SanDiskSDSSDHII-240G-G25
SamsungMZ-V6P512BW

Controller: Marvell 88SS9187. Memory: SanDisk 19nm TLC. Release date: Q3 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 117,451 user samples
53,931 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 101% 220GB free
Worst Bench: 58% 120GB free
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
SPEED RANK: 454th / 1074
63,520 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 353% 383GB free
Worst Bench: 159% 72GB free (System drive)
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
SPEED RANK: 51st / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
82.2 % 266 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+224%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
446 MB/s 2013 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+351%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
367 MB/s 1359 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+270%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
29.8 MB/s 46.7 MB/s Much faster random read.
+57%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
77.3 MB/s 132 MB/s Much faster random write.
+71%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
255 MB/s 799 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+213%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
36.4 MB/s 62.3 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+71%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
179 MB/s 1222 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+583%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
504 MB/s 2601 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+416%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
477 MB/s 1921 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+303%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
39.1 MB/s 55.5 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+42%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
112 MB/s 208 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+86%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
352 MB/s 995 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+183%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
50 MB/s 80.1 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+60%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
254 MB/s 1915 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+654%
Market Share
Based on 75,916,124 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.03 % 0.05 % Much higher market share.
+67%
Value
Value For Money
20.5 % 46 % Hugely better value.
+125%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
54 % 55 % +2%
Price
Price (score)
$40 Much cheaper.
+71%
$139
Age
Newest
116 Months 91+ Months More recent.
+22%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
390 MB/s 1318 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+238%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
310 MB/s 1327 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+328%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,207 Pts 4,171 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+246%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
254 MB/s 1142 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+350%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
325 MB/s 1107 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+241%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
244 MB/s 852 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+249%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
202 MB/s 881 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+336%
Capacity
Capacity
240GB 512GB
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