Toshiba KXG50ZNV256G

XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +30% Effective Speed 30%Average Score +24% Read 157%, Write 2%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 26%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite -18%Peak Score +87% Read 262%, Write 111%, 4K Read 13%, 4K Write 19%, Mixed 155%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite 34%Value & Sentiment +12% User Rating -11%, Market Share -140%, Price 128%, Value 70%Nice To Haves +71% DQ Read 102%, DQ Write 152%, DQ Mixed 90%, ADQ Read 41%, ADQ Write 20%, ADQ Mixed 19%, Age 31%, AS-SSD Total 109%

Average Bench: 129% (166^th of 1058)

Based on 42,321 user benchmarks. Models: KXG50ZNV256G NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB, NVMe KXG50ZNV256G NVM, KXG50ZNV256G TOSHIBA

Poor: 72%Average: 129% Great: 198%

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Outstanding average bench

The Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 29.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 311MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,190MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 126%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 255MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 413MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 42,321 samples)

Rank 166129%

Min	Avg	Max
310	Read 1,190	1,836
39.3	Write 413	1,027
65.1	Mixed 456	1,080
26.1	SusWrite 255	519
127% 578 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.7	4K Read 36.1	48.6
22.4	4K Write 95.4	143
13.3	4K Mixed 41.5	66.1
158% 57.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
238	DQ Read 457	740
34.8	DQ Write 346	905
52.8	DQ Mixed 311	629
257% 371 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IND-User, 5 hrs ago.

131GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 255 246 243 220 195 MB/s

151% Outstanding

Write 351

Mixed 350

SusWrite 247

143% 660 MB/s

4K Read 30.6

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 43.3

161% 61.6 MB/s

DQ Read 400

DQ Write 427

DQ Mixed 208

213% 345 MB/s

IDN-User, 41 mins ago.

178GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AAHA4102 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 553 310 321 313 330 324 MB/s

131% Outstanding

Write 860

Mixed 905

SusWrite 358

187% 838 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 94.1

4K Mixed 19.6

111% 45.9 MB/s

DQ Read 630

DQ Write 610

DQ Mixed 624

467% 621 MB/s

TUR-User, 16 mins ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AAHA4102 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 203 188 156 129 121 MB/s

129% Outstanding

Write 176

Mixed 234

SusWrite 159

108% 503 MB/s

4K Read 29.9

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 44.1

157% 59.4 MB/s

DQ Read 431

DQ Write 146

DQ Mixed 255

197% 277 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 hrs ago.

42GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 202 169 170 158 136 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 213

Mixed 207

SusWrite 182

128% 600 MB/s

4K Read 4.3

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 7.8

75% 40.7 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 203

DQ Mixed 234

161% 196 MB/s

ZAF-User, 1 hr ago.

92GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 190 179 173 177 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 200

Mixed 334

SusWrite 177

95% 437 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 88.4

4K Mixed 38.5

141% 52.1 MB/s

DQ Read 177

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 114

123% 200 MB/s

TUR-User, 37 mins ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AAHA4102 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 23 35 23 48 49 MB/s

86.1% Excellent

Write 44.4

Mixed 76.7

SusWrite 32.9

64% 304 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 35.8

4K Mixed 27.3

101% 31.3 MB/s

DQ Read 448

DQ Write 30.7

DQ Mixed 54.3

86% 178 MB/s

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 87%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $312Bench 89%, 305,336 samples	3,723x
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 92%, 630,213 samples	1,952x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 84%, 274,284 samples	1,317x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 878,504 samples	1,766x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,236,286 samples	1,538x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $1,089Bench 136%, 715,540 samples	1,026x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 129%, 42,321 samples	1,305x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 7,472 samples	950x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 5,100 samples	803x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,990 samples	681x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $902

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Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
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Intel Core i7-11700K $346	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Toshiba KXG50ZNV256G

XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 129% (166^th of 1058)

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Toshiba KXG50ZNV256G

XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 129% (166th of 1058)

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