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256GB 256GB

256GB 256GB
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Effective Speed -28%Effective Speed -28%Average Score -29%Read 13%, Write 0%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -30%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed -154%, SusWrite 2%Peak Score +63% Read 203%, Write 128%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed 126%, 4K Mixed -52%, SusWrite 39%Value & Sentiment -851%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,689%Nice To Haves -9%DQ Read 29%, DQ Write 50%, DQ Mixed 20%, ADQ Read -95%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed -178%, Age 71%, AS-SSD Total 43%

Average Bench: 77.2% (531^st of 1072)

Based on 309 user benchmarks. Model: BR 256GB

Poor: 43%Average: 77.2% Great: 161%

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Good average bench

The BR 256GB 256GB averaged 22.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the BR 256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 93.5MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 265MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the BR 256GB 256GB is 118%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the BR 256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 167MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 17.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 309 samples)

Rank 53177.2%

Min	Avg	Max
287	Read 516	1,536
184	Write 407	1,107
171	Mixed 350	956
98.2	SusWrite 302	540
88.2% 394 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.6	4K Read 25.6	41.8
20.8	4K Write 67.3	119
4.5	4K Mixed 17.7	38.4
97.1% 36.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
62.8	DQ Read 167	475
69.7	DQ Write 265	537
8.18	DQ Mixed 93.5	397
105% 175 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PHL-User, 3 days ago.

199GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1226A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1200 1216 552 144 141 142 MB/s

170% Outstanding

Write 1275

Mixed 1,061

SusWrite 566

260% 1,167 MB/s

4K Read 37

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 25.7

144% 55.7 MB/s

DQ Read 342

DQ Write 681

DQ Mixed 342

308% 455 MB/s

TUR-User, 6 days ago.

192GB free

Firmware: VE0R6310

SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 399 413 426 428 426 MB/s

97.1% Outstanding

Write 396

Mixed 360

SusWrite 399

91% 406 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 39.6

146% 56.3 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 278

DQ Mixed 185

144% 193 MB/s

HND-User, 4 days ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VE1R9105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 409 408 413 414 413 MB/s

83.6% Excellent

Write 394

Mixed 347

SusWrite 411

88% 388 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 62.3

4K Mixed 30.4

107% 38.7 MB/s

DQ Read 137

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 188

149% 202 MB/s

LBN-User, 4 days ago.

62GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS1A25C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 296 333 258 58 52 MB/s

52.5% Above average

Write 335

Mixed 272

SusWrite 213

68% 304 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 28.5

4K Mixed 8.5

51% 17.8 MB/s

DQ Read 176

DQ Write 227

DQ Mixed 15.1

63% 139 MB/s

IDN-User, 20 days ago.

103GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VE0R840H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 352 155 68 241 286 MB/s

49.8% Average

Write 328

Mixed 282

SusWrite 244

66% 292 MB/s

4K Read 12.6

4K Write 29.7

4K Mixed 14.9

54% 19.1 MB/s

DQ Read 67.8

DQ Write 187

DQ Mixed 106

87% 120 MB/s

IDN-User, 13 days ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 57 339 40 7.4 144 MB/s

43.1% Average

Write 167

Mixed 19.9

SusWrite 102

35% 161 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 69

4K Mixed 0.4

72% 30.8 MB/s

DQ Read 139

DQ Write 17.5

DQ Mixed 0.4

20% 52.4 MB/s

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System: Dell Precision 7530

CPU
Core i7-8850HIntelBench 71%, 20,669 samples	850x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	396x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	200x

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UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	943x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 28%, 4,738 samples	389x
Quadro P3200NvidiaBench 55%, 1,890 samples	226x

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256GB 256GBBRBench 77%, 309 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples	163x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples	108x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,590 samples	75x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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