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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 41.1% (941st of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON-240GB
Poor: 29%Average: 41.1% Great: 64%

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Below average average bench

The KINGSTON-240GB 240GB averaged 58.9% 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 Random Read Speed 20.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 449MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KINGSTON-240GB 240GB is 34.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the KINGSTON-240GB 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 8.32MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 52.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 94141.1%
Min Avg Max
395 Read 449 481
326 Write 351 370
10.8 Mixed 207 348
30.3 SusWrite 52.3 77.1
58.6% 265 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.4 4K Read 20.7 28.3
4.9 4K Write 37.4 107
0.1 4K Mixed 6.16 24.4
59% 21.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
60.6 DQ Read 68.9 83.3
9 DQ Write 112 311
0.2 DQ Mixed 8.32 36.7
29.4% 63 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
223GB free
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 27 59 19 27 28 MB/s
64.3% Good
Read 430
Write 365
Mixed 279
SusWrite 76.5
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 95.9
4K Mixed 20.5
115% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 83.3
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 36.7
74% 142 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 149 9.7 35 15 9 MB/s
39.6% Below average
Read 454
Write 370
Mixed 320
SusWrite 47.8
66% 298 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 56
4K Mixed 0.3
62% 25.9 MB/s
DQ Read 65.2
DQ Write 15.7
DQ Mixed 0.5
11% 27.1 MB/s
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 17 33 4.7 14 25 MB/s
36.4% Below average
Read 478
Write 342
Mixed 311
SusWrite 47.5
65% 295 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 15.5
4K Mixed 0.5
47% 13.8 MB/s
DQ Read 60.9
DQ Write 19.4
DQ Mixed 0.4
11% 26.9 MB/s
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 77 64 14 33 19 MB/s
33.7% Below average
Read 481
Write 343
Mixed 10
SusWrite 48.4
48% 220 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 7.9
4K Mixed 0.2
44% 11.3 MB/s
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 82 3.1 7.5 68 19 MB/s
33.1% Below average
Read 478
Write 347
Mixed 315
SusWrite 30.3
65% 293 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 0.1
46% 11.2 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 112 26 5.1 12 24 MB/s
30% Poor
Read 395
Write 326
Mixed 19.1
SusWrite 49.4
43% 198 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 14.5
4K Mixed 0.4
35% 10.8 MB/s
DQ Read 70.7
DQ Write 16.2
DQ Mixed 0.4
11% 29.1 MB/s
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Typical KINGSTON-240GB 240GB Builds (Compare 2,999 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-C - $57

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples460x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples296x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples223x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples300x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples201x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples172x
SSD
KINGSTON-240GB 240GBBench 41%, 11 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples60x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples55x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples41x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $266

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