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Mushkin MKNSSDCR240GB

Chronos 240GB

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Controller: LSI Sandforce SF2281VB1-SDC. NAND Memory: INTEL Asynchronous 25NM MLC. Release date: Q3 2011.

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Average Bench: 69% (589th of 1003)

Based on 374 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]

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Poor: 55%Average: 69% Great: 81%

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Above average average bench

The Mushkin Chronos 240GB averaged 30.9% 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 142MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 82.8MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Mushkin Chronos 240GB is 26.4%. 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 145MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 209MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 374 samples)
Rank 58969%
Min Avg Max
287 Read 340 409
144 Write 209 289
154 Mixed 229 287
78.5 SusWrite 145 214
51.5% 231 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18 4K Read 25.2 31.5
51.4 4K Write 82.8 116
24.9 4K Mixed 33.4 40.5
125% 47.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
75.4 DQ Read 171 294
91.7 DQ Write 195 255
38 DQ Mixed 142 246
118% 169 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
212GB free
Firmware: 560ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 153 151 163 155 162 MB/s
71.4% Very good
Read 364
Write 213
Mixed 222
SusWrite 158
53% 240 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 90.1
4K Mixed 33.1
128% 49.3 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 105
101% 157 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,729,423 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $203 @ launch in Aug '11
AmazonUS $9913 months
OutletPCUS $1001 month
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Gaming 59%
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Desktop
Desktop 62%
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Workstation
Workstation 38%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $167

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $195Bench 74%, 116,569 samples6,508x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $300Bench 75%, 74,112 samples2,652x
Core i7-3770Intel  $325Bench 70%, 116,135 samples1,192x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $399Bench 63%, 447,964 samples1,495x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $400Bench 97%, 631,382 samples1,192x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 70%, 607,467 samples1,044x
SSD
Chronos 240GBMushkin  $99Bench 69%, 374 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 39,487 samples605x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 17,838 samples330x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 18,331 samples289x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $860

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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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