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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 153% (152nd of 1072)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,446 samples)
Rank 152153%
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
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 355 275 288 118 116 MB/s
175% Outstanding
Read 1,350
Write 838
Mixed 859
SusWrite 243
182% 822 MB/s
4K Read 55.4
4K Write 241
4K Mixed 28.6
248% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 763
DQ Write 846
DQ Mixed 477
450% 696 MB/s
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2103XKR Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 199 230 340 129 119 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,681
Write 804
Mixed 890
SusWrite 252
200% 906 MB/s
4K Read 48.1
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 28.2
181% 70.7 MB/s
DQ Read 811
DQ Write 418
DQ Mixed 120
221% 450 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 452 199 306 108 106 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 1,352
Write 852
Mixed 748
SusWrite 269
178% 806 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 173
4K Mixed 23.4
190% 80.5 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 411
DQ Mixed 92.9
154% 297 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 213 370 232 173 583 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 1,104
Write 851
Mixed 705
SusWrite 330
166% 748 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 64.8
4K Mixed 17.8
98% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 782
DQ Mixed 329
323% 500 MB/s
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0826A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 630 89 5.2 224 212 212 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 1,026
Write 768
Mixed 500
SusWrite 229
140% 631 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 82.4
4K Mixed 8.5
108% 42 MB/s
DQ Read 445
DQ Write 386
DQ Mixed 197
207% 342 MB/s
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 113 104 108 124 301 MB/s
81.6% Excellent
Read 994
Write 227
Mixed 115
SusWrite 143
80% 370 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 50.3
4K Mixed 8.5
78% 28.6 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 119
DQ Mixed 103
114% 200 MB/s
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Gen Intel Core i5-11320H11thBench 70%, 3,048 samples53x
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Iris Plus Graphics 655IntelBench 9%, 8,316 samples379x
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Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples53x
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256GB 256GBNvmeBench 153%, 2,446 samples1x
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8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 2x8GBMicronBench 83%, 15,291 samples101x
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CT16G4SFS832A.C8FE 1x16GBCrucialBench 51%, 164 samples47x
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