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Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 122% (187th of 1072)

Based on 49 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe Kingmax PCIe SSD
Poor: 67%Average: 122% Great: 194%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB averaged 22.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 427MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 487MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB is 127%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 342MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 49 samples)
Rank 187122%
Min Avg Max
328 Read 872 1,852
219 Write 732 1,166
208 Mixed 677 1,245
83.8 SusWrite 342 784
147% 656 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.2 4K Read 30.5 55.4
7.7 4K Write 89.6 259
13.7 4K Mixed 37.9 78.2
142% 52.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.8 DQ Read 541 959
124 DQ Write 487 1,145
14.8 DQ Mixed 427 827
344% 485 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM90.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1167 1266 266 61 103 44 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 1,038
Write 1,316
Mixed 1,093
SusWrite 485
222% 983 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 95.6
4K Mixed 59
189% 65.3 MB/s
DQ Read 667
DQ Write 615
DQ Mixed 660
490% 647 MB/s
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFME0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1152 302 183 186 189 190 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 852
Write 1,156
Mixed 965
SusWrite 367
188% 835 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 91.4
4K Mixed 51.6
174% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 431
DQ Write 577
DQ Mixed 565
410% 525 MB/s
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 841 333 262 266 272 274 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 1,095
Write 1,139
Mixed 874
SusWrite 375
195% 871 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 88.4
4K Mixed 27.4
132% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 463
DQ Write 378
DQ Mixed 454
331% 432 MB/s
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.15 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 148 199 212 214 215 MB/s
38.1% Below average
Read 307
Write 171
Mixed 162
SusWrite 193
46% 208 MB/s
4K Read 4.6
4K Write 16.2
4K Mixed 10.7
29% 10.5 MB/s
DQ Read 79.6
DQ Write 129
DQ Mixed 105
79% 105 MB/s
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Gaming 33%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 28%
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System: Lenovo 80YY

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples887x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples572x
GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 36,643 samples777x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples679x
GeForce GTX 1070NvidiaBench 42%, 1 sample1x
SSD
Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GBNvmeBench 122%, 49 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples165x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 2x8GBRamaxelBench 71%, 6,014 samples159x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples135x
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