Intel SSDSCMMW240A3L

521 Series 240GB

521 Series 240GB
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Effective Speed -70%Effective Speed -70%Average Score -82%Read -14%, Write -74%, 4K Read -92%, 4K Write -147%, Mixed -32%, 4K Mixed -165%, SusWrite -52%Peak Score -65%Read -2%, Write -68%, 4K Read -71%, 4K Write -138%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -112%, SusWrite -49%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -46%DQ Read -22%, DQ Write -42%, DQ Mixed -26%, ADQ Read -64%, ADQ Write -62%, ADQ Mixed -82%, Age -29%, AS-SSD Total -38%

Average Bench: 57.9% (823^rd of 1072)

Based on 515 user benchmarks. Model: INTEL SSDSCMMW240A3L

Poor: 45%Average: 57.9% Great: 69%

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Average average bench

The Intel 521 Series 240GB averaged 42.0% 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 143MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 402MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel 521 Series 240GB is 24.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel 521 Series 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 195MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 233MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 515 samples)

Rank 82357.9%

Min	Avg	Max
296	Read 402	498
176	Write 233	288
211	Mixed 273	367
143	SusWrite 195	260
61.5% 276 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.4	4K Read 17.9	25.1
19.3	4K Write 35.4	51.5
6.75	4K Mixed 17	27.5
67.7% 23.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.8	DQ Read 199	300
35.6	DQ Write 178	253
7.5	DQ Mixed 143	263
120% 173 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 months ago.

178GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LE9i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 213 210 213 204 214 MB/s

68.7% Good

Write 261

Mixed 258

SusWrite 212

61% 274 MB/s

4K Read 20.6

4K Write 51.6

4K Mixed 27.7

94% 33.3 MB/s

DQ Read 297

DQ Write 240

DQ Mixed 256

195% 264 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

191GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LE9i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 210 202 203 210 219 MB/s

67.4% Good

Write 237

Mixed 253

SusWrite 206

59% 265 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 40.6

4K Mixed 27.6

93% 30.7 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 230

DQ Mixed 242

185% 251 MB/s

VNM-User, 5 months ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LE9i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 190 200 199 195 196 MB/s

58.1% Above average

Write 236

Mixed 252

SusWrite 196

57% 256 MB/s

4K Read 18.7

4K Write 30.5

4K Mixed 22.5

73% 23.9 MB/s

DQ Read 273

DQ Write 161

DQ Mixed 210

158% 215 MB/s

ZAF-User, 4 months ago.

113GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LE9i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 195 189 176 177 172 MB/s

56.3% Above average

Write 214

Mixed 225

SusWrite 180

53% 238 MB/s

4K Read 17.2

4K Write 31.6

4K Mixed 25

75% 24.6 MB/s

DQ Read 269

DQ Write 107

DQ Mixed 205

147% 194 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

12GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LE9i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 144 135 140 135 110 MB/s

32.9% Below average

Write 196

Mixed 207

SusWrite 134

47% 210 MB/s

4K Read 10.8

4K Write 14.4

4K Mixed 7.7

34% 11 MB/s

DQ Read 65.7

DQ Write 41.3

DQ Mixed 25.4

26% 44.1 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

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System: Lenovo 3444CUU

CPU
Core i7-3667UIntelBench 51%, 3,556 samples	16x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	16x

SSD
521 Series 240GBIntelBench 58%, 515 samples	13x

RAM
M471B5174BM0-YH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 44%, 1,354 samples	10x
EBJ41UF8BDU0-DJ-F 2x4GBElpidaBench 42%, 713 samples	4x
8KTS51264HDZ-1G4E1 2x4GBMicronBench 46%, 94 samples	2x

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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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
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

Intel SSDSCMMW240A3L

521 Series 240GB

Average Bench: 57.9% (823^rd of 1072)

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521 Series 240GB

Average Bench: 57.9% (823rd of 1072)

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