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hynix SC300B 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 75.1% (572nd of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: SK hynix SC300B
Poor: 62%Average: 75.1% Great: 86%

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Good average bench

The SK hynix SC300B 256GB averaged 24.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SK hynix SC300B 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 178MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.5MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix SC300B 256GB is 23.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SK hynix SC300B 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 300MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 328MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 57275.1%
Min Avg Max
266 Read 391 525
187 Write 328 377
238 Mixed 335 443
113 SusWrite 300 366
76.1% 338 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.4 4K Read 23.5 29.1
32.3 4K Write 57.1 90.7
10.7 4K Mixed 26.5 36.3
99.8% 35.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.2 DQ Read 219 378
30.9 DQ Write 216 333
9.62 DQ Mixed 178 278
145% 204 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 365 365 364 365 359 MB/s
79.3% Very good
Read 387
Write 370
Mixed 318
SusWrite 364
81% 360 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 53.4
4K Mixed 29.5
102% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 215
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 237
174% 227 MB/s
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 366 364 366 365 366 MB/s
78.6% Very good
Read 400
Write 374
Mixed 333
SusWrite 365
83% 368 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 55.2
4K Mixed 25.4
99% 35.1 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 163
140% 206 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 364 363 365 366 365 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 366
Write 369
Mixed 322
SusWrite 364
80% 355 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 50.6
4K Mixed 27.8
93% 32.8 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 246
180% 234 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 361 363 362 363 363 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 361
Write 370
Mixed 322
SusWrite 363
80% 354 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 49.7
4K Mixed 24.1
85% 30.7 MB/s
DQ Read 224
DQ Write 233
DQ Mixed 243
179% 233 MB/s
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Typical hynix SC300B 256GB Builds (Compare 1,959 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
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System: HP Z840 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples133x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v31stBench 63%, 2,624 samples117x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v41stBench 72%, 529 samples101x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples151x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples103x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples94x
SSD
hynix SC300B 256GBSKBench 75%, 25 samples1x
RAM
M393A2K40BB1-CRC 8x16GBSamsungBench 113%, 218 samples45x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 8x16GBSamsungBench 112%, 591 samples39x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples39x
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