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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 77.9% (523rd of 1072)

Based on 331 user benchmarks.  Model: ASE8TNVME256
Poor: 48%Average: 77.9% Great: 115%

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Good average bench

The ASE8TNVME256 256GB averaged 22.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ASE8TNVME256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 210MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 353MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ASE8TNVME256 256GB is 67.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the ASE8TNVME256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 172MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 334MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 331 samples)
Rank 52377.9%
Min Avg Max
173 Read 491 746
98.8 Write 334 684
114 Mixed 354 651
69.2 SusWrite 172 382
75.3% 338 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.4 4K Read 22.7 34.5
33.3 4K Write 71.5 110
4.66 4K Mixed 29 45.9
109% 41.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
157 DQ Read 353 621
106 DQ Write 291 667
108 DQ Mixed 210 526
188% 285 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8TM14.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 142 95 103 116 100 MB/s
88.1% Excellent
Read 651
Write 641
Mixed 315
SusWrite 117
96% 431 MB/s
4K Read 13.5
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 33.3
96% 36.3 MB/s
DQ Read 618
DQ Write 474
DQ Mixed 208
248% 433 MB/s
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8TM14.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 103 123 96 80 75 MB/s
86.6% Excellent
Read 562
Write 578
Mixed 392
SusWrite 120
92% 413 MB/s
4K Read 7.6
4K Write 62
4K Mixed 38.4
94% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 609
DQ Write 567
DQ Mixed 289
299% 488 MB/s
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8TM14.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 49 19 17 21 22 MB/s
66.2% Good
Read 318
Write 146
Mixed 258
SusWrite 39.4
42% 190 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 94.9
4K Mixed 28.3
115% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 450
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 131
158% 282 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8TM14.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 108 99 101 99 98 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 190
Write 200
Mixed 337
SusWrite 101
47% 207 MB/s
4K Read 4.4
4K Write 43
4K Mixed 38
78% 28.5 MB/s
DQ Read 613
DQ Write 217
DQ Mixed 173
191% 334 MB/s
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8TM14.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 97 86 68 112 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 431
Write 99.6
Mixed 157
SusWrite 88.7
42% 194 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 57.3
4K Mixed 21.9
90% 33.4 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 128
97% 133 MB/s
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Gaming 51%
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Desktop 85%
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Workstation 43%
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Motherboard: Asrock B360 Pro4

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples181x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples138x
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples75x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples89x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples41x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples37x
SSD
ASE8TNVME256 256GBBench 78%, 331 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples31x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples19x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $322

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