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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 85.9% (390th of 1072)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Model: Raid0
Poor: 35%Average: 85.9% Great: 143%

Very good average bench

The Raid0 256GB averaged just 14.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Raid0 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 112MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 684MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Raid0 256GB is 108%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Raid0 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 18.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 334MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 39085.9%
Min Avg Max
150 Read 684 1,034
77.7 Write 458 885
98.8 Mixed 380 745
269 SusWrite 334 447
103% 464 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.36 4K Read 17.6 31.6
15.9 4K Write 68.8 255
0.56 4K Mixed 18.1 39.6
86.2% 34.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.3 DQ Read 268 464
16.3 DQ Write 215 652
10.3 DQ Mixed 112 435
119% 198 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 223 193 176 497 379 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,034
Write 885
Mixed 632
SusWrite 390
164% 735 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 255
4K Mixed 39.6
221% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 449
DQ Write 652
DQ Mixed 435
361% 512 MB/s
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 526 603 399 625 343 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 1,014
Write 836
Mixed 303
SusWrite 447
145% 650 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 253
4K Mixed 22
186% 96.9 MB/s
DQ Read 464
DQ Write 527
DQ Mixed 339
299% 443 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 353 274 248 192 200 MB/s
96.4% Outstanding
Read 800
Write 717
Mixed 359
SusWrite 278
120% 538 MB/s
4K Read 16.2
4K Write 57.8
4K Mixed 27
90% 33.7 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 505
DQ Mixed 31
138% 304 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 336 317 335 326 321 MB/s
46.9% Average
Read 248
Write 229
Mixed 131
SusWrite 315
52% 231 MB/s
4K Read 10.3
4K Write 27
4K Mixed 12.3
46% 16.5 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 41.2
DQ Mixed 28.6
35% 64.8 MB/s
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