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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 159% (144th of 1072)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,044 samples)
Rank 144159%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S036F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1435 1496 766 124 154 150 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 1,999
Write 1,405
Mixed 1,259
SusWrite 688
298% 1,338 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 82.8
4K Mixed 53.2
176% 59.5 MB/s
DQ Read 711
DQ Write 648
DQ Mixed 698
519% 686 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: R0629A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1191 1187 899 111 111 90 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,440
Write 1,160
Mixed 982
SusWrite 598
234% 1,045 MB/s
4K Read 48.8
4K Write 205
4K Mixed 44.8
240% 99.4 MB/s
DQ Read 437
DQ Write 959
DQ Mixed 66.5
231% 488 MB/s
123GB free
Firmware: S1111A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 898 849 846 584 161 146 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,436
Write 918
Mixed 814
SusWrite 581
208% 937 MB/s
4K Read 42.3
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 23.1
151% 58.1 MB/s
DQ Read 394
DQ Write 737
DQ Mixed 339
322% 490 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 508 285 140 139 140 280 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 1,738
Write 1,124
Mixed 987
SusWrite 249
227% 1,024 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 90.7
4K Mixed 22.3
130% 49.5 MB/s
DQ Read 344
DQ Write 570
DQ Mixed 340
290% 418 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 389 213 111 109 86 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 1,361
Write 889
Mixed 793
SusWrite 210
180% 813 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 171
4K Mixed 24.9
193% 80.8 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 398
DQ Mixed 94.5
153% 293 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0607A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 51 95 370 155 97 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 1,228
Write 890
Mixed 839
SusWrite 140
172% 774 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 31.8
174% 67 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 217
DQ Mixed 0.7
79% 196 MB/s
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Typical NE-256 256GB Builds (Compare 14,508 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 23%
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CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples1,018x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples956x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples906x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples486x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples458x
SSD
NE-256 256GBBench 159%, 6,044 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples1,365x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples488x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples354x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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