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Best Bench: 96% 35GB free
Worst Bench: 56% 49GB free

Poor: 56% Great: 96%

SPEED RANK: 196^th / 853

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Best Bench: 97% 9GB free
Worst Bench: 60% 126GB free

Poor: 60% Great: 97%

SPEED RANK: 175^th / 853


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		79.5 %	-2%		81.4 %	+2%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	483 MB/s	-1%	486 MB/s	+1%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	315 MB/s	Slightly faster write speed. +15%	275 MB/s	-15%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	36.3 MB/s	Faster random read. +22%	29.7 MB/s	-22%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	58.3 MB/s	-46%	85.3 MB/s	Much faster random write. +46%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	325 MB/s	-5%	342 MB/s	Slightly faster mixed IO speed. +5%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	20.9 MB/s	-17%	24.5 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +17%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	510 MB/s	-2%	518 MB/s	+2%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	352 MB/s	Faster peak write speed. +21%	292 MB/s	-21%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	45.5 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +27%	35.9 MB/s	-27%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	84.2 MB/s	-39%	117 MB/s	Much faster peak random write. +39%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	357 MB/s	-3%	367 MB/s	+3%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	27.2 MB/s	-19%	32.4 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +19%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	2.5 %	Insanely higher market share. +3,471%	0.07 %	-3,471%
Value Value For Money	60.3 %	Much better value. +70%	35.4 %	-70%
User Rating UBM User Rating	63 %	+5%	60 %	-5%
Price Price (score)	€130	Much cheaper. +50%	€262	-50%


Age Newest	47 Months	-15%	40 Months	Slightly more recent. +15%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	364 MB/s	+5%	348 MB/s	-5%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	239 MB/s	-14%	273 MB/s	Slightly faster peak deep queue write. +14%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1064 Pts	-1%	1,079 Pts	+1%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	83.6 MB/s	-44%	120 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +44%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	197 MB/s	-3%	202 MB/s	+3%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	155 MB/s	-32%	204 MB/s	Much faster deep queue write. +32%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	49.7 MB/s	-50%	74.6 MB/s	Much faster deep queue mixed IO. +50%


Capacity Capacity			250GB			240GB

The Evo is remarkable in that, like the Sandisk Extreme II, it features a second level cache. For the 250 GB Evo this consists of a 3 GB Turbowrite cache (TWC) which is a block of high speed Flash Memory. When the TWC is exhausted write speeds drop by approximately 50% but that won't often happen under typical consumer workloads. In terms of raw performance, even with its cache, the Evo still isn't the fastest drive. With a real world speed index reading of 439 MB/s the EVO is however, within reach of the two speed leaders (Vector and 850 Pro). At a price point of $130 the Evo is around 30% cheaper making it the best value for money SSDs I have seen in 2014. Comparing the Evo and the Sandisk Ultra Plus shows that the Evo is the winner but the Sandisk may be a viable alternative thanks to its cache-free, and therefore more consistent performance during extended writes. ^{[Aug '14 SSDrivePro]}

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The 240GB Intel 730 is just two months old and the newest SSDs in our group test. The 730 uses Intel's own enterprise controller (rather than a Sandforce) and it's marketed by Intel as an enthusiast class drive with data centre reliability. Backed by a 50GB per day, five year warranty the 730 has the most generous warranty I have seen on a consumer SSD. Unfortunately when it comes to performance the 730 is seriously let down by its relatively feeble peak sequential write speed of just 286 MB/s. The 730 scored an effective speed of just 439 MB/s which is 17% below the average of the ten group leaders. I seriously doubt that Intel will sell many of these drives at their current price point which is 25% higher than the average of the leading 240GB SSDs. ^{[Mar '14 SSDrivePro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K €338	Nvidia GTX 1070 €410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB €96
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 €330	AMD RX 480 €307	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB €139
Intel Core i5-7600K €245	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB €288	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB €150

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) €46	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB €150	SanDisk Extreme 64GB €61
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) €105	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB €777	SanDisk Extreme 32GB €21
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB €56	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB €151	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB €17

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