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Pc601

NVMe SK hynix 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 138% (178th of 1080)

Based on 2,219 user benchmarks.  Model: PC601 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
Poor: 94%Average: 138% Great: 191%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 256GB averaged 38.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 427MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,070MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 256GB is 96.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 298MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 483MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,219 samples)
Rank 178138%
Min Avg Max
598 Read 1,070 1,494
160 Write 577 1,050
279 Mixed 483 1,029
128 SusWrite 298 393
134% 607 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.6 4K Read 42 54.8
59.1 4K Write 115 161
26 4K Mixed 43.6 71.9
180% 66.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
325 DQ Read 549 825
118 DQ Write 471 957
171 DQ Mixed 427 826
343% 482 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 307 311 313 306 295 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 1,433
Write 748
Mixed 509
SusWrite 329
166% 755 MB/s
4K Read 43.2
4K Write 98.1
4K Mixed 58.2
192% 66.5 MB/s
DQ Read 818
DQ Write 634
DQ Mixed 468
420% 640 MB/s
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 365 363 366 366 367 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,407
Write 668
Mixed 460
SusWrite 396
161% 733 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 42.1
183% 68.5 MB/s
DQ Read 522
DQ Write 674
DQ Mixed 459
385% 551 MB/s
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 364 361 354 356 352 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 1,248
Write 954
Mixed 623
SusWrite 377
178% 800 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 71.4
4K Mixed 41.6
148% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 619
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 464
350% 477 MB/s
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 126 115 107 114 102 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 1,050
Write 180
Mixed 332
SusWrite 118
91% 420 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 97.7
4K Mixed 38
157% 57.7 MB/s
DQ Read 518
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 247
208% 313 MB/s
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 333 350 340 323 334 MB/s
91.8% Outstanding
Read 551
Write 670
Mixed 335
SusWrite 346
107% 476 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 63.3
4K Mixed 30.6
116% 40.8 MB/s
DQ Read 442
DQ Write 150
DQ Mixed 275
209% 289 MB/s
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Gaming 32%
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Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation 30%
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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel  $170Bench 87%, 349,567 samples3,061x
Core i7-9700Intel  $227Bench 92%, 79,875 samples1,559x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $170Bench 88%, 746,287 samples334x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples941x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples714x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples658x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples163x
RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples485x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples479x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples368x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $229

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