Intel

SSDMCEAW240A4 240GB

SSDMCEAW240A4 240GB
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Effective Speed -42%Effective Speed -42%Average Score -47%Read -10%, Write -70%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed -32%, 4K Mixed -88%, SusWrite -59%Peak Score -36%Read -2%, Write -65%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -44%, SusWrite -73%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -69%DQ Read -30%, DQ Write -46%, DQ Mixed -110%, ADQ Read -65%, ADQ Write -55%, ADQ Mixed -188%, Age -22%, AS-SSD Total -33%

Average Bench: 69.1% (684^th of 1072)

Based on 206 user benchmarks. Model: INTEL SSDMCEAW240A4

Poor: 51%Average: 69.1% Great: 84%

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Above average average bench

The Intel SSDMCEAW240A4 240GB averaged 30.8% 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 Mixed IO Speed 90.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.9MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDMCEAW240A4 240GB is 32.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel SSDMCEAW240A4 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 186MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 239MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 206 samples)

Rank 68469.1%

Min	Avg	Max
309	Read 417	499
176	Write 239	293
216	Mixed 273	357
128	SusWrite 186	224
62.1% 279 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.1	4K Read 25.9	35.2
30	4K Write 62.7	98.6
9.97	4K Mixed 24	40.4
103% 37.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.9	DQ Read 198	283
58.5	DQ Write 186	246
8.83	DQ Mixed 90.2	158
95.7% 158 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CAN-User, 6 months ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC33

SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 168 194 204 181 183 MB/s

74% Very good

Write 237

Mixed 254

SusWrite 182

56% 252 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 69.7

4K Mixed 34.2

127% 44.8 MB/s

DQ Read 278

DQ Write 198

DQ Mixed 143

133% 207 MB/s

BEL-User, 9 months ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC33

SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 181 215 207 209 203 MB/s

66.7% Good

Write 229

Mixed 240

SusWrite 203

56% 253 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 47

4K Mixed 28.4

98% 33.2 MB/s

DQ Read 246

DQ Write 223

DQ Mixed 155

138% 208 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 months ago.

188GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC33

SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 213 212 198 225 199 MB/s

63.9% Good

Write 248

Mixed 265

SusWrite 207

60% 266 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 37.8

4K Mixed 27

89% 29.2 MB/s

DQ Read 260

DQ Write 174

DQ Mixed 148

129% 194 MB/s

USA-User, 12 days ago.

191GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC33

SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 198 208 214 199 186 MB/s

61.2% Good

Write 241

Mixed 252

SusWrite 202

58% 261 MB/s

4K Read 18.7

4K Write 45.3

4K Mixed 21.9

80% 28.6 MB/s

DQ Read 248

DQ Write 214

DQ Mixed 149

134% 204 MB/s

CHE-User, 5 months ago.

88GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC33

SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 98 19 19 19 19 MB/s

57.8% Above average

Write 231

Mixed 242

SusWrite 49.1

51% 232 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 54.9

4K Mixed 27.2

106% 36.5 MB/s

DQ Read 125

DQ Write 156

DQ Mixed 80.7

77% 120 MB/s

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2,019x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,564x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	930x

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HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,039x

SSD
SSDMCEAW240A4 240GBIntelBench 69%, 206 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	297x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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