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A 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 67.4% (709th of 1072)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Model: SSA2S240GC2DE16-T A
Poor: 53%Average: 67.4% Great: 81%

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Above average average bench

The Ssa2s240gc2de16-t A 240GB averaged 32.5% 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 92.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.9MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ssa2s240gc2de16-t A 240GB is 28.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Ssa2s240gc2de16-t A 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 186MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 245MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 70967.4%
Min Avg Max
285 Read 402 505
196 Write 245 282
207 Mixed 268 336
134 SusWrite 186 217
61.3% 275 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16 4K Read 23.9 33.2
32.8 4K Write 65.4 98.8
10.5 4K Mixed 23.2 38.2
101% 37.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.2 DQ Read 181 304
39.6 DQ Write 184 248
9.5 DQ Mixed 92.2 241
94.2% 152 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
183GB free
Firmware: 334ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 209 217 211 205 211 MB/s
84.9% Excellent
Read 358
Write 251
Mixed 275
SusWrite 205
61% 272 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 96.2
4K Mixed 38.2
150% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 304
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 240
189% 263 MB/s
33GB free
Firmware: 507ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 235 231 217 212 191 MB/s
81.4% Excellent
Read 397
Write 282
Mixed 286
SusWrite 217
66% 295 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 77.4
4K Mixed 37.1
132% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 149
142% 224 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: 507ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 178 180 167 157 161 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 398
Write 275
Mixed 291
SusWrite 179
64% 286 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 81.8
4K Mixed 34.4
134% 49 MB/s
DQ Read 209
DQ Write 248
DQ Mixed 140
130% 199 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: 334ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 215 210 215 212 213 MB/s
75.8% Very good
Read 361
Write 256
Mixed 277
SusWrite 214
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 60
4K Mixed 32.8
117% 40.5 MB/s
DQ Read 303
DQ Write 241
DQ Mixed 241
189% 262 MB/s
22GB free
Firmware: 334ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 149 130 133 124 126 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 331
Write 203
Mixed 252
SusWrite 134
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 83.3
4K Mixed 32.5
128% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 258
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 186
149% 210 MB/s
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Gaming 61%
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Desktop 78%
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Workstation 53%
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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS - $270

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples106x
Core i7-4930KIntel  $88Bench 77%, 22,204 samples81x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples60x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples27x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples24x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples19x
SSD
A 240GBSsa2s240gc2de16-tBench 67%, 16 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $682

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