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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 133% (174th of 1072)

Based on 44 user benchmarks.  Model: PHPCM256GFNTH-BCA0
Poor: 90%Average: 133% Great: 162%

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Outstanding average bench

The PHPCM256GFNTH-BCA0 256GB averaged 32.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PHPCM256GFNTH-BCA0 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 554MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 638MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PHPCM256GFNTH-BCA0 256GB is 71.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PHPCM256GFNTH-BCA0 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 456MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 88.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 44 samples)
Rank 174133%
Min Avg Max
316 Read 709 893
308 Write 755 913
286 Mixed 699 844
170 SusWrite 456 556
147% 655 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.2 4K Read 35.4 45.2
22.8 4K Write 88.4 131
18.1 4K Mixed 42.9 54.7
155% 55.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
222 DQ Read 663 708
161 DQ Write 638 731
194 DQ Mixed 554 597
442% 618 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
238GB free
Firmware: E8FT10.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 859 885 757 268 269 267 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 873
Write 908
Mixed 842
SusWrite 551
179% 793 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 53.8
201% 73.8 MB/s
DQ Read 703
DQ Write 712
DQ Mixed 596
479% 670 MB/s
166GB free
Firmware: E8FT10.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 899 903 735 267 268 267 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 905
Write 904
Mixed 846
SusWrite 556
181% 803 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 52.1
196% 71.5 MB/s
DQ Read 699
DQ Write 712
DQ Mixed 588
474% 666 MB/s
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8FT10.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 620 799 847 263 261 265 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 742
Write 842
Mixed 768
SusWrite 509
161% 715 MB/s
4K Read 41.1
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 49.7
183% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 698
DQ Write 698
DQ Mixed 455
409% 617 MB/s
715GB free
Firmware: E8FT10.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 896 889 696 261 261 259 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 859
Write 909
Mixed 824
SusWrite 544
176% 784 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 95
4K Mixed 44.7
165% 59.1 MB/s
DQ Read 586
DQ Write 721
DQ Mixed 501
420% 602 MB/s
125GB free
Firmware: E8FT10.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 661 672 673 452 259 259 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 606
Write 683
Mixed 611
SusWrite 496
135% 599 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 52.5
198% 73 MB/s
DQ Read 704
DQ Write 671
DQ Mixed 591
470% 655 MB/s
125GB free
Firmware: E8FT10.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 668 671 674 453 259 260 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 610
Write 676
Mixed 606
SusWrite 498
135% 598 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 52.1
194% 71.1 MB/s
DQ Read 709
DQ Write 668
DQ Mixed 592
470% 656 MB/s
125GB free
Firmware: E8FT10.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 672 670 451 260 261 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 597
Write 676
Mixed 611
SusWrite 496
134% 595 MB/s
4K Read 42.8
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 52
195% 71.5 MB/s
DQ Read 702
DQ Write 660
DQ Mixed 494
422% 619 MB/s
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Gaming 68%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 69%
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System: Jingsha X99M-H2

CPU
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples22x
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples11x
Xeon E5-2678 v3IntelBench 71%, 6,301 samples8x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples10x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples9x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples3x
SSD
PHPCM256GFNTH-BCA0 256GBBench 133%, 44 samples1x
RAM
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 59%, 1,132 samples10x
36ASF2G72PZ-2G1A2 1x16GBMicronBench 36%, 364 samples7x
HMA42GR7BJR4N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 37%, 11 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $270

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