Toshiba

THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 ...
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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

128GB 256GB 512GB

Effective Speed +52% Effective Speed 52%Average User Bench +52% Read 106%, Write 69%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 75%, 4K Mixed 1%, SusWrite 94%Peak Lab Bench +85% Read 179%, Write 123%, 4K Read 6%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed 107%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 157%Value & Sentiment -306%User Rating -33%, Market Share -579%Nice To Haves +92% DQ Read 132%, DQ Write 114%, DQ Mixed 107%, ADQ Read 116%, ADQ Write 68%, ADQ Mixed 95%, Age -1%, AS-SSD Total 108%

Average Bench: 151% (110^th of 1011)

Based on 10,360 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe THNSN5256GPU7 TO, THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB, THNSN5256GPU7 TOSHIBA, NVMe THNSN5256GPU7 NV

Poor: 83%Average: 151% Great: 208%

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Outstanding average bench

The Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 51.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 500MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 685MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 125%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 583MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 631MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,360 samples)

Rank 110151%

Min	Avg	Max
432	Read 945	1,399
248	Write 697	1,079
330	Mixed 631	856
188	SusWrite 583	1,004
160% 714 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.9	4K Read 39.1	43.9
35.5	4K Write 95.1	141
17.6	4K Mixed 46	61.7
169% 60.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
236	DQ Read 685	848
134	DQ Write 494	764
150	DQ Mixed 500	656
398% 560 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ROU-User, 5 hrs ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 57HA4103 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 924 802 738 738 641 573 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 958

Mixed 712

SusWrite 736

202% 903 MB/s

4K Read 46

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 54.3

220% 84.3 MB/s

DQ Read 837

DQ Write 793

DQ Mixed 625

521% 752 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

127GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 917 853 888 882 798 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 1,010

Mixed 743

SusWrite 843

211% 941 MB/s

4K Read 42.5

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 58.1

200% 72 MB/s

DQ Read 772

DQ Write 720

DQ Mixed 605

493% 699 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

118GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 664 787 723 666 614 MB/s

187% Outstanding

Write 889

Mixed 773

SusWrite 669

203% 910 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 63.2

189% 72.6 MB/s

DQ Read 830

DQ Write 686

DQ Mixed 621

503% 713 MB/s

IRL-User, 4 hrs ago.

133GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 57XA4103 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 854 923 956 554 541 529 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 619

Mixed 574

SusWrite 726

146% 649 MB/s

4K Read 42

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 47.6

194% 73.3 MB/s

DQ Read 820

DQ Write 692

DQ Mixed 591

488% 701 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

91GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 57MS4109 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 650 712 712 567 538 535 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 684

Mixed 551

SusWrite 619

140% 620 MB/s

4K Read 42.6

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 50.2

195% 72.7 MB/s

DQ Read 675

DQ Write 669

DQ Mixed 596

469% 647 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 637 518 395 361 411 263 MB/s

129% Outstanding

Write 938

Mixed 806

SusWrite 431

150% 661 MB/s

4K Read 37.8

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 44.4

176% 66.1 MB/s

DQ Read 812

DQ Write 572

DQ Mixed 329

344% 571 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

132GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 804 596 858 903 958 699 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 772

Mixed 567

SusWrite 803

159% 702 MB/s

4K Read 13

4K Write 37.5

4K Mixed 22.5

68% 24.3 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 193

DQ Mixed 255

192% 260 MB/s

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Typical THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB Builds (Compare 7,962 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

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Workstation 25%

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System: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 43%, 20,873 samples	4,836x
Core i7-6650UIntelBench 48%, 3,336 samples	2,421x
Core m3-6Y30IntelBench 30%, 3,399 samples	704x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 168,934 samples	4,834x
Iris 540 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 8%, 4,225 samples	1,366x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 8%, 2,079 samples	1,055x

SSD
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 151%, 10,360 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 13,554 samples	1,889x
2x2GBSamsungBench 50%, 5,284 samples	1,692x
2x4GBHynixBench 57%, 5,331 samples	1,551x

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Superbly fast, extremely reliable.

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2 years ago.

The drive is great and fast but speeds can drop really quickly and is overall very jumpy in terms of speed. But I still encounter this SSD as being fast then most drives you will ever see.

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Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $234	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $340	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
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THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 151% (110th of 1011)

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System: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

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Average Bench: 151% (110^th of 1011)