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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 66% (730th of 1072)

Based on 23 user benchmarks.  Model: ESA3SMD2MSPT240GB
Poor: 48%Average: 66% Great: 79%

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Above average average bench

The ESA3SMD2MSPT240GB 240GB averaged 33.9% 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 103MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 72.4MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ESA3SMD2MSPT240GB 240GB is 31.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the ESA3SMD2MSPT240GB 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 118MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 204MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 23 samples)
Rank 73066%
Min Avg Max
354 Read 466 512
130 Write 249 302
57.4 Mixed 265 377
116 SusWrite 204 274
65.8% 296 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.3 4K Read 14.7 19
17.3 4K Write 72.4 105
10.3 4K Mixed 21.7 29.4
88.4% 36.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.4 DQ Read 118 173
17.7 DQ Write 195 254
10.4 DQ Mixed 103 164
93.3% 139 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
85GB free
Firmware: P0614D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 157 260 156 156 155 MB/s
67.8% Good
Read 463
Write 290
Mixed 262
SusWrite 193
67% 302 MB/s
4K Read 13.7
4K Write 77.3
4K Mixed 24.4
93% 38.5 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 160
133% 187 MB/s
23GB free
Firmware: P0614D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 217 233 110 186 233 MB/s
65.6% Good
Read 464
Write 236
Mixed 240
SusWrite 196
63% 284 MB/s
4K Read 12.8
4K Write 73.8
4K Mixed 22.1
87% 36.2 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 155
128% 180 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P0614D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 143 231 186 141 153 MB/s
47.8% Average
Read 365
Write 272
Mixed 228
SusWrite 181
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 10.3
4K Write 40.9
4K Mixed 10.3
50% 20.5 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 153
118% 159 MB/s
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P0614D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 211 148 129 188 184 MB/s
44.6% Average
Read 442
Write 241
Mixed 57.4
SusWrite 182
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 13.2
4K Write 17.3
4K Mixed 14.8
48% 15.1 MB/s
DQ Read 14.4
DQ Write 17.7
DQ Mixed 39
23% 23.7 MB/s
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Typical ESA3SMD2MSPT240GB 240GB Builds (Compare 2,496 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M4800

CPU
Core i7-4810MQIntel  $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples851x
Core i7-4800MQIntel  $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples483x
Core i7-4910MQIntel  $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples298x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples1,353x
Quadro K2100MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,539 samples639x
Quadro K1100MNvidiaBench 5%, 5,195 samples382x
SSD
ESA3SMD2MSPT240GB 240GBBench 66%, 23 samples1x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples167x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples93x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 54%, 1,944 samples80x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $400

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