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PCIe SSD 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 155% (148th of 1072)

Based on 616 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB
Poor: 83%Average: 155% Great: 227%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB averaged 55.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 461MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 613MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB is 144%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 402MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 810MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 616 samples)
Rank 148155%
Min Avg Max
434 Read 1,088 1,869
233 Write 877 1,463
276 Mixed 810 1,244
144 SusWrite 402 896
178% 794 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.9 4K Read 41.9 57.7
47.8 4K Write 127 207
19.4 4K Mixed 51.4 79.8
197% 73.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
239 DQ Read 596 960
160 DQ Write 613 1,068
61.4 DQ Mixed 461 854
386% 557 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
150GB free
Firmware: EDFM92.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1195 1206 38 64 101 20 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 989
Write 1,194
Mixed 1,001
SusWrite 437
204% 905 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 69.8
4K Mixed 44.6
147% 49.8 MB/s
DQ Read 542
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 467
334% 434 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V2.7.5B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 269 275 275 275 277 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 1,119
Write 787
Mixed 688
SusWrite 276
159% 717 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 30.7
156% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 67.2
129% 258 MB/s
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM20E1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 156 216 217 212 206 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 438
Write 247
Mixed 318
SusWrite 189
66% 298 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 37.5
162% 62 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 247
DQ Mixed 303
222% 293 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM20E1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 111 228 11 11 61 MB/s
85.5% Excellent
Read 719
Write 238
Mixed 313
SusWrite 96.9
75% 342 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 76.5
4K Mixed 30.1
116% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 465
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 302
236% 333 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,669,270 SSDs tested

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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,678x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples426x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples376x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples323x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples274x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples235x
SSD
PCIe SSD 256GBKingmaxBench 155%, 616 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples323x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples221x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples176x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $356

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