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NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 132% (175th of 1072)

Based on 2,842 user benchmarks.  Model: KBG40ZNS256G NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB
Poor: 66%Average: 132% Great: 193%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kbg40zns256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB averaged 32.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kbg40zns256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 444MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 757MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kbg40zns256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB is 127%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kbg40zns256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 350MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 81.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,842 samples)
Rank 175132%
Min Avg Max
228 Read 903 1,466
63 Write 597 1,278
81.2 Mixed 675 1,234
51.7 SusWrite 350 560
141% 631 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.7 4K Read 39.2 54
15.9 4K Write 81.7 152
14.9 4K Mixed 47.5 74
163% 56.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
280 DQ Read 757 1,376
60.6 DQ Write 362 743
75.9 DQ Mixed 444 697
360% 521 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10410106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 610 711 540 324 282 263 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 1,052
Write 896
Mixed 863
SusWrite 455
183% 816 MB/s
4K Read 41.8
4K Write 88.1
4K Mixed 54.4
180% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 604
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 524
367% 469 MB/s
180GB free
Firmware: 10410102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 731 553 546 326 373 334 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 49.8
Write 1,016
Mixed 360
SusWrite 477
110% 476 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 66.6
216% 76.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,460
DQ Write 625
DQ Mixed 438
484% 841 MB/s
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10410104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 430 320 285 160 119 MB/s
89.3% Excellent
Read 620
Write 499
Mixed 776
SusWrite 248
120% 536 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 42.2
4K Mixed 37.1
116% 36.7 MB/s
DQ Read 450
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 374
253% 316 MB/s
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10410104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 270 183 119 93 95 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 674
Write 575
Mixed 598
SusWrite 186
114% 509 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 42.8
4K Mixed 32.3
107% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 260
DQ Write 136
DQ Mixed 78.1
90% 158 MB/s
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10410101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 61 39 42 43 25 MB/s
57.8% Above average
Read 619
Write 92.3
Mixed 156
SusWrite 44
49% 228 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 25.6
4K Mixed 18.5
65% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 359
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 104
110% 189 MB/s
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Desktop 65%
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CPU
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples1,498x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples1,398x
Core i7-9850HIntelBench 77%, 9,974 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples1,455x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 57%, 12,899 samples849x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 92,838 samples436x
SSD
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKbg40zns256gBench 132%, 2,842 samples1x
RAM
HMA851S6JJR6N-VK 2x4GBUnknownBench 62%, 3,853 samples245x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples176x
KKN2NM-MIE 2x4GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,182 samples173x
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