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Release date ≈ Q2 2023.

Average Bench: 134% (173rd of 1071)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: SM2P41C8-256GC
Poor: 66%Average: 134% Great: 212%

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Outstanding average bench

The SM2P41C8-256GC 256GB averaged 33.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SM2P41C8-256GC 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 430MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 976MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SM2P41C8-256GC 256GB is 146%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SM2P41C8-256GC 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 22.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 72.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 173134%
Min Avg Max
327 Read 931 1,648
262 Write 976 1,846
283 Mixed 848 1,613
238 SusWrite 704 1,088
195% 864 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.7 4K Read 35 51.9
10.7 4K Write 72.9 182
5.9 4K Mixed 22.1 40.4
120% 43.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
129 DQ Read 521 773
28.6 DQ Write 309 862
62.3 DQ Mixed 430 796
316% 420 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1659 1048 325 436 462 428 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,422
Write 1,647
Mixed 1,346
SusWrite 726
289% 1,285 MB/s
4K Read 51.7
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 40.4
201% 75.5 MB/s
DQ Read 692
DQ Write 855
DQ Mixed 772
582% 773 MB/s
187GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 838 1189 793 1243 457 477 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 1,144
Write 1,280
Mixed 1054
SusWrite 833
243% 1,078 MB/s
4K Read 49.1
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 35.3
173% 61.8 MB/s
DQ Read 718
DQ Write 330
DQ Mixed 674
460% 574 MB/s
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 861 957 917 730 423 373 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 1,233
Write 1,361
Mixed 1,095
SusWrite 710
248% 1100 MB/s
4K Read 51
4K Write 97.4
4K Mixed 34.6
173% 61 MB/s
DQ Read 721
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 673
460% 575 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1193 1343 1247 406 455 443 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 997
Write 1,611
Mixed 1,235
SusWrite 848
266% 1,173 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 20.9
148% 67.6 MB/s
DQ Read 773
DQ Write 620
DQ Mixed 747
546% 713 MB/s
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 574 593 580 734 823 819 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 763
Write 630
Mixed 788
SusWrite 687
162% 717 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 63.5
4K Mixed 28.8
118% 41.1 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 328
229% 290 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 728 702 621 433 430 MB/s
72.4% Very good
Read 327
Write 392
Mixed 315
SusWrite 584
92% 404 MB/s
4K Read 11.7
4K Write 10.7
4K Mixed 5.9
31% 9.43 MB/s
DQ Read 483
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 345
252% 336 MB/s
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Typical SM2P41C8-256GC 256GB Builds (Compare 496 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
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Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
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System: HP ProBook 440 14 inch G9 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i5-1235UIntelBench 60%, 8,532 samples251x
Core i7-1255UIntelBench 65%, 11,564 samples116x
Pentium Gold 8505IntelBench 57%, 225 samples88x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 12%, 3,470 samples236x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 10%, 2,559 samples124x
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples122x
SSD
SM2P41C8-256GC 256GBBench 134%, 21 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 14,450 samples53x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 1x16GBHynixBench 44%, 4,293 samples52x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 20,752 samples43x
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