Intel

SSDSCKHW240A4 240GB

SSDSCKHW240A4 240GB
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Effective Speed -36%Effective Speed -36%Average Score -42%Read -12%, Write -72%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -33%, 4K Mixed -66%, SusWrite -68%Peak Score -30%Read -1%, Write -63%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -38%, SusWrite -56%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -62%DQ Read -30%, DQ Write -45%, DQ Mixed -107%, ADQ Read -57%, ADQ Write -50%, ADQ Mixed -165%, Age -12%, AS-SSD Total -32%

Average Bench: 72.6% (622^nd of 1072)

Based on 297 user benchmarks. Model: INTEL SSDSCKHW240A4

Poor: 55%Average: 72.6% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The Intel SSDSCKHW240A4 240GB averaged 27.3% 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 98.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.1MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDSCKHW240A4 240GB is 34.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel SSDSCKHW240A4 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 176MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 235MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 297 samples)

Rank 62272.6%

Min	Avg	Max
313	Read 407	500
178	Write 235	298
217	Mixed 270	363
75.5	SusWrite 176	248
60.6% 272 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.1	4K Read 28.1	36.1
36	4K Write 74.2	105
10.2	4K Mixed 27.1	42.2
117% 43.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.7	DQ Read 208	282
67.7	DQ Write 193	247
9.45	DQ Mixed 98.3	160
102% 166 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

LTU-User, 1 month ago.

220GB free

Firmware: DC31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 224 219 220 222 207 MB/s

83.3% Excellent

Write 274

Mixed 274

SusWrite 212

64% 284 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 81

4K Mixed 39.2

142% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 230

DQ Mixed 159

145% 223 MB/s

RUS-User, 4 months ago.

73GB free

Firmware: DC31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 191 228 238 202 197 MB/s

79.6% Very good

Write 255

Mixed 254

SusWrite 211

60% 266 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 82.7

4K Mixed 36.4

134% 49.2 MB/s

DQ Read 282

DQ Write 251

DQ Mixed 169

153% 234 MB/s

TUR-User, 3 months ago.

111GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 193 182 231 184 169 MB/s

75.2% Very good

Write 244

Mixed 262

SusWrite 196

60% 267 MB/s

4K Read 29

4K Write 62.5

4K Mixed 33.8

120% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 277

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 156

144% 223 MB/s

ISL-User, 11 months ago.

32GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 170 199 209 184 210 MB/s

72.6% Very good

Write 229

Mixed 239

SusWrite 195

56% 250 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 66.9

4K Mixed 31

118% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 270

DQ Write 231

DQ Mixed 157

143% 219 MB/s

TUR-User, 5 months ago.

134GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 202 220 214 199 210 MB/s

68.9% Good

Write 259

Mixed 257

SusWrite 200

60% 270 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 44.6

4K Mixed 29.3

101% 33.3 MB/s

DQ Read 276

DQ Write 219

DQ Mixed 157

142% 217 MB/s

TUR-User, 3 months ago.

36GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 138 154 170 170 152 MB/s

65.9% Good

Write 168

Mixed 211

SusWrite 156

47% 211 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 67.2

4K Mixed 31.4

116% 41.7 MB/s

DQ Read 214

DQ Write 164

DQ Mixed 119

108% 166 MB/s

TUR-User, 5 months ago.

134GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DC31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 207 216 214 196 206 MB/s

65.8% Good

Write 246

Mixed 265

SusWrite 207

59% 264 MB/s

4K Read 23

4K Write 46.2

4K Mixed 26.8

94% 32 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 211

DQ Mixed 155

140% 213 MB/s

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Typical SSDSCKHW240A4 240GB Builds (Compare 71 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

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System: Monster ABRA A5 V6.2

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	71x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	39x
GTX 950MNvidiaBench 14%, 38,813 samples	32x

SSD
SSDSCKHW240A4 240GBIntelBench 73%, 297 samples	1x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	18x
1x8GBGKH800SO51208-1600Bench 29%, 1,721 samples	10x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 409 samples	7x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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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