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CX2-8B256 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 150% (155th of 1072)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe CX2-8B256
Poor: 113%Average: 150% Great: 178%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme CX2-8B256 256GB averaged 50.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme CX2-8B256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 454MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,192MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme CX2-8B256 256GB is 65%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme CX2-8B256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 435MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 531MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 155150%
Min Avg Max
1026 Read 1,192 1,356
403 Write 612 794
432 Mixed 531 616
170 SusWrite 435 748
153% 693 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.1 4K Read 36.8 43.1
52 4K Write 95.3 123
31.7 4K Mixed 47.2 60
167% 59.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
494 DQ Read 652 831
334 DQ Write 445 535
375 DQ Mixed 454 548
365% 517 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0303 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 673 648 684 646 604 608 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 1,244
Write 733
Mixed 580
SusWrite 644
178% 800 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 60
203% 73.2 MB/s
DQ Read 663
DQ Write 497
DQ Mixed 514
402% 558 MB/s
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4880303 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 332 222 140 161 153 MB/s
168% Outstanding
Read 1,513
Write 719
Mixed 544
SusWrite 230
165% 752 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 56.9
198% 71.8 MB/s
DQ Read 851
DQ Write 596
DQ Mixed 574
469% 674 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4880303 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 389 349 363 344 325 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 1,255
Write 540
Mixed 587
SusWrite 363
151% 686 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 73.6
4K Mixed 44.3
148% 50.8 MB/s
DQ Read 755
DQ Write 418
DQ Mixed 494
392% 556 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4880303 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 247 217 95 159 47 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 1,088
Write 435
Mixed 464
SusWrite 170
118% 539 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 66
4K Mixed 40.5
139% 47 MB/s
DQ Read 690
DQ Write 353
DQ Mixed 429
343% 491 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4880303 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 287 293 271 292 269 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 1026
Write 632
Mixed 462
SusWrite 288
133% 602 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 52
4K Mixed 31.7
108% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 611
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 416
325% 454 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,868,581 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 35%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 30%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-17B1

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples206x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples101x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples3x
GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples139x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples115x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples56x
SSD
CX2-8B256 256GBNvmeBench 150%, 8 samples1x
RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples128x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples48x
M471A1K43BB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 23,910 samples15x
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