Average Bench: 82.4% (448th of 1072)

Based on 71 user benchmarks.  Model: AARVEX SSD

Very good average bench

The Aarvex SSD 256GB averaged just 17.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Aarvex SSD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 130MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 720MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Aarvex SSD 256GB is 159%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Aarvex SSD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 208MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 18.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 71 samples)
Min Avg Max
324 Read 720 1,653
194 Write 515 1,156
15.7 Mixed 381 1,030
75 SusWrite 208 479
101% 456 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.94 4K Read 26.4 49.8
4.88 4K Write 63.4 170
0.36 4K Mixed 18.3 47.4
97.1% 36 MB/s
Min Avg Max
91 DQ Read 308 774
11.4 DQ Write 297 890
0.5 DQ Mixed 130 534
145% 245 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
87GB free
Firmware: S0614C0G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 275 149 117 86 129 MB/s
Read 1,617
Write 1,137
Mixed 958
SusWrite 174
215% 971 MB/s
4K Read 47.3
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 44.7
200% 75.2 MB/s
DQ Read 770
DQ Write 549
DQ Mixed 111
231% 476 MB/s
229GB free
Firmware: S0614C0G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1071 1007 303 159 165 165 MB/s
Read 1,429
Write 1,105
Mixed 811
SusWrite 478
213% 956 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 65.2
4K Mixed 31.8
122% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 87
DQ Write 404
DQ Mixed 462
292% 318 MB/s
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0618A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 188 120 167 123 84 MB/s
Read 467
Write 380
Mixed 22.8
SusWrite 172
58% 261 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 16.7
4K Mixed 0.5
37% 11.9 MB/s
DQ Read 102
DQ Write 19.2
DQ Mixed 0.5
16% 40.4 MB/s
98GB free
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 67 53 53 11 53 MB/s
Read 475
Write 412
Mixed 18
SusWrite 90.6
55% 249 MB/s
4K Read 18.7
4K Write 9.1
4K Mixed 0.7
34% 9.5 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 11.7
DQ Mixed 0.9
15% 38.8 MB/s
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 124 49 127 111 65 MB/s
Read 302
Write 365
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 121
45% 203 MB/s
4K Read 15.3
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 18.3
49% 12.7 MB/s
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 9.4 33 54 11 53 MB/s
Read 473
Write 408
Mixed 17.2
SusWrite 81.2
54% 245 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 10
4K Mixed 0.7
35% 9.97 MB/s
DQ Read 76.6
DQ Write 11.1
DQ Mixed 0.8
12% 29.5 MB/s
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0618A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 301 246 3.5 6.2 21 MB/s
Read 415
Write 355
Mixed 19.9
SusWrite 98.4
49% 222 MB/s
4K Read 11
4K Write 12.7
4K Mixed 0.4
24% 8.03 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 17.1
DQ Mixed 0.6
17% 43 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 77 42 52 10 34 MB/s
Read 410
Write 342
Mixed 19
SusWrite 79.3
47% 213 MB/s
4K Read 15.3
4K Write 8.8
4K Mixed 0.6
29% 8.23 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 10.5
DQ Mixed 1
15% 38.4 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,669,931 SSDs tested

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Workstation 24%
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