Samsung
IntelSSDSC2BW240H601
  

Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281. Memory: Intel 16nm MLC. Release date: Q2 2015.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 10,516 user samples
1,374 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 143% 307GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 64% 145GB free (System drive)
Poor: 64% Great: 143%
SPEED RANK: 228th / 1072
9,142 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 95% 223GB free
Worst Bench: 58% 136GB free
Poor: 58% Great: 95%
SPEED RANK: 495th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
106 % Much faster effective speed.
+34%
79.2 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
730 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+90%
385 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
436 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+90%
230 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
29.6 MB/s 29.9 MB/s +1%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
79 MB/s 80 MB/s +1%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
370 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+35%
274 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
26.7 MB/s 37.8 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+42%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
352 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+96%
180 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
1122 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+147%
454 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
578 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+127%
255 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
38.1 MB/s +4% 36.7 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
126 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+14%
111 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
705 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+134%
301 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
38.9 MB/s 47.3 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+22%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
556 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+142%
230 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 75,659,613 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 53 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
Age
Newest
102+ Months Slightly more recent.
+6%
108 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
965 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+226%
296 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
569 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+132%
245 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
2,418 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+153%
957 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
580 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+230%
176 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
523 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+92%
273 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
287 MB/s Much faster deep queue write.
+35%
212 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
343 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+117%
158 MB/s
Capacity
Capacity
512GB 240GB
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The Intel 535 SSD was quietly released in April 2015, very few review samples were distributed and the release went largely unnoticed. The 535 sports the same basic specs as its predecessor, the 530. The 20nm NAND in the 530 has been replaced with marginally slower 16nm NAND and both drives use the same five year old SandForce 2281 controller. Comparing performance between 240GB 530 and 535 shows that the two drives share the same performance profile which is severely hampered by a particularly weak incompressible write speed, something the SandForce controller is notorious for. Overall the 240GB 535 scores an effective speed of 71.5% which puts it amongst the slowest handful of new SSDs on the market. There are other drives on the market that use newer technology and represent far value for money[Aug '15 SSDrivePro]

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