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Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 69.5% (677th of 1072)

Based on 149 user benchmarks.  Model: OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD
Poor: 51%Average: 69.5% Great: 90%

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Above average average bench

The OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 240GB averaged 30.5% 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 128MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 73.2MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 240GB is 38.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 179MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 231MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 149 samples)
Rank 67769.5%
Min Avg Max
303 Read 397 506
140 Write 231 310
175 Mixed 265 332
95.7 SusWrite 179 254
59.7% 268 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.8 4K Read 24.4 34.1
29.2 4K Write 73.2 109
9.49 4K Mixed 25.7 42.9
109% 41.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.4 DQ Read 189 294
66.5 DQ Write 192 259
8.96 DQ Mixed 128 244
113% 169 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
176GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 504ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 243 245 229 240 233 MB/s
77.8% Very good
Read 400
Write 272
Mixed 292
SusWrite 236
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 65.9
4K Mixed 31.4
118% 41.9 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 224
DQ Mixed 146
138% 215 MB/s
154GB free
Firmware: 502ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 178 197 198 197 198 MB/s
71.3% Very good
Read 386
Write 240
Mixed 262
SusWrite 183
60% 268 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 53.5
4K Mixed 31.4
110% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 263
DQ Write 214
DQ Mixed 211
166% 229 MB/s
154GB free
Firmware: 502ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 176 190 188 182 187 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 369
Write 224
Mixed 264
SusWrite 182
58% 260 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 53
4K Mixed 31.6
109% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 204
163% 228 MB/s
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 541ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 163 166 169 175 145 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 324
Write 198
Mixed 262
SusWrite 162
53% 236 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 81.5
4K Mixed 31
121% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 196
148% 194 MB/s
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Typical Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 240GB Builds (Compare 49 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 20%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 16%
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Motherboard: MSI A88X-G43 (MS-7793)

CPU
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD  $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples11x
A10-5700 APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD  $265Bench 48%, 6,606 samples9x
A8-6600K APUAMD  $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples6x
GPU
R9 280XAMD  $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples6x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples4x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples4x
SSD
Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 240GBOWCBench 69%, 149 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 3,851 samples3x
ZEUS-1600 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL ZEUS-1600 12GBUnknownBench 26%, 4 samples3x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 25% - Poor Total price: $635

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