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 +46% Effective Speed 46%Average User Bench +49% Read 106%, Write 80%, 4K Read -8%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed 79%, 4K Mixed -5%, SusWrite 96%Peak Lab Bench +79% Read 177%, Write 125%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 109%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite 139%Value & Sentiment -409%User Rating -56%, Market Share -763%Nice To Haves +87% DQ Read 121%, DQ Write 111%, DQ Mixed 94%, ADQ Read 105%, ADQ Write 66%, ADQ Mixed 80%, Age 20%, AS-SSD Total 100%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 153% (75^th of 959)

Based on 5,360 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe THNSN5256GPU7 TO, THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB, THNSN5256GPU7 TOSHIBA, NVMe THNSN5256GPU7 NV

Poor: 88%Average: 153% Great: 197%

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Outstanding average bench

The Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 52.6% 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 507MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 698MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 110%. 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. 4K Random Write Speed 90.5MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 639MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,360 samples)

Rank 75153%

Min	Avg	Max
445	Read 961	1,412
272	Write 757	1,096
353	Mixed 645	853
218	SusWrite 639	1,022
168% 750 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14	4K Read 32.9	43.2
36.1	4K Write 90.5	133
21.8	4K Mixed 45.4	59.5
156% 56.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
309	DQ Read 698	846
151	DQ Write 509	752
175	DQ Mixed 507	647
405% 571 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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USA-User, 1 hr ago.

61GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 327 250 330 347 322 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 693

Mixed 463

SusWrite 330

143% 645 MB/s

4K Read 24.2

4K Write 94.2

4K Mixed 51

152% 56.5 MB/s

DQ Read 842

DQ Write 732

DQ Mixed 551

477% 708 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 hrs ago.

63GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 422 386 368 410 346 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 878

Mixed 712

SusWrite 389

168% 753 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 51.5

4K Mixed 39.2

126% 41 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 270

DQ Mixed 425

289% 355 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

30GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 178 167 167 146 158 MB/s

76% Very good

Write 457

Mixed 700

SusWrite 176

115% 517 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 35.4

4K Mixed 27.5

86% 27.9 MB/s

DQ Read 240

DQ Write 165

DQ Mixed 230

164% 212 MB/s

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 28%

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System: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 45%, 13,808 samples	2,869x
Core i7-6650UIntelBench 48%, 2,082 samples	1,429x
Core m3-6Y30IntelBench 31%, 2,418 samples	414x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 6%, 112,730 samples	2,868x
Iris 540 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 10%, 3,925 samples	1,290x
HD 515 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 4,206 samples	413x

SSD
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 153%, 5,360 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 61%, 6,770 samples	1,111x
2x2GBSamsungBench 51%, 3,261 samples	1,007x
2x4GBHynixBench 56%, 3,938 samples	912x

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2 months ago.

Superbly fast, extremely reliable.

AUS-User

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Good

14 months 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 i7-8700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1070 $345	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $249	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $98
Intel Core i7-7700K $350	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $42
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $148	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $145	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12