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Effective Speed -243%Effective Speed -243%Average Score -274%Read -197%, Write -398%, 4K Read -100%, 4K Write -77%, Mixed -317%, 4K Mixed -257%, SusWrite -574%Peak Score -240%Read -189%, Write -311%, 4K Read -250%, 4K Write -91%, Mixed -276%, 4K Mixed -240%, SusWrite -328%Value & Sentiment -3,179%User Rating -37%, Market Share -6,322%Nice To Haves -188%DQ Read -151%, DQ Write -86%, DQ Mixed -162%, ADQ Read -206%, ADQ Write -130%, ADQ Mixed -290%, Age -336%, AS-SSD Total -144%

Average Bench: 159% (152^nd of 1080)

Based on 6,044 user benchmarks. Model: NE-256

Poor: 94%Average: 159% Great: 234%

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Outstanding average bench

The NE-256 256GB averaged 59.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the NE-256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 381MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,407MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the NE-256 256GB is 140%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the NE-256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 470MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 31MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,044 samples)

Rank 152159%

Min	Avg	Max
633	Read 1,407	2,054
98.4	Write 931	1562
87.9	Mixed 774	1,244
138	SusWrite 470	1,068
199% 896 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26	4K Read 44.8	55
31.6	4K Write 117	200
9.35	4K Mixed 31	64.7
170% 64.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
324	DQ Read 559	923
57.1	DQ Write 546	1,018
44.4	DQ Mixed 381	799
333% 495 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ESP-User, 1 day ago.

165GB free

Firmware: T0707A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 476 352 366 174 182 MB/s

198% Outstanding

Write 1,138

Mixed 948

SusWrite 342

227% 1,024 MB/s

4K Read 51.2

4K Write 246

4K Mixed 33.4

250% 110 MB/s

DQ Read 769

DQ Write 964

DQ Mixed 498

478% 743 MB/s

BRA-User, 4 days ago.

110GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0817A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 442 310 333 132 114 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 1,133

Mixed 964

SusWrite 290

220% 992 MB/s

4K Read 53.3

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 31.4

223% 92.4 MB/s

DQ Read 391

DQ Write 902

DQ Mixed 357

354% 550 MB/s

PHL-User, 7 days ago.

115GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1111A0L

SusWrite @10s intervals: 795 376 256 267 380 610 MB/s

167% Outstanding

Write 1,036

Mixed 675

SusWrite 447

196% 883 MB/s

4K Read 42.2

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 29.9

181% 73.9 MB/s

DQ Read 779

DQ Write 659

DQ Mixed 412

392% 616 MB/s

AZE-User, 11 days ago.

32GB free

Firmware: R0629A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 19 66 11 38 19 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 73

Mixed 199

SusWrite 33.1

92% 437 MB/s

4K Read 60.2

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 13.7

166% 60.8 MB/s

DQ Read 717

DQ Write 19.4

DQ Mixed 0.8

92% 246 MB/s

FIN-User, 5 days ago.

70GB free

Firmware: S0620A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 92 240 634 986 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 62.7

Mixed 222

SusWrite 366

101% 469 MB/s

4K Read 48.3

4K Write 42.5

4K Mixed 10.8

110% 33.9 MB/s

DQ Read 367

DQ Write 139

DQ Mixed 88.9

109% 198 MB/s

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 23%

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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	1,046x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	990x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples	942x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	505x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	497x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $214Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	481x

SSD
NE-256 256GBBench 159%, 6,044 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1,401x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples	503x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	361x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

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NE-256 256GB

Average Bench: 159% (152^nd of 1080)

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