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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 74.9% (574th of 1071)

Based on 84 user benchmarks.  Model: LZT-256
Poor: 61%Average: 74.9% Great: 87%

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Good average bench

The LZT-256 256GB averaged 25.0% 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 94.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.3MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LZT-256 256GB is 25.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the LZT-256 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 104MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 178MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 84 samples)
Rank 57474.9%
Min Avg Max
342 Read 443 504
193 Write 376 419
235 Mixed 320 453
182 SusWrite 349 402
83.6% 372 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.2 4K Read 24.3 28.4
27.2 4K Write 45.4 61.4
12.9 4K Mixed 25.4 33.7
93.4% 31.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.5 DQ Read 178 208
58.8 DQ Write 104 117
13.5 DQ Mixed 94.3 125
82.7% 125 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
81GB free
Firmware: ZZA3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 331 370 405 405 390 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 358
Write 384
Mixed 270
SusWrite 363
78% 344 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 47.4
4K Mixed 26.6
95% 32.5 MB/s
DQ Read 206
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 125
103% 149 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZZA3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 371 352 301 136 91 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 472
Write 398
Mixed 299
SusWrite 273
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 45.6
4K Mixed 26.2
95% 32 MB/s
DQ Read 201
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 124
101% 146 MB/s
104GB free
Firmware: ZZA3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 388 388 388 375 370 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 471
Write 381
Mixed 308
SusWrite 382
86% 386 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 33.2
4K Mixed 20.6
75% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 20.9
DQ Write 34.3
DQ Mixed 20.4
18% 25.2 MB/s
114GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZZA3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 287 262 315 326 302 MB/s
58.6% Above average
Read 375
Write 318
Mixed 231
SusWrite 288
68% 303 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 34.7
4K Mixed 21
79% 26 MB/s
DQ Read 26
DQ Write 53.3
DQ Mixed 31.3
26% 36.9 MB/s
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZZA3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 270 134 231 271 288 MB/s
51.5% Above average
Read 347
Write 274
Mixed 208
SusWrite 243
60% 268 MB/s
4K Read 15.7
4K Write 36
4K Mixed 19.5
68% 23.7 MB/s
DQ Read 25.1
DQ Write 53.3
DQ Mixed 29.8
25% 36.1 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,749,567 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 44%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 39%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples434x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples383x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples296x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples104x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples104x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples100x
SSD
LZT-256 256GBBench 75%, 84 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $732

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