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 +47% Effective Speed 47%Average User Bench +49% Read 111%, Write 75%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed 80%, 4K Mixed -4%, SusWrite 89%Peak Lab Bench +82% Read 184%, Write 121%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed 108%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 144%Value & Sentiment -494%User Rating -57%, Market Share -931%Nice To Haves +86% DQ Read 122%, DQ Write 105%, DQ Mixed 94%, ADQ Read 107%, ADQ Write 65%, ADQ Mixed 86%, Age 6%, AS-SSD Total 100%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 153% (109^th of 1011)

Based on 8,686 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe THNSN5256GPU7 TO, THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB, THNSN5256GPU7 TOSHIBA, NVMe THNSN5256GPU7 NV

Poor: 82%Average: 153% Great: 210%

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Outstanding average bench

The Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 53.1% 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 510MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 695MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 128%. 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 608MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 93.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,686 samples)

Rank 109153%

Min	Avg	Max
467	Read 990	1,450
252	Write 739	1,080
362	Mixed 659	866
202	SusWrite 608	1,019
168% 749 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.9	4K Read 34.7	43.6
37.5	4K Write 93.4	143
22	4K Mixed 46.6	63.4
162% 58.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
272	DQ Read 695	850
144	DQ Write 498	742
214	DQ Mixed 510	650
404% 568 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 10 hrs ago.

205GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 700 921 1052 1075 1027 1057 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 937

Mixed 682

SusWrite 972

219% 979 MB/s

4K Read 39.1

4K Write 99.1

4K Mixed 53.5

180% 63.9 MB/s

DQ Read 38.9

DQ Write 105

DQ Mixed 55

47% 66.4 MB/s

POL-User, 9 hrs ago.

98GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 330 352 342 342 284 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 550

Mixed 224

SusWrite 345

132% 606 MB/s

4K Read 36.1

4K Write 91.2

4K Mixed 42.6

158% 56.6 MB/s

DQ Read 847

DQ Write 687

DQ Mixed 357

379% 630 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

166GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 653 763 608 677 164 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 391

Mixed 545

SusWrite 570

121% 537 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 53.8

166% 63.2 MB/s

DQ Read 842

DQ Write 706

DQ Mixed 601

498% 717 MB/s

POL-User, 9 hrs ago.

28GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 206 215 199 169 150 MB/s

139% Outstanding

Write 369

Mixed 793

SusWrite 204

133% 600 MB/s

4K Read 42.1

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 55.4

193% 69 MB/s

DQ Read 826

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 610

444% 592 MB/s

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Typical THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB Builds (Compare 7,242 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 13%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 25%

Surfboard

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 35%, 20,460 samples	4,413x
Core i7-6650UIntelBench 39%, 3,041 samples	2,189x
Core m3-6Y30IntelBench 23%, 3,247 samples	639x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 152,838 samples	4,411x
Iris 540 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 8%, 4,132 samples	1,353x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 8%, 1,747 samples	836x

SSD
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 153%, 8,686 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 12,422 samples	1,728x
2x2GBSamsungBench 50%, 4,690 samples	1,557x
2x4GBHynixBench 57%, 5,524 samples	1,396x

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4 months ago.

Superbly fast, extremely reliable.

AUS-User

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Good

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $86
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $198	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $269	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $102
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $695	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
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