Toshiba KXG50ZNV256G

XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +25% Effective Speed 25%Average Score +18% Read 150%, Write -7%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 16%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite -24%Peak Score +81% Read 251%, Write 109%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 19%, Mixed 142%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite 27%Value & Sentiment +40% User Rating -13%, Market Share -139%, Price 202%, Value 110%Nice To Haves +67% DQ Read 96%, DQ Write 145%, DQ Mixed 89%, ADQ Read 37%, ADQ Write 16%, ADQ Mixed 14%, Age 37%, AS-SSD Total 104%

Average Bench: 125% (172^nd of 1058)

Based on 36,351 user benchmarks. Models: KXG50ZNV256G NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB, NVMe KXG50ZNV256G NVM, KXG50ZNV256G TOSHIBA

Poor: 67%Average: 125% Great: 188%

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Outstanding average bench

The Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 24.6% 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 300MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,159MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 120%. 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 245MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 383MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 36,351 samples)

Rank 172125%

Min	Avg	Max
400	Read 1,159	1,780
44.3	Write 383	1,015
77.6	Mixed 424	1,028
27.7	SusWrite 245	492
121% 553 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.8	4K Read 32.9	47.5
22.1	4K Write 95.1	142
14.8	4K Mixed 40	64
151% 56 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
242	DQ Read 443	719
38	DQ Write 334	879
58.2	DQ Mixed 300	624
248% 359 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

117GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 333 304 332 300 303 MB/s

187% Outstanding

Write 582

Mixed 1,121

SusWrite 312

211% 958 MB/s

4K Read 45.9

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 66.4

225% 82 MB/s

DQ Read 723

DQ Write 392

DQ Mixed 294

289% 470 MB/s

RUS-User, 6 hrs ago.

109GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 309 281 309 261 230 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 364

Mixed 1,088

SusWrite 278

187% 852 MB/s

4K Read 42.4

4K Write 95.9

4K Mixed 52.7

182% 63.7 MB/s

DQ Read 720

DQ Write 347

DQ Mixed 280

275% 449 MB/s

ITA-User, 3 hrs ago.

139GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 312 312 342 315 314 MB/s

163% Outstanding

Write 336

Mixed 381

SusWrite 308

153% 706 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 46.8

182% 72.2 MB/s

DQ Read 442

DQ Write 283

DQ Mixed 285

233% 337 MB/s

FRA-User, 37 mins ago.

63GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 305 269 235 230 218 MB/s

135% Outstanding

Write 328

Mixed 373

SusWrite 233

131% 606 MB/s

4K Read 27.9

4K Write 96.4

4K Mixed 38.4

142% 54.2 MB/s

DQ Read 439

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 293

244% 354 MB/s

SVN-User, 5 hrs ago.

138GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 246 234 217 218 202 MB/s

91.2% Outstanding

Write 360

Mixed 366

SusWrite 240

82% 369 MB/s

4K Read 13.8

4K Write 98

4K Mixed 25.8

106% 45.9 MB/s

DQ Read 635

DQ Write 444

DQ Mixed 194

238% 424 MB/s

NOR-User, 56 mins ago.

53GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 224 226 212 191 178 MB/s

85.5% Excellent

Write 319

Mixed 327

SusWrite 221

70% 314 MB/s

4K Read 30

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 25.6

136% 54.9 MB/s

DQ Read 404

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 293

240% 343 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 hr ago.

87GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AAXA4103 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 244 207 181 174 166 MB/s

83.8% Excellent

Write 283

Mixed 305

SusWrite 211

60% 267 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 32.1

149% 61.2 MB/s

DQ Read 364

DQ Write 337

DQ Mixed 285

232% 329 MB/s

GRC-User, 2 hrs ago.

102GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 164 123 112 109 108 MB/s

54.6% Above average

Write 233

Mixed 346

SusWrite 149

48% 208 MB/s

4K Read 12.3

4K Write 87.6

4K Mixed 17.3

87% 39.1 MB/s

DQ Read 470

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 216

196% 305 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 $310Bench 89%, 270,363 samples	3,109x
Core i7-8700KIntel $300Bench 92%, 573,344 samples	1,596x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 84%, 246,199 samples	1,125x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 850,334 samples	1,472x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,088,853 samples	1,294x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 135%, 622,921 samples	870x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $36Bench 125%, 36,351 samples	1,087x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 6,532 samples	802x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 4,192 samples	664x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 6,661 samples	567x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $796

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Intel Core i5-11400F $173	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
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Intel Core i7-10700K $316	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Toshiba KXG50ZNV256G

XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 125% (172^nd of 1058)

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Toshiba KXG50ZNV256G

XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 125% (172nd of 1058)

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