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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 178% (124th of 1072)

Based on 85 user benchmarks.  Model: CUK 250GB
Poor: 105%Average: 178% Great: 252%

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Outstanding average bench

The CUK 250GB 250GB averaged 78.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the CUK 250GB 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 423MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,295MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the CUK 250GB 250GB is 146%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the CUK 250GB 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 559MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 680MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 85 samples)
Rank 124178%
Min Avg Max
712 Read 1,295 1,671
244 Write 680 992
347 Mixed 700 919
221 SusWrite 559 920
180% 809 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.9 4K Read 45.9 64.7
47.6 4K Write 123 189
28.7 4K Mixed 61.5 89.3
213% 76.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
331 DQ Read 586 718
176 DQ Write 564 964
173 DQ Mixed 423 555
359% 524 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 953 931 945 943 959 937 MB/s
225% Outstanding
Read 1,632
Write 903
Mixed 919
SusWrite 944
245% 1,100 MB/s
4K Read 51.8
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 67.3
222% 75.7 MB/s
DQ Read 706
DQ Write 795
DQ Mixed 561
475% 688 MB/s
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 824 837 859 928 877 877 MB/s
211% Outstanding
Read 1,614
Write 888
Mixed 876
SusWrite 867
236% 1,061 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 94.8
4K Mixed 61.4
201% 67.9 MB/s
DQ Read 717
DQ Write 653
DQ Mixed 540
445% 637 MB/s
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN139B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 250 260 265 260 181 MB/s
149% Outstanding
Read 1,320
Write 260
Mixed 407
SusWrite 247
121% 558 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 169
4K Mixed 57.6
216% 87.3 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 267
DQ Mixed 256
208% 298 MB/s
201GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 240 242 250 253 253 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 1,270
Write 253
Mixed 390
SusWrite 245
117% 539 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 95.2
4K Mixed 42.5
151% 56.1 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 254
201% 281 MB/s
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 210 221 230 234 229 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 1,164
Write 216
Mixed 348
SusWrite 220
106% 487 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 41.4
148% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 333
DQ Write 239
DQ Mixed 257
200% 276 MB/s
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 154 190 228 218 188 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 712
Write 246
Mixed 236
SusWrite 180
75% 343 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 40
4K Mixed 24.9
78% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 106
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 244
149% 160 MB/s
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250GB 250GBCUKBench 178%, 85 samples1x
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MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples312x
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M471A1K43BB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 23,910 samples132x
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