Adata ASP550SS3-240GM-C

Premier SP550 240GB

▲ Premier SP550 240GB
BENCHMARKS (13,760)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(2)
BUY • $66

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Controller: Silicon Motion SM2256. Flash Memory: SK Hynix 16nm TLC. Release date: Q3 2015.

120GB 240GB 480GB 960GB

Effective Speed -19%Effective Speed -19%Average User Bench -36%Read 3%, Write -7%, 4K Read -8%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed 4%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite -230%Peak Lab Bench -36%Read 2%, Write -3%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -4%, SusWrite -241%Value & Sentiment -130%User Rating -33%, Market Share -506%, Price 30%, Value -10%Nice To Haves -4%DQ Read -3%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -8%, ADQ Read -5%, ADQ Write -5%, ADQ Mixed -5%, Age 0%, AS-SSD Total -3%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 79.3% (403^rd of 992)

Based on 13,760 user benchmarks. Models: ADATA SP550, ADATA SP 550, ADAT SP550

Poor: 55%Average: 79.3% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The Adata Premier SP550 240GB averaged 20.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Adata Premier SP550 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 209MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.1MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata Premier SP550 240GB is 39.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Adata Premier SP550 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 91.8MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 348MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13,760 samples)

Rank 40379.3%

Min	Avg	Max
366	Read 464	507
62.1	Write 372	452
139	Mixed 348	405
73.1	SusWrite 91.8	118
71% 319 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.7	4K Read 28.7	35.8
34.2	4K Write 80.6	115
20	4K Mixed 40.1	50
138% 49.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
126	DQ Read 283	339
82.8	DQ Write 274	340
44.5	DQ Mixed 209	255
176% 255 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

102GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1203AB

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 85 53 53 53 53 MB/s

79.8% Very good

Write 427

Mixed 395

SusWrite 83.8

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 29

4K Write 82.8

4K Mixed 39.7

139% 50.5 MB/s

DQ Read 321

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 248

202% 286 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

92GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1203AB

SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 100 117 52 53 52 MB/s

79% Very good

Write 54.5

Mixed 323

SusWrite 73.1

51% 232 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 86.9

4K Mixed 43

146% 53.2 MB/s

DQ Read 323

DQ Write 121

DQ Mixed 79.5

96% 175 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

44GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0330AA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 171 49 49 37 51 MB/s

76.9% Very good

Write 54.2

Mixed 270

SusWrite 76.1

46% 213 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 82.6

4K Mixed 35.6

130% 48.5 MB/s

DQ Read 313

DQ Write 321

DQ Mixed 242

202% 292 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 12,966,448 SSDs tested.

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Typical Premier SP550 240GB Builds (Compare 17,038 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 92%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $154

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $302Bench 89%, 286,508 samples	7,310x
Core i5-6600KIntel $238Bench 85%, 164,323 samples	5,692x
Core i7-7700KIntel $349Bench 96%, 259,121 samples	911x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $364Bench 98%, 526,975 samples	3,602x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 123%, 459,370 samples	2,127x
GTX 970Nvidia $374Bench 63%, 376,689 samples	1,825x

SSD
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $66Bench 79%, 13,760 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $105Bench 87%, 168,565 samples	1,461x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $88Bench 74%, 37,600 samples	853x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $122Bench 74%, 28,265 samples	802x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $991

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Controller: Silicon Motion SM2256. Flash Memory: SK Hynix 16nm TLC

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

8 months ago.

if corrupted , website offers a tool to fix it for free unlike sandisk products

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2 years ago.

Really fast SSD for a good price.

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $364	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $75
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $120	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $105	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $761	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $110	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Adata ASP550SS3-240GM-C

Premier SP550 240GB

Average Bench: 79.3% (403^rd of 992)

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Adata ASP550SS3-240GM-C

Premier SP550 240GB

Average Bench: 79.3% (403rd of 992)

Popular builds with this SSD

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Strengths

Above average consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

Market Share (See Leaders)

Prices

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $154

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