Nvme

PC601 SK hy 256GB

PC601 SK hy 256GB
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Effective Speed +43% Effective Speed 43%Average Score +47% Read 141%, Write 81%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 52%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite 17%Peak Score +78% Read 202%, Write 120%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 40%, Mixed 154%, 4K Mixed 6%, SusWrite 2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +104% DQ Read 125%, DQ Write 163%, DQ Mixed 151%, ADQ Read 60%, ADQ Write 74%, ADQ Mixed 78%, Age 60%, AS-SSD Total 123%

Average Bench: 140% (167^th of 1072)

Based on 251 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PC601 NVMe SK hy

Poor: 89%Average: 140% Great: 181%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC601 SK hy 256GB averaged 40.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC601 SK hy 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 464MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,102MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC601 SK hy 256GB is 92.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC601 SK hy 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 347MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 544MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 251 samples)

Rank 167140%

Min	Avg	Max
642	Read 1,102	1,528
185	Write 735	1,068
310	Mixed 544	1,073
173	SusWrite 347	395
151% 682 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24	4K Read 40.6	52.8
45.2	4K Write 110	171
22.7	4K Mixed 41.7	61.5
173% 64.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
98	DQ Read 521	824
112	DQ Write 503	941
130	DQ Mixed 464	832
362% 496 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 months ago.

159GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 361 364 363 362 363 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 1,023

Mixed 559

SusWrite 392

184% 828 MB/s

4K Read 40

4K Write 83.3

4K Mixed 38.8

154% 54 MB/s

DQ Read 551

DQ Write 462

DQ Mixed 451

353% 488 MB/s

NIC-User, 7 days ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 538 358 363 362 364 362 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 828

Mixed 530

SusWrite 391

170% 770 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 90.6

4K Mixed 37.2

158% 56.3 MB/s

DQ Read 519

DQ Write 455

DQ Mixed 440

342% 471 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

183GB free

Firmware: 2111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 359 361 362 364 364 MB/s

142% Outstanding

Write 991

Mixed 506

SusWrite 395

174% 785 MB/s

4K Read 37.5

4K Write 84.4

4K Mixed 37

149% 53 MB/s

DQ Read 522

DQ Write 516

DQ Mixed 449

357% 496 MB/s

ZAF-User, 2 months ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 525 359 361 359 356 362 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 960

Mixed 444

SusWrite 387

168% 757 MB/s

4K Read 34.5

4K Write 89.3

4K Mixed 36.4

146% 53.4 MB/s

DQ Read 503

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 393

299% 408 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 358 363 363 363 366 MB/s

115% Outstanding

Write 841

Mixed 400

SusWrite 384

141% 633 MB/s

4K Read 33.3

4K Write 78

4K Mixed 32.8

134% 48 MB/s

DQ Read 460

DQ Write 208

DQ Mixed 335

248% 334 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

144GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 340 335 336 330 405 MB/s

80.3% Excellent

Write 327

Mixed 362

SusWrite 364

94% 423 MB/s

4K Read 19.2

4K Write 32.4

4K Mixed 24.8

78% 25.5 MB/s

DQ Read 191

DQ Write 166

DQ Mixed 174

132% 177 MB/s

VNM-User, 1 month ago.

185GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 350 356 352 356 355 MB/s

66.9% Good

Write 453

Mixed 452

SusWrite 370

101% 449 MB/s

4K Read 13.7

4K Write 18.9

4K Mixed 14

49% 15.5 MB/s

DQ Read 242

DQ Write 134

DQ Mixed 155

124% 177 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Latitude 7400

CPU
Core i7-8665UIntelBench 60%, 10,156 samples	863x
Core i5-8365UIntelBench 57%, 8,737 samples	476x
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	114x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	1,447x
R9 280AMD $185Bench 30%, 33,175 samples	2x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1x

SSD
PC601 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 140%, 251 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GS6DJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 42%, 1,772 samples	229x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 43%, 5,210 samples	199x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 7,726 samples	66x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Nvme

PC601 SK hy 256GB

Average Bench: 140% (167^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 140% (167th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 140% (167^th of 1072)