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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 56.8% (833rd of 1072)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: VMware Virtual disk
Poor: 28%Average: 56.8% Great: 94%

Average average bench

The Vmware Virtual disk 256GB averaged 43.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 128MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 385MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Vmware Virtual disk 256GB is 65.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Vmware Virtual disk 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 23.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 191MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 83356.8%
Min Avg Max
336 Read 430 556
32.5 Write 309 497
237 Mixed 385 591
79.5 SusWrite 191 313
73.6% 329 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.2 4K Read 18.3 31.4
8.9 4K Write 23.2 63
8.1 4K Mixed 17.9 34.2
62.9% 19.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.5 DQ Read 147 366
9.6 DQ Write 132 327
9.6 DQ Mixed 128 256
99.3% 136 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 253 294 322 279 340 MB/s
86% Excellent
Read 381
Write 402
Mixed 351
SusWrite 313
82% 362 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 63
4K Mixed 34.2
117% 41.1 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 256
216% 316 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 343 333 229 158 203 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 556
Write 442
Mixed 480
SusWrite 265
98% 436 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 12.6
4K Mixed 15.2
55% 15.6 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 250
182% 237 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 220 152 138 168 240 MB/s
42.2% Average
Read 391
Write 317
Mixed 249
SusWrite 191
64% 287 MB/s
4K Read 15
4K Write 12.4
4K Mixed 12.1
45% 13.2 MB/s
DQ Read 13.1
DQ Write 41
DQ Mixed 132
71% 62 MB/s
176GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 59 67 61 60 53 MB/s
31.8% Below average
Read 366
Write 270
Mixed 347
SusWrite 84.5
60% 267 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 8.9
4K Mixed 10
36% 10.5 MB/s
DQ Read 25.3
DQ Write 11.8
DQ Mixed 12.5
11% 16.5 MB/s
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 71 78 74 75 103 MB/s
28.2% Poor
Read 336
Write 198
Mixed 237
SusWrite 79.5
47% 213 MB/s
4K Read 10.2
4K Write 9.4
4K Mixed 8.1
31% 9.23 MB/s
DQ Read 10.5
DQ Write 9.6
DQ Mixed 9.6
7% 9.9 MB/s

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