Ultra

Series21 240GB

Series21 240GB
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Effective Speed -86%Effective Speed -86%Average Score -382%Read -4%, Write -6%, 4K Read -48%, 4K Write -45%, Mixed -202%, 4K Mixed -2,209%, SusWrite -162%Peak Score -497%Read -15%, Write -27%, 4K Read -81%, 4K Write -81%, Mixed -241%, 4K Mixed -2,814%, SusWrite -220%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -462%DQ Read -198%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -1,793%, ADQ Read -174%, ADQ Write 8%, ADQ Mixed -1,646%, Age 190%, AS-SSD Total -71%

Average Bench: 52.8% (876^th of 1074)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: Ultra Series21

Poor: 52%Average: 52.8% Great: 54%

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Average average bench

The Ultra Series21 240GB averaged 47.2% 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 Write Speed 313MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.2MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.95MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 14.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 87652.8%

Min	Avg	Max
437	Read 438	439
378	Write 381	383
114	Mixed 119	124
104	SusWrite 113	121
58.2% 262 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.7	4K Read 23.2	23.8
53.4	4K Write 60.5	67.7
1.9	4K Mixed 1.95	2
69.8% 28.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
114	DQ Read 119	123
303	DQ Write 313	323
12.3	DQ Mixed 14.9	17.5
69.1% 149 MB/s

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

IND-User, 10 months ago.

32GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0326A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 156 83 17 81 17 MB/s

53.7% Above average

Write 383

Mixed 114

SusWrite 104

58% 260 MB/s

4K Read 23.8

4K Write 67.7

4K Mixed 2

74% 31.2 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 17.5

71% 152 MB/s

IND-User, 17 months ago.

126GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0326A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 110 46 25 103 96 MB/s

51.9% Above average

Write 378

Mixed 124

SusWrite 121

59% 265 MB/s

4K Read 22.7

4K Write 53.4

4K Mixed 1.9

65% 26 MB/s

DQ Read 123

DQ Write 303

DQ Mixed 12.3

67% 146 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Biostar H61MHV3

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	22x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	17x
Core i7-2600Intel $140Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	8x

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HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	5x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	5x

SSD
Series21 240GBUltraBench 53%, 2 samples	1x

RAM
Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 5,391 samples	4x
1600 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 4,816 samples	3x
16KTF51264AZ-1G4M1 2x4GBMicronBench 49%, 353 samples	3x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

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Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Series21 240GB

Average Bench: 52.8% (876^th of 1074)

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Series21 240GB

Average Bench: 52.8% (876th of 1074)

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