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A201CXBA8TA 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 68.6% (690th of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: A201CXBA8TA
Poor: 56%Average: 68.6% Great: 81%

Above average average bench

The A201CXBA8TA 256GB averaged 31.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 113MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 30.8MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 192MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 227MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 69068.6%
Min Avg Max
304 Read 389 473
178 Write 227 277
206 Mixed 245 284
183 SusWrite 192 201
58.6% 263 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.4 4K Read 24.8 25.3
39.6 4K Write 62.6 85.7
28.4 4K Mixed 30.8 33.3
110% 39.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.1 DQ Read 157 285
58.9 DQ Write 166 273
37.6 DQ Mixed 113 188
98.3% 145 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N0530A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 230 154 155 158 128 MB/s
80.9% Excellent
Read 473
Write 277
Mixed 284
SusWrite 183
68% 304 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 85.7
4K Mixed 33.3
125% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 285
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 188
166% 249 MB/s
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AW2.03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 199 205 205 206 206 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 304
Write 178
Mixed 206
SusWrite 201
50% 222 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 39.6
4K Mixed 28.4
96% 31.1 MB/s
DQ Read 29.1
DQ Write 58.9
DQ Mixed 37.6
30% 41.9 MB/s

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