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240GB SATA 240GB

240GB SATA 240GB
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Effective Speed -34%Effective Speed -34%Average Score -57%Read -1%, Write -36%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -28%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite -266%Peak Score -55%Read 1%, Write -27%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -0%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -12%, SusWrite -328%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -23%DQ Read -13%, DQ Write -17%, DQ Mixed -34%, ADQ Read -30%, ADQ Write -28%, ADQ Mixed -53%, Age 2%, AS-SSD Total -14%

Average Bench: 73.6% (598^th of 1072)

Based on 43 user benchmarks. Model: SSD 240GB SATA

Poor: 51%Average: 73.6% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The SSD 240GB SATA 240GB averaged 26.4% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 170MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 34.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 240GB SATA 240GB is 47.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 240GB SATA 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 81MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 299MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 43 samples)

Rank 59873.6%

Min	Avg	Max
307	Read 451	514
49.3	Write 299	383
82.4	Mixed 346	438
42.6	SusWrite 81	90.4
65.4% 294 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.4	4K Read 25.8	35
22.2	4K Write 68.5	122
15	4K Mixed 34.2	52
119% 42.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.9	DQ Read 251	324
47.9	DQ Write 226	306
3.51	DQ Mixed 170	248
146% 216 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TUR-User, 21 months ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1DB11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 149 50 49 51 52 MB/s

82.3% Excellent

Write 346

Mixed 356

SusWrite 77.7

70% 315 MB/s

4K Read 30.5

4K Write 84.4

4K Mixed 41.7

144% 52.2 MB/s

DQ Read 304

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 245

201% 286 MB/s

TUR-User, 21 months ago.

72GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1DB11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 83 52 53 52 52 MB/s

82% Excellent

Write 313

Mixed 364

SusWrite 80.9

69% 310 MB/s

4K Read 30.3

4K Write 80.7

4K Mixed 41.6

142% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 314

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 243

200% 286 MB/s

TUR-User, 17 months ago.

55GB free

Firmware: V1DB11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 53 53 54 54 53 MB/s

77.9% Very good

Write 341

Mixed 355

SusWrite 88

70% 315 MB/s

4K Read 28.2

4K Write 70.6

4K Mixed 37.9

129% 45.6 MB/s

DQ Read 311

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 243

198% 282 MB/s

TUR-User, 7 months ago.

182GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1DB11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 53 54 52 53 MB/s

75.8% Very good

Write 365

Mixed 353

SusWrite 81.1

71% 319 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 70.6

4K Mixed 35.5

122% 43.9 MB/s

DQ Read 325

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 249

205% 293 MB/s

TUR-User, 18 months ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1DB11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 138 51 53 54 54 MB/s

64.2% Good

Write 49.8

Mixed 340

SusWrite 82.3

46% 206 MB/s

4K Read 25.5

4K Write 53.6

4K Mixed 34.1

111% 37.7 MB/s

DQ Read 246

DQ Write 218

DQ Mixed 218

167% 227 MB/s

TUR-User, 21 months ago.

90GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1DB11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 32 54 49 43 MB/s

51% Above average

Write 49.3

Mixed 82.4

SusWrite 42.6

29% 136 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 26.6

4K Mixed 25.6

82% 25.2 MB/s

DQ Read 302

DQ Write 47.9

DQ Mixed 76.1

81% 142 MB/s

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Asus X555LN

CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	273x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples	163x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	17x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	337x
GeForce 840MNvidiaBench 9%, 20,978 samples	130x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

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240GB SATA 240GBSSDBench 74%, 43 samples	1x

RAM
M471B5173DB0-YK0 M471B5173DB0-YK0 8GBSamsungBench 50%, 1,993 samples	108x
MT41K512M8RH-125:E Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 8GBMicronBench 49%, 1,126 samples	56x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	39x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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240GB SATA 240GB

Average Bench: 73.6% (598^th of 1072)

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