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MushkinMKNSSDCR240GB-DX
$181

Release date: Q3 2022.

 $181 

Controller: LSI Sandforce SF2281VB1-SDC. NAND: Toshiba 32Nm Toggle Mode. Release date: Q3 2011.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 39,798 user samples
37,972 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 615% 733GB free (System drive)
Poor bench: 256% 183GB free
Poor: 256% Great: 615%
SPEED RANK: 12th / 1080
1,826 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 90% 26GB free
Worst Bench: 55% 89GB free (System drive)
Poor: 55% Great: 90%
SPEED RANK: 591st / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
443 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+492%
74.7 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
3711 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+908%
368 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
3769 MB/s Insanely faster write speed.
+1,525%
232 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
68.6 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+142%
28.4 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
184 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+137%
77.6 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
2835 MB/s Insanely faster mixed IO speed.
+1,003%
257 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
82.8 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+141%
34.3 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
2152 MB/s Insanely faster sustained write speed.
+1,116%
177 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
4629 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+977%
430 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
4976 MB/s Insanely faster peak write speed.
+1,575%
297 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
85.4 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+145%
34.8 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
314 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+180%
112 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
3409 MB/s Insanely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+1,044%
298 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
113 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+153%
44.6 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
4096 MB/s Insanely faster peak sustained write speed.
+1,650%
234 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 77,430,210 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.61 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
0 %
Value
Value For Money
191 % Insanely better value.
+3,088%
6 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
75 % Much more popular.
+47%
51 %
Price
Price (score)
$80 Much cheaper.
+56%
$181
Age
Newest
27 Months Hugely more recent.
+83%
158 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
2433 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+711%
300 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
2047 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+678%
263 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
7,391 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+652%
982 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
2253 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+816%
246 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
1741 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+622%
241 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
1362 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+571%
203 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
1519 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+799%
169 MB/s
Capacity
Capacity
1TB 240GB

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The Mushkin Chronos and Chronos Deluxe are both Sandforce 2881 based SSDs from Mushkin. The only difference between the two is their NAND Flash: Intel asynchronous 25Nm for the Chronos vs Toshiba 32Nm Toggle Mode for the Deluxe. The 32Nm Toggle NAND supports far higher write speeds as can be seen from this direct performance comparison of the two drives. Overall the Chronos Deluxe performs slightly above expectations for a Sandforce SF2281 drive, it has reasonable read speeds but still struggles when faced with writing incompressible data. With an effective (real world) speed of 347 MB/s the Chronos Deluxe lags the group leaders by 50% and as such there are far better drives, such as the Samsung Evo, available in today's market. [Jan '14 SSDrivePro]

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