581 588 MB/s
226% Outstanding
Read 1,754
Write 1,796
Mixed 1,534
SusWrite 903
336% 1,497 MB/s
4K Read 51.9
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 35.3
204% 79.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,028
DQ Write 845
DQ Mixed 923
695% 932 MB/s
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 51005151 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 939 997 752 454 95 201 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,463
Write 1,333
Mixed 1,285
SusWrite 573
261% 1,163 MB/s
4K Read 49.5
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 36.8
180% 65.2 MB/s
DQ Read 517
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 409
302% 405 MB/s
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 51005151 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 545 342 341 300 282 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 1,619
Write 1,491
Mixed 841
SusWrite 376
241% 1,082 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 7.9
128% 53.8 MB/s
DQ Read 563
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 244
231% 369 MB/s
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Typical BC901 SK hynix 256GB Builds (Compare 1,898 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Dell Latitude 3520

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples1,085x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples555x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples108x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,702x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples117x
GeForce MX450NvidiaBench 29%, 1,913 samples30x
SSD
BC901 SK hynix 256GBNvmeBench 165%, 130 samples1x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples386x
M471A1G44BB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 34%, 7,899 samples145x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,085 samples106x
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