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LITEON CA3-8D256 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 159% (144th of 1072)

Based on 52 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe LITEON CA3-8D256
Poor: 119%Average: 159% Great: 194%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme LITEON CA3-8D256 256GB averaged 59.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme LITEON CA3-8D256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 441MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,519MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme LITEON CA3-8D256 256GB is 74.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme LITEON CA3-8D256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 244MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 97.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 52 samples)
Rank 144159%
Min Avg Max
715 Read 1,519 1,937
55.8 Write 755 1,036
227 Mixed 684 1,066
158 SusWrite 244 284
176% 801 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.6 4K Read 45.9 59.3
44.2 4K Write 97.6 150
23.8 4K Mixed 56.3 79.8
193% 66.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
452 DQ Read 668 781
73.1 DQ Write 392 821
144 DQ Mixed 441 711
352% 500 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
146GB free
Firmware: 4879 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 233 265 244 233 230 MB/s
185% Outstanding
Read 1813
Write 1032
Mixed 1,061
SusWrite 245
230% 1,038 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 60.5
198% 68.6 MB/s
DQ Read 744
DQ Write 864
DQ Mixed 514
468% 707 MB/s
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: A381 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 263 258 310 245 336 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,618
Write 85
Mixed 861
SusWrite 279
155% 711 MB/s
4K Read 49.2
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 63.3
210% 71.8 MB/s
DQ Read 544
DQ Write 240
DQ Mixed 338
265% 374 MB/s
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 14879 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 233 233 224 240 219 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,687
Write 989
Mixed 997
SusWrite 239
216% 978 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 78
4K Mixed 50.9
172% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 702
DQ Write 482
DQ Mixed 206
258% 464 MB/s
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4879 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 271 246 241 261 241 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 1,329
Write 1,027
Mixed 776
SusWrite 264
189% 849 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 33.6
4K Mixed 25
80% 26.3 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 219
177% 254 MB/s
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 24879 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 219 252 250 225 223 MB/s
84.1% Excellent
Read 734
Write 718
Mixed 592
SusWrite 253
129% 574 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 43.8
4K Mixed 23.7
87% 29.8 MB/s
DQ Read 288
DQ Write 281
DQ Mixed 258
201% 275 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 55%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Dell Inspiron 3583

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples622x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples340x
Core i3-8145UIntelBench 53%, 15,431 samples199x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples1,126x
UHD Graphics 610IntelBench 2%, 3,878 samples260x
Radeon 520AMDBench 6%, 602 samples23x
SSD
LITEON CA3-8D256 256GBNvmeBench 159%, 52 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 7,726 samples250x
SF4641G8CK8IEHLSBG 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 5,660 samples191x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 10,071 samples61x
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