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SM0256G PCIe 251GB

SM0256G PCIe 251GB
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Effective Speed +51% Effective Speed 51%Average Score +59% Read 157%, Write 106%, 4K Read -0%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed 67%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite 148%Peak Score +91% Read 203%, Write 152%, 4K Read 0%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed 85%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite 209%Value & Sentiment User Rating -11%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +38% DQ Read 72%, DQ Write 11%, DQ Mixed 55%, ADQ Read 56%, ADQ Write 12%, ADQ Mixed 63%, Age -15%, AS-SSD Total 52%

Average Bench: 149% (157^th of 1072)

Based on 1,022 user benchmarks. Model: APPLE SSD SM0256G

Poor: 92%Average: 149% Great: 203%

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Outstanding average bench

The Apple SM0256G PCIe 251GB averaged 49.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apple SM0256G PCIe 251GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 423MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,174MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple SM0256G PCIe 251GB is 112%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Apple SM0256G PCIe 251GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 72.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 31.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,022 samples)

Rank 157149%

Min	Avg	Max
630	Read 1,174	1,534
241	Write 833	1,224
314	Mixed 599	784
259	SusWrite 735	1,197
186% 835 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.9	4K Read 34.2	43.1
11	4K Write 72.1	119
11.8	4K Mixed 31.7	52.3
131% 46 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
293	DQ Read 508	631
155	DQ Write 324	396
216	DQ Mixed 423	514
314% 418 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

NLD-User, 7 days ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BXW8SA0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1034 1088 1043 1022 1159 1137 MB/s

182% Outstanding

Write 1,062

Mixed 600

SusWrite 1,080

226% 1,010 MB/s

4K Read 36

4K Write 72.7

4K Mixed 44.2

150% 51 MB/s

DQ Read 436

DQ Write 347

DQ Mixed 396

295% 393 MB/s

IND-User, 11 days ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BXZ33A0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1028 1001 975 733 827 871 MB/s

140% Outstanding

Write 873

Mixed 556

SusWrite 906

192% 857 MB/s

4K Read 12.5

4K Write 45.8

4K Mixed 16.7

65% 25 MB/s

DQ Read 545

DQ Write 396

DQ Mixed 501

366% 481 MB/s

AUS-User, 4 days ago.

49GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BXW3SA0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 5 5.4 7.9 6.8 11 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 12.2

Mixed 16.9

SusWrite 7.8

58% 279 MB/s

4K Read 195

4K Write 1.1

4K Mixed 1.6

298% 65.8 MB/s

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Typical SM0256G PCIe 251GB Builds (Compare 275 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Apple MacBookPro12,1

CPU
Core i5-5257UIntelBench 55%, 3,465 samples	175x
Core i7-5557UIntelBench 61%, 1,590 samples	51x
Core i5-5287UIntelBench 58%, 444 samples	49x

GPU
Iris Pro HD 6100 (Mobile)IntelBench 6%, 5,403 samples	275x

SSD
SM0256G PCIe 251GBAppleBench 149%, 1,022 samples	59x

RAM
0x483943434E4E4E424C54414C41522D4E5544 2x4GBUnknownBench 55%, 671 samples	79x
0x4B3445364533303445452D45474346 2x4GBUnknownBench 55%, 545 samples	54x
0x4544464132333241324D412D4A442D46 2x4GBUnknownBench 56%, 474 samples	49x

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