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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 58% (822nd of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: Colorful
Poor: 24%Average: 58% Great: 79%

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Average average bench

The Colorful 256GB averaged 41.9% 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 Random Read Speed 26.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 59.5MB/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 167MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 152MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 82258%
Min Avg Max
285 Read 377 436
160 Write 323 444
10.3 Mixed 272 384
55.3 SusWrite 167 343
63.7% 285 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.4 4K Read 26.1 35.6
0.1 4K Write 59.5 97.3
0.2 4K Mixed 16 31
91.6% 33.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
89 DQ Read 152 192
12.8 DQ Write 181 279
19.9 DQ Mixed 66 199
77.6% 133 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 352 363 364 304 12 MB/s
79.2% Very good
Read 436
Write 382
Mixed 313
SusWrite 294
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 97.3
4K Mixed 13.4
123% 48.8 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 19.9
68% 144 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V830
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 73 34 51 62 63 MB/s
65.7% Good
Read 359
Write 335
Mixed 315
SusWrite 79.9
61% 272 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 94.7
4K Mixed 31
121% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 191
DQ Write 233
DQ Mixed 199
154% 208 MB/s
161GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H190117D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 341 409 376 340 232 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 433
Write 444
Mixed 384
SusWrite 343
90% 401 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 13.3
4K Mixed 22.4
69% 19.3 MB/s
DQ Read 89
DQ Write 12.8
DQ Mixed 23.8
24% 41.9 MB/s
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW19
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 53 56 48 38 44 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 373
Write 292
Mixed 337
SusWrite 62.6
60% 266 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 92.1
4K Mixed 13.1
112% 45.4 MB/s
DQ Read 192
DQ Write 199
DQ Mixed 21.2
64% 137 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V830
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 13 129 51 49 50 MB/s
23.5% Poor
Read 285
Write 160
Mixed 10.3
SusWrite 55.3
28% 128 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.2
33% 7.3 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,708,525 SSDs tested

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Typical Colorful 256GB Builds (Compare 14,513 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

System: Default string

CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples1,018x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples956x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples906x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples486x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples458x
SSD
Colorful 256GBBench 58%, 5 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples1,365x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples488x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples354x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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