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256G SSD 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 78.4% (514th of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: A-RAY 256G SSD
Poor: 65%Average: 78.4% Great: 85%

Good average bench

The A-ray 256G SSD 256GB averaged 21.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the A-ray 256G SSD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 167MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.7MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the A-ray 256G SSD 256GB is just 19.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the A-ray 256G SSD 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 207MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 210MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 51478.4%
Min Avg Max
350 Read 360 367
204 Write 210 213
209 Mixed 216 221
203 SusWrite 207 212
55.3% 248 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.1 4K Read 26 28.8
46.9 4K Write 84.9 112
25.4 4K Mixed 35.7 40.7
130% 48.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
295 DQ Read 298 299
203 DQ Write 206 209
164 DQ Mixed 167 169
148% 223 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
125GB free
Firmware: F30AP1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 212 212 212 212 213 MB/s
86.3% Excellent
Read 362
Write 213
Mixed 216
SusWrite 212
56% 251 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 40.7
155% 60.4 MB/s
DQ Read 299
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 168
149% 226 MB/s
124GB free
Firmware: F30AP1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 210 210 208 208 208 MB/s
84.8% Excellent
Read 367
Write 209
Mixed 221
SusWrite 209
56% 251 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 40.2
150% 58.2 MB/s
DQ Read 297
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 169
149% 224 MB/s
121GB free
Firmware: F30AP1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 207 207 207 207 207 MB/s
82.8% Excellent
Read 364
Write 212
Mixed 219
SusWrite 207
56% 250 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 38.5
145% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 203
DQ Mixed 168
147% 223 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: F30AP1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 207 208 208 209 209 MB/s
80% Very good
Read 366
Write 211
Mixed 220
SusWrite 208
56% 251 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 87.8
4K Mixed 36.9
134% 50.5 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 167
148% 223 MB/s
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: F30AP1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 204 205 207 207 207 MB/s
78.5% Very good
Read 359
Write 212
Mixed 213
SusWrite 206
55% 247 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 84.2
4K Mixed 36.1
131% 48.9 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 167
147% 223 MB/s
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: F30AP1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 204 206 206 208 207 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 359
Write 210
Mixed 209
SusWrite 206
55% 246 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 80.8
4K Mixed 35.7
129% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 167
148% 223 MB/s
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: F30AP1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 202 202 205 207 207 MB/s
77.4% Very good
Read 358
Write 207
Mixed 219
SusWrite 204
55% 247 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 78.9
4K Mixed 35.8
128% 47 MB/s
DQ Read 297
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 166
147% 223 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: F30AP1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 204 205 205 206 205 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 355
Write 204
Mixed 212
SusWrite 203
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 61.3
4K Mixed 30.7
107% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 164
146% 222 MB/s

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