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C3000-240 240GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 63.6% (758th of 1072)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: C3000-240
Poor: 48%Average: 63.6% Great: 84%

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Above average average bench

The Crucial C3000-240 240GB averaged 36.4% 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 110MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.3MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial C3000-240 240GB is 35.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial C3000-240 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 178MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 201MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 75863.6%
Min Avg Max
291 Read 397 499
107 Write 201 288
138 Mixed 241 320
94.4 SusWrite 178 272
56.5% 254 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.81 4K Read 23.3 31.8
1.31 4K Write 56.5 98.2
0.51 4K Mixed 23.7 37.5
95.6% 34.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.7 DQ Read 194 294
54 DQ Write 161 239
10.5 DQ Mixed 110 231
100% 155 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.0.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 136 148 179 185 MB/s
66% Good
Read 304
Write 223
Mixed 258
SusWrite 152
52% 234 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 67.8
4K Mixed 27.6
109% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 217
DQ Mixed 206
167% 239 MB/s
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN198
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 109 111 115 104 115 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 350
Write 139
Mixed 195
SusWrite 113
44% 199 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 53.5
4K Mixed 33.5
110% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 142
DQ Mixed 89.2
88% 142 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.0.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 121 125 175 182 186 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 300
Write 217
Mixed 248
SusWrite 155
52% 230 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 62.7
4K Mixed 24.8
91% 34.8 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 226
DQ Mixed 213
172% 244 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,710,260 SSDs tested

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Gaming 12%
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Desktop 63%
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Workstation 11%
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Motherboard: Asrock H110M-ITX/ac

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples49x
Core i3-6100Intel  $40Bench 55%, 110,166 samples36x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples24x
GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples27x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples20x
SSD
C3000-240 240GBCrucialBench 64%, 18 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples11x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples7x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $112

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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