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Laufwerk 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 94.9% (279th of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: Laufwerk
Poor: 34%Average: 94.9% Great: 316%

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Excellent average bench

The Laufwerk 256GB averaged just 5.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Laufwerk 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 747MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 105MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Laufwerk 256GB is 282%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Laufwerk 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 55.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 360MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 27994.9%
Min Avg Max
308 Read 747 2,458
41.2 Write 360 1,422
84.5 Mixed 410 1,487
54.2 SusWrite 55.2 56.3
86.5% 393 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.9 4K Read 31.5 56.5
2.2 4K Write 75.1 252
3.9 4K Mixed 21.9 70.2
116% 42.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.4 DQ Read 346 929
57.5 DQ Write 284 774
20.2 DQ Mixed 105 327
136% 245 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXZ7
316% Outstanding
Read 2,458
Write 1,422
Mixed 1,487
395% 1,789 MB/s
4K Read 56.5
4K Write 252
4K Mixed 70.2
309% 126 MB/s
DQ Read 929
DQ Write 774
DQ Mixed 327
388% 677 MB/s
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
81% Excellent
Read 511
Write 328
Mixed 386
91% 409 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 99.7
4K Mixed 20.1
123% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 30.4
DQ Write 178
DQ Mixed 20.2
40% 76.2 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 69 63 45 47 43 MB/s
34.9% Below average
Read 434
Write 73
Mixed 122
SusWrite 56.3
37% 171 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 3.9
51% 11.9 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 68 54 41 45 46 MB/s
33.6% Below average
Read 425
Write 72.5
Mixed 114
SusWrite 54.2
36% 166 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 4.1
48% 11.3 MB/s

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Typical Laufwerk 256GB Builds (Compare 8,736 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples3,900x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples2,386x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples639x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples1,327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples811x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples738x
SSD
Laufwerk 256GBBench 95%, 6 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples300x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 120% - Outstanding Total price: $549

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