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PCIe 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 159% (144th of 1071)

Based on 140 user benchmarks.  Model: INTENSO PCIe
Poor: 90%Average: 159% Great: 208%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intenso PCIe 240GB averaged 58.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intenso PCIe 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 652MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 693MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intenso PCIe 240GB is 119%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intenso PCIe 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 362MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 42.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 140 samples)
Rank 144159%
Min Avg Max
373 Read 1,023 1,318
344 Write 952 1,157
313 Mixed 906 1,128
214 SusWrite 362 527
182% 811 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22 4K Read 42.4 55.2
56 4K Write 135 216
30.9 4K Mixed 59.8 79.2
212% 79.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
393 DQ Read 676 931
188 DQ Write 693 1,119
278 DQ Mixed 652 823
499% 674 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM20.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1012 858 228 201 203 199 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 955
Write 1,004
Mixed 939
SusWrite 450
188% 837 MB/s
4K Read 46.3
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 64.3
217% 77.5 MB/s
DQ Read 744
DQ Write 589
DQ Mixed 699
514% 677 MB/s
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM20.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 520 978 221 200 199 196 MB/s
161% Outstanding
Read 961
Write 1,029
Mixed 925
SusWrite 386
186% 825 MB/s
4K Read 47.7
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 64.3
222% 79.5 MB/s
DQ Read 737
DQ Write 620
DQ Mixed 698
518% 685 MB/s
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM20.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 722 677 210 204 199 201 MB/s
151% Outstanding
Read 952
Write 960
Mixed 895
SusWrite 369
178% 794 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 58.6
204% 73.2 MB/s
DQ Read 736
DQ Write 488
DQ Mixed 688
493% 637 MB/s
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFMB0.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 342 243 170 203 200 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 1,261
Write 643
Mixed 426
SusWrite 250
142% 645 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 35
179% 74.3 MB/s
DQ Read 400
DQ Write 253
DQ Mixed 294
228% 316 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: EDFM20.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 315 321 363 353 358 MB/s
92.2% Outstanding
Read 530
Write 614
Mixed 504
SusWrite 340
112% 497 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 58.4
4K Mixed 28.4
102% 36.7 MB/s
DQ Read 480
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 459
333% 434 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,749,298 SSDs tested

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Gaming 43%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation 37%
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Motherboard: MSI MAG B365M MORTAR(MS-7C67)

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples875x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples333x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples239x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples264x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples238x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples197x
SSD
PCIe 240GBIntensoBench 159%, 140 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples132x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples68x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $331

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