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JD256 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 163% (140th of 1072)

Based on 596 user benchmarks.  Model: JAMESDONKEY JD256 256GB
Poor: 118%Average: 163% Great: 224%

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Outstanding average bench

The Jamesdonkey JD256 256GB averaged 62.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Jamesdonkey JD256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 312MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,539MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Jamesdonkey JD256 256GB is 106%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Jamesdonkey JD256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 412MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 28.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 596 samples)
Rank 140163%
Min Avg Max
1,063 Read 1,539 1,896
80.9 Write 820 1,244
115 Mixed 707 1,069
152 SusWrite 412 1,043
192% 869 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.7 4K Read 47.7 56.3
37.9 4K Write 130 200
10.6 4K Mixed 28.7 47.1
178% 68.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
328 DQ Read 533 776
72.8 DQ Write 578 973
55.1 DQ Mixed 312 536
302% 474 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JD2019
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 408 210 218 227 464 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,661
Write 243
Mixed 232
SusWrite 320
132% 614 MB/s
4K Read 49.6
4K Write 188
4K Mixed 49.7
238% 95.8 MB/s
DQ Read 766
DQ Write 952
DQ Mixed 542
497% 753 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: JD2020
SusWrite @10s intervals: 958 949 966 379 141 165 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 1,391
Write 988
Mixed 797
SusWrite 593
210% 942 MB/s
4K Read 45.9
4K Write 167
4K Mixed 25.6
191% 79.6 MB/s
DQ Read 392
DQ Write 678
DQ Mixed 325
306% 465 MB/s
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W0505A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 643 209 209 152 212 226 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,744
Write 1,473
Mixed 1,236
SusWrite 275
263% 1,182 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 41
189% 71.4 MB/s
DQ Read 426
DQ Write 599
DQ Mixed 418
342% 481 MB/s
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JD2022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 136 107 205 106 106 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 1,524
Write 315
Mixed 142
SusWrite 157
115% 535 MB/s
4K Read 46.4
4K Write 190
4K Mixed 33
213% 89.8 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 818
DQ Mixed 21
179% 403 MB/s
0GB free
Firmware: JD2021
SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 849 260 130 104 104 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,413
Write 975
Mixed 834
SusWrite 376
200% 900 MB/s
4K Read 49.3
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 26.7
190% 76.3 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 617
DQ Mixed 303
278% 415 MB/s
39GB free
Firmware: JD2019
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 147 201 258 453 534 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 1,696
Write 69.4
Mixed 247
SusWrite 299
123% 578 MB/s
4K Read 53.9
4K Write 52.9
4K Mixed 21.4
137% 42.7 MB/s
DQ Read 777
DQ Write 215
DQ Mixed 126
189% 372 MB/s
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JD2020
SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 240 370 450 384 226 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 1,253
Write 911
Mixed 739
SusWrite 326
179% 807 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 19.4
158% 65.4 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 633
DQ Mixed 100
192% 374 MB/s
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Typical JD256 256GB Builds (Compare 6,706 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,183x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,162x
Ryzen 5 1600AFAMD  $97Bench 72%, 52,721 samples443x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples542x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples490x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples439x
SSD
JD256 256GBJamesdonkeyBench 163%, 596 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples367x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples342x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples309x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $407

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