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Controller: SandForce SF2281. NAND Memory: Toshiba 32 nm MLC. Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 70.3% (664th of 1072)

Based on 80 user benchmarks.  Model: Patriot Wildfire
Poor: 51%Average: 70.3% Great: 90%

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Good average bench

The Patriot Wildfire 240GB averaged 29.7% 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 142MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Patriot Wildfire 240GB is 39.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Patriot Wildfire 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 173MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 217MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 80 samples)
Rank 66470.3%
Min Avg Max
319 Read 408 510
142 Write 217 269
162 Mixed 256 319
116 SusWrite 173 299
58.6% 264 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.1 4K Read 26 32.8
29.3 4K Write 73.3 112
11.3 4K Mixed 25.8 41.5
111% 41.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.2 DQ Read 222 303
61.7 DQ Write 179 239
11 DQ Mixed 142 287
122% 181 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
177GB free
Firmware: 319ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 238 242 237 243 234 MB/s
86% Excellent
Read 446
Write 227
Mixed 280
SusWrite 235
66% 297 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 85
4K Mixed 36.2
137% 50.5 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 234
183% 253 MB/s
123GB free
Firmware: 319ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 163 169 177 179 181 MB/s
81.4% Excellent
Read 450
Write 216
Mixed 247
SusWrite 168
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 90.1
4K Mixed 37
137% 51.5 MB/s
DQ Read 301
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 218
171% 238 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 146 146 147 205 210 MB/s
70% Very good
Read 364
Write 226
Mixed 288
SusWrite 170
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 63.5
4K Mixed 31.3
112% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 268
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 136
130% 205 MB/s
216GB free
Firmware: 332ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 234 235 230 231 234 MB/s
66% Good
Read 379
Write 212
Mixed 246
SusWrite 225
59% 265 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 43.2
4K Mixed 25.9
86% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 267
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 213
165% 227 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,665,398 SSDs tested

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Typical Wildfire 240GB Builds (Compare 742 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme

CPU
Core i7 X 980Intel  $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples146x
Core i7-950Intel  $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples128x
Core i7 X 990Intel  $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples94x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples57x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples39x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples39x
SSD
Wildfire 240GBPatriotBench 70%, 80 samples1x
RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples172x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples86x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples80x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $548

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