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SM0256L 251GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 184% (115th of 1072)

Based on 176 user benchmarks.  Model: APPLE SSD SM0256L
Poor: 137%Average: 184% Great: 224%

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Outstanding average bench

The Apple SM0256L 251GB averaged 84.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apple SM0256L 251GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 628MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,113MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple SM0256L 251GB is 86.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Apple SM0256L 251GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 51.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 24.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 176 samples)
Rank 115184%
Min Avg Max
890 Read 1,331 1,799
213 Write 1,030 1,435
204 Mixed 680 877
180 SusWrite 1,024 1,352
227% 1,016 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.7 4K Read 41.6 46.6
4.95 4K Write 51.4 138
6.7 4K Mixed 24.1 35.1
121% 39 MB/s
Min Avg Max
776 DQ Read 1,113 1,411
375 DQ Write 433 463
562 DQ Mixed 628 704
503% 725 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS8CA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1261 1322 1345 1289 1338 1405 MB/s
211% Outstanding
Read 1,571
Write 1,302
Mixed 809
SusWrite 1,327
281% 1,252 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 87.6
4K Mixed 34.3
132% 49.8 MB/s
DQ Read 738
DQ Write 459
DQ Mixed 594
444% 597 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS7CA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1031 1244 1385 1419 1427 1423 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,266
Write 1,032
Mixed 668
SusWrite 1,321
241% 1,072 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 72.9
4K Mixed 40.1
134% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 637
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 453
348% 480 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS6AA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1048 1029 1074 1013 1038 1028 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 1,131
Write 1,221
Mixed 720
SusWrite 1,038
231% 1,028 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 62.6
4K Mixed 26.5
100% 36.8 MB/s
DQ Read 640
DQ Write 430
DQ Mixed 582
421% 550 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS7LA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 747 751 756 753 729 746 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 921
Write 731
Mixed 644
SusWrite 747
171% 761 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 58.7
4K Mixed 39.2
132% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 494
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 415
298% 388 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,699,983 SSDs tested

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Typical SM0256L 251GB Builds (Compare 180 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

System: Apple MacBookPro14,3

CPU
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples80x
Core i7-7920HQIntelBench 71%, 1,337 samples51x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples48x
GPU
Radeon Pro 560AMDBench 18%, 1,125 samples122x
Radeon Pro 555AMDBench 15%, 604 samples39x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples6x
SSD
SM0256L 251GBAppleBench 184%, 176 samples12x
RAM
0x4D5435324C31473332443450472D30393320 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,090 samples106x
0x4B3445424533303445422D45474347202020 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 707 samples58x
0x483943434E4E4E434C47414C41522D4E5644 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 170 samples16x
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