Average Bench: 76.9% (536th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: PrincetonSSD 256GB (PSSD256GBCSU2-E7)
Poor: 58%Average: 76.9% Great: 89%

Good average bench

The Princetonssd 256GB (56GBCSU2-E7) 256GB averaged 23.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Princetonssd 256GB (56GBCSU2-E7) 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 150MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 79.8MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 261MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 266MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Min Avg Max
374 Read 440 492
234 Write 266 279
265 Mixed 290 352
251 SusWrite 261 275
70.2% 315 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.4 4K Read 23.5 28.2
52.2 4K Write 79.8 101
7.27 4K Mixed 29.7 40.2
116% 44.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.3 DQ Read 215 278
12.5 DQ Write 139 276
0.14 DQ Mixed 150 189
119% 168 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 272 277 277 278 277 MB/s
Read 402
Write 277
Mixed 265
SusWrite 275
68% 305 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 40.2
144% 55.7 MB/s
DQ Read 236
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 187
160% 233 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 271 270 255 233 213 MB/s
Read 456
Write 275
Mixed 276
SusWrite 252
70% 315 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 92.5
4K Mixed 38.2
141% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 12.5
DQ Mixed 184
124% 158 MB/s
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 282 228 237 229 250 MB/s
Read 374
Write 234
Mixed 272
SusWrite 251
63% 283 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 95.1
4K Mixed 32.7
124% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 189
157% 227 MB/s
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1126F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 277 276 274 247 274 MB/s
Read 476
Write 279
Mixed 287
SusWrite 268
73% 327 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 57.8
4K Mixed 30.2
102% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 86.9
DQ Mixed 189
136% 180 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: N1126F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Read 492
Write 267
Mixed 352
82% 370 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 52.2
4K Mixed 7.27
68% 26.6 MB/s
DQ Read 22.3
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 0.14
18% 41.7 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,658,497 SSDs tested

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