SK

hynix 256GB

hynix 256GB
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Effective Speed -35%Effective Speed -35%Average Score -41%Read -6%, Write -32%, 4K Read -65%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed -86%, SusWrite -47%Peak Score -17%Read 1%, Write -5%, 4K Read -37%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed 14%, 4K Mixed -34%, SusWrite -32%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -22%DQ Read -1%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -3%, ADQ Read -20%, ADQ Write -22%, ADQ Mixed -100%, Age -10%, AS-SSD Total -8%

Average Bench: 73% (611^th of 1072)

Based on 288 user benchmarks. Model: SK hynix

Poor: 49%Average: 73% Great: 101%

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Good average bench

The SK hynix 256GB averaged 27.0% 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 130MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 237MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix 256GB is 52.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SK hynix 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 202MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 308MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 288 samples)

Rank 61173%

Min	Avg	Max
305	Read 431	510
147	Write 308	462
173	Mixed 317	484
98	SusWrite 202	294
70.3% 314 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.16	4K Read 20.8	31.3
24.7	4K Write 63.1	98.5
11.6	4K Mixed 24.2	43.4
96% 36.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.6	DQ Read 273	363
64.8	DQ Write 237	325
14.8	DQ Mixed 130	322
132% 213 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

POL-User, 2 years ago.

127GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 250 221 238 230 231 MB/s

84.2% Excellent

Write 405

Mixed 372

SusWrite 249

83% 370 MB/s

4K Read 8.7

4K Write 85.8

4K Mixed 40.7

111% 45.1 MB/s

DQ Read 357

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 323

246% 333 MB/s

FRA-User, 20 months ago.

172GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 279 282 303 302 304 MB/s

76.7% Very good

Write 298

Mixed 268

SusWrite 293

71% 319 MB/s

4K Read 17.2

4K Write 94.2

4K Mixed 15.5

96% 42.3 MB/s

DQ Read 355

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 221

192% 287 MB/s

USA-User, 23 months ago.

110GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 30000P10

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 231 218 237 201 222 MB/s

68.7% Good

Write 235

Mixed 201

SusWrite 219

59% 265 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 63.8

4K Mixed 15.1

90% 34.3 MB/s

DQ Read 352

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 177

164% 255 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 30000P10

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 229 200 194 195 200 MB/s

66.4% Good

Write 234

Mixed 189

SusWrite 201

57% 258 MB/s

4K Read 19.4

4K Write 70.2

4K Mixed 14.6

85% 34.7 MB/s

DQ Read 351

DQ Write 233

DQ Mixed 174

162% 253 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 30001P10

SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 161 219 168 100 83 MB/s

58.7% Above average

Write 259

Mixed 190

SusWrite 145

52% 235 MB/s

4K Read 11.7

4K Write 68.1

4K Mixed 15.7

74% 31.8 MB/s

DQ Read 362

DQ Write 263

DQ Mixed 187

174% 271 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Dell Latitude E7470

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	1,744x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	1,366x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	105x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	3,216x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	72x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1x

SSD
hynix 256GBSKBench 73%, 288 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	493x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	343x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 1x8GBMicronBench 39%, 4,454 samples	289x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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hynix 256GB

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