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ST-SSD240 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 36.4% (974th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: ST-SSD240
Poor: 18%Average: 36.4% Great: 78%

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Poor average bench

The ST-SSD240 240GB averaged 63.5% 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. Sequential Read Speed 424MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 335MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ST-SSD240 240GB is 60.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the ST-SSD240 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 6.31MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 3.55MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 97436.4%
Min Avg Max
300 Read 424 503
0.7 Write 335 442
0.5 Mixed 96.4 353
32.1 SusWrite 108 418
53.2% 241 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 14.5 24.6
0.1 4K Write 20.6 98.3
0.1 4K Mixed 3.55 18
37.5% 12.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
67.6 DQ Read 84 94.2
10.2 DQ Write 86.6 331
0.7 DQ Mixed 6.31 24.7
26.5% 59 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 422 428 430 31 97 MB/s
78.3% Very good
Read 489
Write 431
Mixed 347
SusWrite 303
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 98.3
4K Mixed 18
109% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 78.4
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 24.7
66% 133 MB/s
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 9.3 75 44 11 44 MB/s
33.1% Below average
Read 440
Write 403
Mixed 17
SusWrite 80.9
52% 235 MB/s
4K Read 16.3
4K Write 10.1
4K Mixed 0.7
31% 9.03 MB/s
DQ Read 90.4
DQ Write 11
DQ Mixed 0.7
13% 34 MB/s
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 7.7 39 5 21 40 MB/s
32.9% Below average
Read 483
Write 405
Mixed 18.4
SusWrite 32.1
51% 235 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 8.7
4K Mixed 0.7
35% 9.6 MB/s
DQ Read 94.2
DQ Write 11.3
DQ Mixed 0.7
14% 35.4 MB/s
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 5.6 29 4 19 39 MB/s
31.4% Below average
Read 443
Write 363
Mixed 18.4
SusWrite 38.4
47% 216 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 9.3
4K Mixed 0.7
35% 9.67 MB/s
DQ Read 85.5
DQ Write 11.1
DQ Mixed 0.7
13% 32.4 MB/s
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 17 28 5.7 19 25 MB/s
28.1% Poor
Read 467
Write 380
Mixed 18
SusWrite 38.2
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 8.3
4K Write 9.5
4K Mixed 0.6
18% 6.13 MB/s
DQ Read 83.8
DQ Write 11.1
DQ Mixed 0.7
12% 31.9 MB/s
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 6.9 84 6.8 46 130 MB/s
20.7% Poor
Read 300
Write 0.7
Mixed 0.5
SusWrite 78.5
20% 95 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 7.3
10% 2.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,657,231 SSDs tested

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Typical ST-SSD240 240GB Builds (Compare 6,100 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H81M-K - $50

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples1,181x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples500x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples489x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples565x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples477x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples412x
SSD
ST-SSD240 240GBBench 36%, 19 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples147x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples91x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples89x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $259

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