Mushkin MKNSSDCR240GB

Chronos 240GB

▲ Chronos 240GB
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Effective Speed -37%Effective Speed -37%Average Score -44%Read -34%, Write -80%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -40%, 4K Mixed -26%, SusWrite -102%Peak Score -32%Read -19%, Write -48%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -36%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite -63%Value & Sentiment User Rating -9%, Market Share -∞%, Price 2%, Value -69%Nice To Haves -43%DQ Read -22%, DQ Write -36%, DQ Mixed -12%, ADQ Read -75%, ADQ Write -37%, ADQ Mixed -48%, Age -89%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 69.2% (663^rd of 1058)

Based on 598 user benchmarks. Models: MKNSSDCR240GB, MKNSSDCR 240GB, MKNSSDCR 240GB-7, MKNSSDCR240GB-7

In today's market the only thing the Mushkin Chronos has going for it is the fact that it is an SSD and as such considerably faster than a regular hard drive. Compared to other SSDs this drive is right at the bottom of the pack. Thanks to the combination of its now aged Sandforce controller and the use of Asynchronous Flash Memory, the Chronos has a real world speed of just 224 MBps. Its AS SSD total score of 487 is also the worst I have seen to date on a 240 GB SSD. To be fair this drive is over two years old which equates to around four generations in the very fast moving SSD space. There are far better value for money alternatives available. ^{[Sep '13 SSDrivePro]}

Poor: 51%Average: 69.2% Great: 84%

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Above average average bench

The Mushkin Chronos 240GB averaged 30.7% 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 146MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 79.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Mushkin Chronos 240GB is 32.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Mushkin Chronos 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 153MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 220MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 598 samples)

Rank 66369.2%

Min	Avg	Max
292	Read 340	421
139	Write 220	326
183	Mixed 240	293
57.4	SusWrite 153	253
53.2% 238 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.1	4K Read 25.6	32.9
32.4	4K Write 79.7	111
21.6	4K Mixed 32.7	40.7
123% 46 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
84	DQ Read 181	299
79.1	DQ Write 204	259
58.4	DQ Mixed 146	246
123% 177 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-K

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $183Bench 76%, 635,086 samples	3,374x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $210Bench 83%, 842,939 samples	2,769x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $206Bench 79%, 307,294 samples	632x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 54%, 692,956 samples	1,407x
RTX 2060Nvidia $390Bench 89%, 446,526 samples	1,266x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 46%, 334,062 samples	1,185x

SSD
Chronos 240GBMushkin $99Bench 69%, 598 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 83%, 42,360 samples	545x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 155,998 samples	490x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $83Bench 84%, 127,663 samples	431x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $502

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Controller: LSI Sandforce SF2281VB1-SDC. NAND Memory: INTEL Asynchronous 25NM MLC

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The drive is reliable, and certainly faster than the Disk drive it replaced. However, I was disappointed by the ATTO benchmarks used to rate it, which of course give the illusion that this is a 500 mb + contender. My Crystalmark scores are more like 180mb range (read, less for write). I have my Steam library on this drive. My boot/OS drive is a Samsung 840 (not the pro) and it hits the 500 mb range consistently. This drive uses Asynchronous memory. For those that don't know, the tiers of memory speed are from slowest to fastest: Asynchronous, Synchronous, Toggle. —Sep '14

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Mushkin MKNSSDCR240GB

Chronos 240GB

Average Bench: 69.2% (663^rd of 1058)

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Chronos 240GB

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