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NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 97.3% (217th of 1016)

Based on 3,277 user benchmarks.  Model: KBG30ZMS256G NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB
Poor: 50%Average: 97.3% Great: 152%

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Excellent average bench

The Kbg30zms256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB averaged just 2.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kbg30zms256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 232MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 478MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kbg30zms256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kbg30zms256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 248MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 306MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,277 samples)
Rank 21797.3%
Min Avg Max
449 Read 677 883
15.1 Write 306 648
24.2 Mixed 333 671
24 SusWrite 248 615
86.4% 391 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.3 4K Read 35.4 47.2
9.95 4K Write 61.5 109
12.1 4K Mixed 35.9 59.4
132% 44.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
268 DQ Read 478 655
15.5 DQ Write 186 449
26.7 DQ Mixed 232 539
198% 299 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ADDA0103 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 629 618 572 332 212 74 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 682
Write 553
Mixed 550
SusWrite 406
123% 547 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 92.8
4K Mixed 57.2
189% 64.6 MB/s
DQ Read 651
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 359
289% 418 MB/s
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ADDA0103 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 564 559 552 567 497 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 652
Write 466
Mixed 501
SusWrite 547
122% 541 MB/s
4K Read 36.6
4K Write 57.9
4K Mixed 43.7
142% 46.1 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 237
175% 232 MB/s
173GB free
Firmware: ADDA0105 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 203 295 255 269 230 MB/s
99.3% Outstanding
Read 528
Write 583
Mixed 288
SusWrite 248
92% 412 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 30.9
163% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 421
DQ Write 251
DQ Mixed 206
189% 293 MB/s
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ADDA0102 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 9.9 35 8.6 11 8.5 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 824
Write 14.5
Mixed 22.8
SusWrite 14.6
46% 219 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 9.7
4K Mixed 13.5
83% 21.1 MB/s
DQ Read 508
DQ Write 32.2
DQ Mixed 123
126% 221 MB/s
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Gaming 15%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation 36%
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System: Dell G3 3579

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 66%, 62,986 samples4,116x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 73%, 206,053 samples3,988x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $355Bench 93%, 383,533 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 147,791 samples4,745x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 31%, 49,897 samples1,824x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 26%, 75,368 samples1,061x
SSD
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKbg30zms256gBench 97%, 3,277 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 42%, 5,157 samples2,203x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 2,645 samples928x
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 2x4GBUnknownBench 61%, 3,893 samples504x
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