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SMSM151S3/256G 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 63.4% (761st of 1072)

Based on 56 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SMSM151S3/256G
Poor: 25%Average: 63.4% Great: 124%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston SMSM151S3/256G 256GB averaged 36.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 265MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 483MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SMSM151S3/256G 256GB is 98.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SMSM151S3/256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 195MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 15.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 56 samples)
Rank 76163.4%
Min Avg Max
304 Read 483 1,543
135 Write 362 1,122
9.52 Mixed 287 963
28.9 SusWrite 195 405
74% 332 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.39 4K Read 20.2 47.1
4.55 4K Write 55.7 168
0.3 4K Mixed 15.1 43.1
79.5% 30.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.9 DQ Read 166 759
6.46 DQ Write 265 626
0.36 DQ Mixed 52.6 226
85.6% 161 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
238GB free
Firmware: 2004XKR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1110 1097 1015 172 173 174 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,664
Write 1129
Mixed 952
SusWrite 624
243% 1,092 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 28.8
178% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 769
DQ Write 919
DQ Mixed 471
459% 720 MB/s
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0910A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 3.3 75 160 18 8 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 350
Write 280
Mixed 273
SusWrite 47.4
53% 238 MB/s
4K Read 15.1
4K Write 50.4
4K Mixed 15.3
69% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 83.7
DQ Write 253
DQ Mixed 0.5
49% 112 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1115A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 147 13 72 58 56 MB/s
42.5% Average
Read 431
Write 336
Mixed 352
SusWrite 108
68% 307 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 48.4
4K Mixed 1.1
53% 22.3 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 19.8
DQ Mixed 0.8
26% 66.1 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1115A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 148 27 64 108 8.9 MB/s
35% Below average
Read 427
Write 374
Mixed 27.1
SusWrite 110
52% 234 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 12.1
4K Mixed 0.9
30% 9.2 MB/s
DQ Read 141
DQ Write 5.9
DQ Mixed 19.3
28% 55.4 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0110A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 194 4.8 55 4.5 4.8 MB/s
27.8% Poor
Read 432
Write 325
Mixed 306
SusWrite 44.6
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 0.4
29% 7.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,739,067 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 5%
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Desktop
Desktop 44%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
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System: Dell Latitude E7450

CPU
Core i5-5300UIntelBench 42%, 29,898 samples1,193x
Core i7-5600UIntelBench 50%, 20,423 samples1,145x
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples100x
GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples2,359x
GeForce 840MNvidiaBench 9%, 20,978 samples81x
HD Graphics 5500 (PHDGD Skylake v2.9)IntelBench 4%, 39 samples1x
SSD
SMSM151S3/256G 256GBKingstonBench 63%, 56 samples1x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples343x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples176x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples121x
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