Kingston

RBU-SNS 256GB

RBU-SNS 256GB
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Effective Speed -20%Effective Speed -20%Average Score -29%Read -3%, Write -40%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed -50%, 4K Mixed -35%, SusWrite -22%Peak Score -35%Read -11%, Write -49%, 4K Read -41%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -54%, 4K Mixed -44%, SusWrite -23%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -26%DQ Read -25%, DQ Write -15%, DQ Mixed -111%, ADQ Read -21%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed -75%, Age 69%, AS-SSD Total -23%

Average Bench: 81.7% (459^th of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON RBU-SNS

Poor: 73%Average: 81.7% Great: 89%

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Very good average bench

The Kingston RBU-SNS 256GB averaged just 18.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston RBU-SNS 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 149MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.3MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston RBU-SNS 256GB is just 16.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston RBU-SNS 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 239MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 242MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)

Rank 45981.7%

Min	Avg	Max
436	Read 445	457
184	Write 289	326
132	Mixed 239	274
179	SusWrite 242	315
67.7% 304 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.1	4K Read 25.9	30.4
43.9	4K Write 73.6	102
25.4	4K Mixed 33.3	40.6
121% 44.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
226	DQ Read 270	294
208	DQ Write 264	311
140	DQ Mixed 149	157
144% 228 MB/s

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FRA-User, 3 years ago.

132GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 01.R

SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 223 256 289 242 217 MB/s

81% Excellent

Write 265

Mixed 268

SusWrite 236

67% 302 MB/s

4K Read 24.3

4K Write 72.6

4K Mixed 30.5

114% 42.5 MB/s

DQ Read 297

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 137

151% 253 MB/s

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 40%

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System: Supermicro X8DTH-i/6/iF/6F

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56901stBench 72%, 2,873 samples	3x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples	2x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples	2x

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RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	2x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	2x
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples	1x

SSD
RBU-SNS 256GBKingstonBench 82%, 9 samples	1x

RAM
9965447-034.A00LF 9965433-034.A00LF 9965426-024.A00LF 9965433-034.A00LF 9965433-034.A00LF 9965426-024.A00LF 9965426-037.A00LF 9965516-001.B00LF 9965426-037.A0... 90GBKingstonBench 50%, 4 samples	3x
M393B1G70QH0-YK0 M393B1G70BH0-YK0 M393B1G70BH0-YK0 M393B1G70BH0-YK0 M393B1G70BH0-YK0 M393B1G70BH0-YK0 ATMEL 26DF321 84GBSamsungBench 47%, 2 samples	2x
ATMEL 26DF321 60GBUnknownBench 46%, 32 samples	1x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $130

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Kingston

RBU-SNS 256GB

Average Bench: 81.7% (459^th of 1072)

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Very good consistency

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System: Supermicro X8DTH-i/6/iF/6F

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Kingston

RBU-SNS 256GB

Average Bench: 81.7% (459th of 1072)

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Very good average bench

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Very good consistency

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