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CA3-8D256-Q11 NV 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 146% (160th of 1072)

Based on 103 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe CA3-8D256-Q11 NV
Poor: 93%Average: 146% Great: 195%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme CA3-8D256-Q11 NV 256GB averaged 46.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme CA3-8D256-Q11 NV 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 368MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,471MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme CA3-8D256-Q11 NV 256GB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme CA3-8D256-Q11 NV 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 231MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 522MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 103 samples)
Rank 160146%
Min Avg Max
904 Read 1,471 1,931
130 Write 534 796
183 Mixed 522 930
126 SusWrite 231 282
151% 690 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.3 4K Read 40.5 56.7
31.9 4K Write 82.2 128
20.2 4K Mixed 50.1 73.3
169% 57.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
126 DQ Read 579 778
87.9 DQ Write 348 795
43.3 DQ Mixed 368 686
300% 432 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
236GB free
Firmware: 110D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 237 247 251 236 247 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 1,688
Write 766
Mixed 908
SusWrite 276
200% 909 MB/s
4K Read 48.1
4K Write 92.2
4K Mixed 63.8
203% 68 MB/s
DQ Read 768
DQ Write 670
DQ Mixed 631
497% 689 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C48110B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 247 257 240 242 236 MB/s
161% Outstanding
Read 1,583
Write 796
Mixed 871
SusWrite 265
194% 879 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 84.6
4K Mixed 55.8
184% 61.6 MB/s
DQ Read 718
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 614
436% 565 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C48110E Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 253 251 241 243 249 MB/s
160% Outstanding
Read 1,747
Write 795
Mixed 872
SusWrite 247
202% 915 MB/s
4K Read 50.1
4K Write 87.4
4K Mixed 38.8
172% 58.8 MB/s
DQ Read 732
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 625
439% 564 MB/s
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C48110B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 270 275 279 280 282 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 1,568
Write 280
Mixed 399
SusWrite 277
137% 631 MB/s
4K Read 34.2
4K Write 86.1
4K Mixed 45.8
156% 55.4 MB/s
DQ Read 419
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 302
240% 337 MB/s
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C48110B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 212 195 259 170 179 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 1,392
Write 442
Mixed 765
SusWrite 216
155% 704 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 61.5
4K Mixed 47.8
151% 49 MB/s
DQ Read 633
DQ Write 515
DQ Mixed 563
424% 570 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C48110B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 214 251 269 216 263 MB/s
87.9% Excellent
Read 716
Write 643
Mixed 383
SusWrite 268
112% 502 MB/s
4K Read 3
4K Write 35.1
4K Mixed 25.2
55% 21.1 MB/s
DQ Read 577
DQ Write 526
DQ Mixed 597
435% 567 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C48110D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 210 202 211 220 230 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 805
Write 686
Mixed 486
SusWrite 210
122% 547 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 41.9
4K Mixed 31.4
106% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 322
DQ Write 69.7
DQ Mixed 190
141% 194 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C48110B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 125 145 139 144 186 MB/s
71.8% Very good
Read 722
Write 409
Mixed 184
SusWrite 156
81% 368 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 23.2
4K Mixed 14.1
54% 17.7 MB/s
DQ Read 558
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 24.8
112% 263 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples2,160x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples844x
GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples1,538x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 36,643 samples1,050x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples326x
SSD
CA3-8D256-Q11 NV 256GBNvmeBench 146%, 103 samples1x
RAM
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 10,726 samples352x
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples284x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples260x
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