DGM

240GB S3-240A 240GB

240GB S3-240A 240GB
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Effective Speed -18%Effective Speed -18%Average Score -22%Read 3%, Write -1%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed 6%, 4K Mixed -33%, SusWrite -79%Peak Score -4%Read 1%, Write -5%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed 15%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -25%DQ Read -10%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -32%, ADQ Read -43%, ADQ Write -20%, ADQ Mixed -76%, Age -2%, AS-SSD Total -8%

Average Bench: 83.3% (436^th of 1072)

Based on 94 user benchmarks. Model: DGM SSD 240GB S3-240A

Poor: 61%Average: 83.3% Great: 108%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The DGM 240GB S3-240A 240GB averaged just 16.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the DGM 240GB S3-240A 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 148MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the DGM 240GB S3-240A 240GB is 47.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the DGM 240GB S3-240A 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 166MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 228MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 94 samples)

Rank 43683.3%

Min	Avg	Max
376	Read 469	512
331	Write 401	461
274	Mixed 381	485
99.7	SusWrite 166	351
79.3% 354 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.5	4K Read 25.7	39.1
31.2	4K Write 75.1	115
12.6	4K Mixed 33.9	52.4
122% 44.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.5	DQ Read 228	335
50.2	DQ Write 241	334
14.7	DQ Mixed 148	250
135% 206 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

HKG-User, 14 months ago.

196GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0510E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 267 76 90 85 84 MB/s

88.5% Excellent

Write 407

Mixed 330

SusWrite 150

76% 341 MB/s

4K Read 34.4

4K Write 67.9

4K Mixed 45.8

147% 49.4 MB/s

DQ Read 323

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 242

202% 292 MB/s

GBR-User, 11 months ago.

32GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P1111A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 184 122 117 113 114 MB/s

79.8% Very good

Write 355

Mixed 71.7

SusWrite 156

57% 259 MB/s

4K Read 30.2

4K Write 53.6

4K Mixed 39.1

124% 41 MB/s

DQ Read 287

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 196

175% 262 MB/s

IDN-User, 15 months ago.

94GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1217A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 88 70 80 78 78 MB/s

79.4% Very good

Write 420

Mixed 374

SusWrite 108

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 74.3

4K Mixed 39.2

130% 46.7 MB/s

DQ Read 292

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 242

198% 279 MB/s

HKG-User, 15 months ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1230C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 196 63 91 145 78 MB/s

76.3% Very good

Write 421

Mixed 369

SusWrite 116

77% 345 MB/s

4K Read 24.5

4K Write 72.1

4K Mixed 35

120% 43.9 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 202

176% 261 MB/s

SGP-User, 14 months ago.

78GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1217A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 126 76 83 80 79 MB/s

74.8% Very good

Write 394

Mixed 349

SusWrite 103

73% 326 MB/s

4K Read 23.1

4K Write 72.3

4K Mixed 36.5

120% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 270

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 233

190% 267 MB/s

GBR-User, 7 months ago.

109GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1217A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 122 79 79 79 78 MB/s

74.6% Very good

Write 420

Mixed 362

SusWrite 109

76% 341 MB/s

4K Read 23

4K Write 63.7

4K Mixed 34

112% 40.2 MB/s

DQ Read 302

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 250

206% 294 MB/s

HKG-User, 4 months ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1217A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 78 73 83 77 81 MB/s

67.2% Good

Write 387

Mixed 350

SusWrite 112

73% 325 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 65.7

4K Mixed 25.2

104% 38.5 MB/s

DQ Read 180

DQ Write 296

DQ Mixed 98.2

114% 191 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 months ago.

108GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O1217A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 139 78 78 78 82 MB/s

64.3% Good

Write 392

Mixed 313

SusWrite 109

70% 312 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 44.8

4K Mixed 28.7

92% 31.4 MB/s

DQ Read 264

DQ Write 251

DQ Mixed 241

185% 252 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87M-D3H

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	160x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	83x
Core i5-4670Intel $51Bench 66%, 49,019 samples	70x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	76x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	36x

SSD
240GB S3-240A 240GBDGMBench 83%, 94 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	18x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	12x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $90

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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240GB S3-240A 240GB

Average Bench: 83.3% (436^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87M-D3H

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Average Bench: 83.3% (436th of 1072)

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