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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 59.9% (802nd of 1072)

Based on 175 user benchmarks.  Model: RTNRB256RFM4KWDL
Poor: 44%Average: 59.9% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The RTNRB256RFM4KWDL 256GB averaged 40.1% 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 116MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 214MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the RTNRB256RFM4KWDL 256GB is 30.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the RTNRB256RFM4KWDL 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 186MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 250MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 175 samples)
Rank 80259.9%
Min Avg Max
319 Read 410 477
226 Write 265 299
182 Mixed 250 343
116 SusWrite 186 268
61.9% 278 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.48 4K Read 14.3 21.1
15.7 4K Write 46.4 71.9
6.92 4K Mixed 17.9 27.4
69.1% 26.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11 DQ Read 214 310
50.4 DQ Write 214 280
9.27 DQ Mixed 116 165
114% 182 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
82GB free
Firmware: R2001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 196 156 163 148 147 MB/s
75.3% Very good
Read 465
Write 271
Mixed 242
SusWrite 166
63% 286 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 69.9
4K Mixed 29.8
110% 40.9 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 163
155% 244 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: R2001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 224 179 164 168 168 MB/s
64.5% Good
Read 449
Write 259
Mixed 110
SusWrite 189
56% 252 MB/s
4K Read 5.3
4K Write 51.6
4K Mixed 26.5
69% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 309
DQ Write 252
DQ Mixed 163
154% 241 MB/s
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R2001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 232 174 177 197 173 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 390
Write 268
Mixed 216
SusWrite 198
60% 268 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 32.6
4K Mixed 19.6
67% 22.9 MB/s
DQ Read 284
DQ Write 252
DQ Mixed 155
147% 230 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R2001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 108 154 135 94 74 MB/s
45.4% Average
Read 330
Write 258
Mixed 193
SusWrite 122
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 10.1
4K Write 30.9
4K Mixed 15
51% 18.7 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 159
DQ Mixed 145
123% 182 MB/s
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R2001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 176 163 161 143 144 MB/s
45.3% Average
Read 348
Write 255
Mixed 193
SusWrite 167
54% 241 MB/s
4K Read 12.9
4K Write 24.6
4K Mixed 11.1
47% 16.2 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 112
97% 144 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,739,837 SSDs tested

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Desktop 45%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Lenovo 80UD

CPU
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 43%, 24,116 samples315x
Core i3-6006UIntelBench 36%, 47,111 samples231x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples212x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples802x
HD Graphics 510IntelBench 2%, 6,504 samples121x
Radeon R5 M330AMDBench 5%, 3,202 samples5x
SSD
RTNRB256RFM4KWDL 256GBBench 60%, 175 samples1x
RAM
4ATF51264HZ-2G2AZ 1x4GBMicronBench 34%, 1,370 samples187x
M471A5244BB0-CPB 1x4GBSamsungBench 34%, 3,449 samples118x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 1x4GBSamsungBench 32%, 40,829 samples69x
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