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Effective Speed -256%Effective Speed -256%Average Score -318%Read -193%, Write -450%, 4K Read -92%, 4K Write -67%, Mixed -358%, 4K Mixed -344%, SusWrite -719%Peak Score -331%Read -245%, Write -417%, 4K Read -247%, 4K Write -85%, Mixed -361%, 4K Mixed -436%, SusWrite -527%Value & Sentiment -2,702%User Rating -37%, Market Share -5,367%Nice To Haves -220%DQ Read -197%, DQ Write -93%, DQ Mixed -324%, ADQ Read -224%, ADQ Write -124%, ADQ Mixed -392%, Age -234%, AS-SSD Total -172%

Average Bench: 153% (160^th of 1080)

Based on 2,446 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe SSD 256GB

Poor: 96%Average: 153% Great: 200%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme 256GB 256GB averaged 53.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme 256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 302MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,432MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme 256GB 256GB is 104%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme 256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 385MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 24.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,446 samples)

Rank 160153%

Min	Avg	Max
813	Read 1,432	1,717
98.9	Write 848	1,245
84.4	Mixed 705	1,013
151	SusWrite 385	730
187% 843 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.3	4K Read 46.3	55.3
25.1	4K Write 124	205
8.56	4K Mixed 24.9	40.8
168% 65.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
271	DQ Read 528	781
71.9	DQ Write 560	986
22.4	DQ Mixed 302	495
294% 463 MB/s

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

BRA-User, 4 days ago.

161GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1.002 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1026 1017 1014 1018 445 109 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,036

Mixed 1,017

SusWrite 772

268% 1,211 MB/s

4K Read 35.3

4K Write 69.3

4K Mixed 43.3

146% 49.3 MB/s

DQ Read 600

DQ Write 442

DQ Mixed 521

389% 521 MB/s

VNM-User, 1 day ago.

116GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VC2S038B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1332 1329 144 53 85 45 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1,386

Mixed 1,210

SusWrite 498

278% 1,252 MB/s

4K Read 40.6

4K Write 87.4

4K Mixed 53.5

176% 60.5 MB/s

DQ Read 615

DQ Write 595

DQ Mixed 603

454% 605 MB/s

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Core i5-8279UIntelBench 74%, 740 samples	312x
Core i5-1235UIntelBench 64%, 18,917 samples	146x
Gen Intel Core i5-11320H11thBench 70%, 3,048 samples	54x

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Iris Plus Graphics 655IntelBench 9%, 8,316 samples	387x
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples	145x
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	54x

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256GB 256GBNvmeBench 153%, 2,446 samples	1x

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8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 2x8GBMicronBench 83%, 15,291 samples	103x
CT8G4SFS832A.M8FR 2x8GBCrucialBench 92%, 2,995 samples	100x
CT16G4SFS832A.C8FE 1x16GBCrucialBench 51%, 164 samples	47x

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Nvme

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Average Bench: 153% (160^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 153% (160th of 1080)

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