Nvme

M.2 PCIE G3X4 NV 256GB

M.2 PCIE G3X4 NV 256GB
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Effective Speed +44% Effective Speed 44%Average Score +42% Read 152%, Write 78%, 4K Read 1%, 4K Write 40%, Mixed 28%, 4K Mixed 2%, SusWrite -10%Peak Score +91% Read 275%, Write 107%, 4K Read 21%, 4K Write 63%, Mixed 138%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 5%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +98% DQ Read 95%, DQ Write 161%, DQ Mixed 118%, ADQ Read 74%, ADQ Write 98%, ADQ Mixed 73%, Age 51%, AS-SSD Total 114%

Average Bench: 142% (166^th of 1072)

Based on 17 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe M.2 PCIE G3X4 NV

Poor: 98%Average: 142% Great: 191%

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Lenovo 80WK (1)

Outstanding average bench

The Nvme M.2 PCIE G3X4 NV 256GB averaged 41.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme M.2 PCIE G3X4 NV 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 451MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 571MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme M.2 PCIE G3X4 NV 256GB is 93.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme M.2 PCIE G3X4 NV 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 269MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 460MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)

Rank 166142%

Min	Avg	Max
615	Read 1,152	1,900
469	Write 722	1004
209	Mixed 460	1,009
143	SusWrite 269	406
144% 651 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.1	4K Read 34.7	51.8
78.9	4K Write 123	199
18.6	4K Mixed 45.8	73.9
177% 67.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
410	DQ Read 567	715
382	DQ Write 571	934
217	DQ Mixed 451	723
371% 529 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 3 years ago.

81GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 253 258 253 257 250 MB/s

167% Outstanding

Write 544

Mixed 521

SusWrite 258

128% 576 MB/s

4K Read 51.8

4K Write 199

4K Mixed 73.9

279% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 709

DQ Write 484

DQ Mixed 328

318% 507 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

56GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 230 212 182 172 168 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 670

Mixed 239

SusWrite 211

97% 435 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 93.3

4K Mixed 50.4

160% 58 MB/s

DQ Read 488

DQ Write 473

DQ Mixed 296

273% 419 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 years ago.

130GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 247 245 245 251 244 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 560

Mixed 278

SusWrite 247

101% 453 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 18.6

149% 65.3 MB/s

DQ Read 430

DQ Write 438

DQ Mixed 301

263% 390 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 174 87 119 123 120 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 593

Mixed 210

SusWrite 143

101% 458 MB/s

4K Read 31.2

4K Write 90.7

4K Mixed 31.9

136% 51.3 MB/s

DQ Read 422

DQ Write 399

DQ Mixed 342

276% 388 MB/s

BGR-User, 9 months ago.

85GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 247 211 204 210 206 MB/s

99.4% Outstanding

Write 648

Mixed 308

SusWrite 227

106% 476 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 78.9

4K Mixed 30.5

122% 45.5 MB/s

DQ Read 410

DQ Write 469

DQ Mixed 451

337% 444 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 years ago.

49GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 151 146 128 135 135 MB/s

97.6% Outstanding

Write 469

Mixed 236

SusWrite 157

82% 370 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 28.8

141% 58.3 MB/s

DQ Read 566

DQ Write 396

DQ Mixed 302

274% 421 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 225 209 180 176 164 MB/s

96.7% Outstanding

Write 537

Mixed 231

SusWrite 197

89% 400 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 98

4K Mixed 32.5

138% 53.2 MB/s

DQ Read 414

DQ Write 382

DQ Mixed 258

232% 352 MB/s

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Lenovo 80WK

CPU
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	3,470x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,449x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	4,173x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,747x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	994x

SSD
M.2 PCIE G3X4 NV 256GBNvmeBench 142%, 17 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	982x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	893x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 2x8GBRamaxelBench 71%, 6,014 samples	586x

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Lenovo 80WK (1)

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Nvme

M.2 PCIE G3X4 NV 256GB

Average Bench: 142% (166^th of 1072)

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M.2 PCIE G3X4 NV 256GB

Average Bench: 142% (166th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 142% (166^th of 1072)