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SSD240GB S3-240A 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 83.3% (434th of 1072)

Based on 27 user benchmarks.  Model: DGM SSD240GB S3-240A
Poor: 71%Average: 83.3% Great: 102%

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Very good average bench

The DGM SSD240GB S3-240A 240GB averaged just 16.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the DGM SSD240GB S3-240A 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 92.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 28.1MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the DGM SSD240GB S3-240A 240GB is 31%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the DGM SSD240GB S3-240A 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 126MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 186MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)
Rank 43483.3%
Min Avg Max
453 Read 501 522
394 Write 447 478
355 Mixed 450 498
108 SusWrite 126 179
85.3% 381 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.4 4K Read 23 32.9
36 4K Write 62.6 110
15 4K Mixed 28.1 44.2
104% 37.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.1 DQ Read 186 330
39.1 DQ Write 198 324
12.9 DQ Mixed 92.7 253
97.2% 159 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1217A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 75 75 81 80 86 MB/s
82.1% Excellent
Read 474
Write 429
Mixed 372
SusWrite 114
78% 347 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 86.3
4K Mixed 37.7
135% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 250
208% 300 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1217A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 79 78 79 84 76 MB/s
82% Excellent
Read 482
Write 414
Mixed 374
SusWrite 114
77% 346 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 84.6
4K Mixed 38.8
133% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 330
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 251
208% 298 MB/s
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1217A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 225 72 84 82 85 MB/s
78.6% Very good
Read 453
Write 394
Mixed 360
SusWrite 148
76% 339 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 57.1
4K Mixed 41
133% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 218
164% 221 MB/s
54GB free
Firmware: O1217A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 65 56 80 80 81 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 478
Write 402
Mixed 366
SusWrite 109
76% 339 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 65.5
4K Mixed 35.9
119% 42.3 MB/s
DQ Read 329
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 248
203% 290 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 44%
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Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Biostar A10N-9830E

CPU
FX-9830P APU (2016 M.BR)AMDBench 40%, 4,052 samples58x
GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 37,078 samples33x
RX 6500-XTAMD  $140Bench 50%, 2,413 samples4x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples2x
SSD
SSD240GB S3-240A 240GBDGMBench 83%, 27 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GBCorsairBench 43%, 8,400 samples6x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 1x16GBUnknownBench 43%, 3,974 samples3x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples2x
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