AS-256 - Benchmark performance

AS-256

Price and performance details for the AS-256 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

AS-256

Drive Size:  238.5 GB

Other names:  AS-256, ATA AS-256 SCSI Disk Device

Drive First Benchmarked: 2023-04-01

Drive Rating/$Price: NA
Overall Rank:  12851

Last Price Change:  NA

Average Drive Rating

2721
Samples: 15

Disk Test Suite Average Results for AS-256

Sequential Read	453 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write	276 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)	138 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD1	13 MBytes/Sec

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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 13th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive	Average Disk Rating
AS-256		2,721
Seagate ST2000DM008		2,350
Seagate ST1000DM010		1,372
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive		1,313
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100		1,250
WDC WD10EZEX		1,223
Seagate ST1000DM003		1,174
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050		1,139
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100		1,056
WDC WD10SPZX		897
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Last 5 Baselines for AS-256
Most recent listed first
Baseline	Disk Rating
BL3317290 - Feb 28 2026		1797
BL3317270 - Feb 28 2026		1202
BL2921457 - Sep 20 2025		2615
BL2832527 - Aug 13 2025		2913
BL2705652 - Jun 18 2025		2507
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Disk Test Suite Average Results for AS-256