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Mushkin MKNSSDCR240GB

Chronos 240GB

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Controller: LSI Sandforce SF2281VB1-SDC. NAND Memory: INTEL Asynchronous 25NM MLC. Release date: Q3 2011.

Average Bench: 71.7% (636th of 1072)

Based on 690 user benchmarks.  Models: MKNSSDCR240GB, MKNSSDCR 240GB, MKNSSDCR 240GB-7, MKNSSDCR240GB-7

In today's market the only thing the Mushkin Chronos has going for it is the fact that it is an SSD and as such considerably faster than a regular hard drive. Compared to other SSDs this drive is right at the bottom of the pack. Thanks to the combination of its now aged Sandforce controller and the use of Asynchronous Flash Memory, the Chronos has a real world speed of just 224 MBps. Its AS SSD total score of 487 is also the worst I have seen to date on a 240 GB SSD. To be fair this drive is over two years old which equates to around four generations in the very fast moving SSD space. There are far better value for money alternatives available. [Sep '13 SSDrivePro]

Poor: 51%Average: 71.7% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The Mushkin Chronos 240GB averaged 28.3% 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 160MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 82MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Mushkin Chronos 240GB is 39.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Mushkin Chronos 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 173MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 235MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 690 samples)
Rank 63671.7%
Min Avg Max
289 Read 344 422
142 Write 235 348
190 Mixed 250 339
70.7 SusWrite 173 253
56% 251 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.3 4K Read 26.3 34.7
33 4K Write 82 118
19.7 4K Mixed 33.2 43.3
126% 47.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
89.3 DQ Read 189 298
102 DQ Write 207 283
68.1 DQ Mixed 160 253
131% 185 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
70GB free
Firmware: 609ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 150 124 152 152 158 MB/s
65% Good
Read 300
Write 230
Mixed 263
SusWrite 150
53% 236 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 75.5
4K Mixed 30.6
116% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 174
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 164
128% 176 MB/s
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 127 102 76 126 104 MB/s
56.5% Above average
Read 314
Write 212
Mixed 224
SusWrite 107
48% 214 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 58
4K Mixed 25.8
98% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 224
DQ Mixed 162
125% 166 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $203 @ launch in Aug '11
AmazonUS $995 years
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Gaming 70%
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Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-K

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples874x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples744x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples207x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples319x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples294x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples271x
SSD
Chronos 240GBMushkin  $99Bench 72%, 690 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples138x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples119x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $549

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Controller: LSI Sandforce SF2281VB1-SDC. NAND Memory: INTEL Asynchronous 25NM MLC

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The drive is reliable, and certainly faster than the Disk drive it replaced. However, I was disappointed by the ATTO benchmarks used to rate it, which of course give the illusion that this is a 500 mb + contender. My Crystalmark scores are more like 180mb range (read, less for write). I have my Steam library on this drive. My boot/OS drive is a Samsung 840 (not the pro) and it hits the 500 mb range consistently. This drive uses Asynchronous memory. For those that don't know, the tiers of memory speed are from slowest to fastest: Asynchronous, Synchronous, Toggle. —Sep '14

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