KSM

256GB SSD 256GB

256GB SSD 256GB
BENCHMARKS (5)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -133%Effective Speed -133%Average Score -165%Read -24%, Write -123%, 4K Read -172%, 4K Write -222%, Mixed -127%, 4K Mixed -131%, SusWrite -356%Peak Score -88%Read -10%, Write -23%, 4K Read -105%, 4K Write -146%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite -287%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -26%DQ Read -153%, DQ Write -69%, DQ Mixed -76%, ADQ Read -144%, ADQ Write -101%, ADQ Mixed -94%, Age 530%, AS-SSD Total -98%

Average Bench: 42.2% (932^nd of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks. Model: KSM 256GB SSD

Poor: 21%Average: 42.2% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The KSM 256GB SSD 256GB averaged 57.8% 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 Mixed IO Speed 134MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 369MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 65MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 158MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)

Rank 93242.2%

Min	Avg	Max
298	Read 369	462
39.3	Write 182	395
5.7	Mixed 158	362
34.1	SusWrite 65	100
42.6% 194 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7.7	4K Read 12.6	21
3.6	4K Write 27.2	49.8
0.2	4K Mixed 19.5	44
58.3% 19.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
118	DQ Read 134	145
52.4	DQ Write 144	212
74.4	DQ Mixed 134	188
102% 138 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PHL-User, 8 months ago.

143GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H220115

SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 125 18 10 6.7 6.3 MB/s

60.7% Good

Write 39.3

Mixed 43.3

SusWrite 43.9

31% 147 MB/s

4K Read 9.6

4K Write 44.8

4K Mixed 44

95% 32.8 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 194

DQ Mixed 154

120% 164 MB/s

BGD-User, 5 months ago.

109GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H220115

SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 116 52 41 28 36 MB/s

58.5% Above average

Write 395

Mixed 362

SusWrite 96.1

70% 313 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 49.8

4K Mixed 27.1

93% 32.6 MB/s

DQ Read 140

DQ Write 212

DQ Mixed 188

139% 180 MB/s

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System: HP Laptop 15-bs0xx

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Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples	1,143x
Core i3-6006UIntelBench 36%, 47,111 samples	953x
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples	609x

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HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	2,323x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	940x
HD GraphicsIntelBench 1%, 60,712 samples	387x

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256GB SSD 256GBKSMBench 42%, 5 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	375x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	350x
M471A1K43BB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 42,779 samples	182x

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256GB SSD 256GB

Average Bench: 42.2% (932^nd of 1072)

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