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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 62.4% (774th of 1072)

Based on 121 user benchmarks.  Model: Volume0
Poor: 43%Average: 62.4% Great: 97%

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Above average average bench

The Volume0 240GB averaged 37.5% 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 74.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.4MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Volume0 240GB is 53.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Volume0 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 143MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 242MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 121 samples)
Rank 77462.4%
Min Avg Max
292 Read 425 555
84.8 Write 242 500
119 Mixed 253 499
58.6 SusWrite 143 277
59% 266 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.99 4K Read 20.4 32.2
23 4K Write 54.4 102
5.97 4K Mixed 18.8 34.2
83.8% 31.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.6 DQ Read 190 374
44 DQ Write 189 333
6.49 DQ Mixed 74.9 190
87.7% 151 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 225 225 225 225 225 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 409
Write 287
Mixed 290
SusWrite 225
68% 303 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 41.2
4K Mixed 28
93% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 119
DQ Mixed 145
106% 139 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 222 220 222 223 220 MB/s
64.3% Good
Read 390
Write 292
Mixed 301
SusWrite 222
68% 301 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 42.2
4K Mixed 26.6
94% 31.1 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 136
103% 139 MB/s
176GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 107 79 91 89 113 MB/s
53.8% Above average
Read 441
Write 366
Mixed 383
SusWrite 115
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 40.1
4K Mixed 19.3
79% 27 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 70.5
66% 102 MB/s
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 251 46 111 110 108 MB/s
45.7% Average
Read 334
Write 181
Mixed 151
SusWrite 147
45% 203 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 45
4K Mixed 16.4
71% 26.2 MB/s
DQ Read 38
DQ Write 50.7
DQ Mixed 34.1
29% 40.9 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 25%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples288x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples141x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples97x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples87x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples57x
GTX 660Nvidia  $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples33x
SSD
Volume0 240GBBench 62%, 121 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples29x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $356

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