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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 60% (802nd of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: USB
Poor: 42%Average: 60% Great: 78%

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Average average bench

The USB 256GB averaged 40.0% 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 Mixed IO Speed 90.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.9MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB 256GB is 36.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the USB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 117MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 101MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 80260%
Min Avg Max
267 Read 352 418
50.3 Write 303 416
17.5 Mixed 232 412
49.4 SusWrite 273 401
65.1% 290 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.8 4K Read 18.9 27
12.2 4K Write 36 60.9
10.3 4K Mixed 22.1 33.8
76% 25.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.6 DQ Read 117 191
12.6 DQ Write 101 194
14.1 DQ Mixed 90.6 189
73% 103 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
108GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 310 340 339 339 338 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 370
Write 348
Mixed 300
SusWrite 315
75% 333 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 38
4K Mixed 25.2
80% 27.1 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 112
90% 126 MB/s
236GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 343 343 345 345 352 MB/s
60.6% Good
Read 332
Write 308
Mixed 288
SusWrite 346
72% 319 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 38
4K Mixed 18.2
69% 24.4 MB/s
DQ Read 79.2
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 37.1
50% 87.3 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 224 238 218 222 249 MB/s
48.6% Average
Read 323
Write 265
Mixed 149
SusWrite 234
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 38.6
4K Mixed 14.5
67% 23.9 MB/s
DQ Read 19.6
DQ Write 37.4
DQ Mixed 22.6
19% 26.5 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 57 126 81 81 132 MB/s
41.9% Average
Read 328
Write 274
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 85.1
39% 176 MB/s
4K Read 9.8
4K Write 27
4K Mixed 23.2
59% 20 MB/s
DQ Read 107
DQ Write 85
DQ Mixed 82.3
65% 91.6 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 10%
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Desktop
Desktop 63%
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Workstation 9%
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System: HP EliteDesk 800 G2 SFF

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples1,692x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples826x
Core i5-6600Intel  $139Bench 68%, 80,688 samples224x
GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples1,791x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples214x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples164x
SSD
USB 256GBBench 60%, 11 samples1x
RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 68%, 8,569 samples104x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 6,175 samples101x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 39%, 16,202 samples76x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $67

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