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S270 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 73.3% (605th of 1072)

Based on 203 user benchmarks.  Model: MSI S270 240GB
Poor: 46%Average: 73.3% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The MSI S270 240GB averaged 26.7% 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 167MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI S270 240GB is 44.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MSI S270 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 134MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 257MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 203 samples)
Rank 60573.3%
Min Avg Max
322 Read 424 497
108 Write 257 437
129 Mixed 308 380
78.7 SusWrite 134 174
62.5% 281 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13 4K Read 30.3 40.1
29.1 4K Write 65.4 92.7
14.7 4K Mixed 31.7 42.1
121% 42.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
149 DQ Read 247 315
30.8 DQ Write 252 335
27 DQ Mixed 167 217
149% 222 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
179GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 152 109 109 108 112 MB/s
92% Outstanding
Read 470
Write 364
Mixed 353
SusWrite 172
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 84.9
4K Mixed 42.9
161% 56.1 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 209
182% 269 MB/s
110GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 188 78 78 77 77 MB/s
79.4% Very good
Read 463
Write 423
Mixed 359
SusWrite 140
77% 346 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 73.2
4K Mixed 32.1
129% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 258
DQ Write 330
DQ Mixed 197
176% 262 MB/s
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMLA.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 81 79 81 77 80 MB/s
67% Good
Read 422
Write 334
Mixed 326
SusWrite 120
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 58.8
4K Mixed 25.2
104% 36.9 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 196
164% 235 MB/s
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 141 80 41 104 44 MB/s
56.1% Above average
Read 449
Write 158
Mixed 315
SusWrite 102
57% 256 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 34.2
4K Mixed 3.3
72% 23.4 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 189
168% 250 MB/s
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 140 123 51 83 35 MB/s
42.2% Average
Read 363
Write 273
Mixed 151
SusWrite 94.7
49% 220 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 13.9
4K Mixed 24.2
39% 12.9 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 133
112% 161 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,736,345 SSDs tested

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Typical S270 240GB Builds (Compare 2,142 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PV - $78

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples230x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples192x
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples185x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples228x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples198x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples119x
SSD
S270 240GBMSIBench 73%, 203 samples1x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples39x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples36x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples30x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $287

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