Nforce

256 256GB - THN16

256 256GB - THN16
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Effective Speed -64%Effective Speed -64%Average Score -93%Read -22%, Write -28%, 4K Read -85%, 4K Write -82%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -404%, SusWrite 3%Peak Score -91%Read -10%, Write -26%, 4K Read -65%, 4K Write -94%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -407%, SusWrite -8%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -368%DQ Read -138%, DQ Write -32%, DQ Mixed -2,051%, ADQ Read -131%, ADQ Write -38%, ADQ Mixed -1,732%, Age 1,251%, AS-SSD Total -72%

Average Bench: 60% (801^st of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: NFORCE 256 256GB - THN16

Poor: 53%Average: 60% Great: 75%

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Above average average bench

The Nforce 256 256GB - THN16 averaged 39.9% 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 Write Speed 209MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.6MB/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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 14.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 8.93MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 80160%

Min	Avg	Max
327	Read 375	459
274	Write 316	385
242	Mixed 276	338
268	SusWrite 304	358
71.4% 318 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.3	4K Read 18.6	26
39.8	4K Write 48.2	63.1
6.8	4K Mixed 8.93	11.5
65.1% 25.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
124	DQ Read 141	154
150	DQ Write 209	271
11.4	DQ Mixed 14.2	15.4
55.8% 121 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IND-User, 6 months ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HC2705H3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 353 350 363 364 367 MB/s

74.7% Very good

Write 385

Mixed 338

SusWrite 358

86% 385 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 63.1

4K Mixed 11.5

88% 33.5 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 271

DQ Mixed 15.4

67% 147 MB/s

IND-User, 7 months ago.

189GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HC2705H3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 247 254 289 236 299 MB/s

56.9% Above average

Write 277

Mixed 242

SusWrite 268

64% 287 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 40.9

4K Mixed 7.7

63% 23.1 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 217

DQ Mixed 15.2

59% 129 MB/s

IND-User, 5 months ago.

204GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP3414B5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 271 327 304 378 381 MB/s

55.9% Above average

Write 328

Mixed 261

SusWrite 318

71% 315 MB/s

4K Read 12.3

4K Write 49

4K Mixed 6.8

53% 22.7 MB/s

DQ Read 124

DQ Write 199

DQ Mixed 11.4

51% 111 MB/s

IND-User, 5 months ago.

202GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HC2705H3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 273 275 272 270 296 MB/s

52.5% Above average

Write 274

Mixed 265

SusWrite 274

64% 285 MB/s

4K Read 15.2

4K Write 39.8

4K Mixed 9.7

56% 21.6 MB/s

DQ Read 132

DQ Write 150

DQ Mixed 14.9

46% 98.7 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision T1700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	564x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	339x
Xeon E3-1241 v3Intel $209Bench 75%, 3,580 samples	227x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	248x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	167x
Quadro K600NvidiaBench 3%, 8,087 samples	159x

SSD
256 256GB - THN16NforceBench 60%, 4 samples	1x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	78x
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 3,905 samples	48x
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 7,869 samples	41x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $150

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Nforce

256 256GB - THN16

Average Bench: 60% (801^st of 1072)

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256 256GB - THN16

Average Bench: 60% (801st of 1072)

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Average Bench: 60% (801^st of 1072)