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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 142% (125th of 1016)

Based on 1,153 user benchmarks.  Model: NE-256
Poor: 98%Average: 142% Great: 191%

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Outstanding average bench

The NE-256 256GB averaged 41.6% 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. Sequential Read Speed 1,301MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 180MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the NE-256 256GB is 93.2%. 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 339MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 30.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,153 samples)
Rank 125142%
Min Avg Max
741 Read 1,301 1,488
67.4 Write 753 1,178
80.7 Mixed 611 975
133 SusWrite 339 604
166% 751 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.4 4K Read 41.3 53.3
30.8 4K Write 115 201
9.01 4K Mixed 30.3 47.3
162% 62.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
215 DQ Read 477 734
46.4 DQ Write 475 965
10.1 DQ Mixed 180 519
217% 377 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0312C0G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 490 628 750 728 564 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 1,398
Write 202
Mixed 116
SusWrite 619
127% 584 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 27.1
155% 58.2 MB/s
DQ Read 730
DQ Write 629
DQ Mixed 444
397% 601 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0620A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 282 351 579 189 494 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,452
Write 1,133
Mixed 947
SusWrite 370
217% 975 MB/s
4K Read 42.3
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 40
175% 64.9 MB/s
DQ Read 591
DQ Write 505
DQ Mixed 518
396% 538 MB/s
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0620A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 559 653 677 329 104 137 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 1,154
Write 527
Mixed 746
SusWrite 410
157% 709 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 28.2
165% 64.2 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 641
DQ Mixed 352
310% 454 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0620A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 129 80 229 80 37 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 1,276
Write 156
Mixed 80
SusWrite 148
88% 415 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 28.8
4K Mixed 17.8
81% 25 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 687
DQ Mixed 445
362% 503 MB/s
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 194 118 437 346 168 MB/s
61.1% Good
Read 136
Write 497
Mixed 378
SusWrite 266
73% 319 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 14.2
112% 48.1 MB/s
DQ Read 286
DQ Write 42
DQ Mixed 78.3
79% 135 MB/s
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Typical NE-256 256GB Builds (Compare 7,954 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 11%
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Desktop
Desktop 36%
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Workstation
Workstation 14%
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Motherboard: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel  $34Bench 25%, 47,924 samples395x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel  $109Bench 24%, 24,560 samples312x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel  $190Bench 25%, 45,593 samples232x
GPU
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 26,205 samples666x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 49,181 samples503x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 61,714 samples452x
SSD
NE-256 256GBBench 142%, 1,153 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 19%, 275,905 samples1,650x
1x2GBUnknownBench 16%, 66,778 samples789x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 92,980 samples499x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $34

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