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CS2240 1TB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q1 2023.

Average Bench: 287% (33rd of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS2240 1TB SSD
Poor: 187%Average: 287% Great: 398%

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Outstanding average bench

The PNY CS2240 1TB SSD averaged 187.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY CS2240 1TB SSD near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 737MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,693MB/s

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 Write Speed 130MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 51.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 33287%
Min Avg Max
1,106 Read 1,656 2,237
1,718 Write 2,693 4,429
1,331 Mixed 1,804 2,425
1,268 SusWrite 1,889 2,502
456% 2,011 MB/s
Min Avg Max
37.6 4K Read 51.5 75.6
60 4K Write 130 216
45 4K Mixed 69.8 98.4
237% 83.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
329 DQ Read 876 1,366
181 DQ Write 566 943
206 DQ Mixed 737 1,189
545% 727 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
887GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS224B02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4315 3337 1703 1703 1722 1719 MB/s
398% Outstanding
Read 2,237
Write 4,429
Mixed 2,425
SusWrite 2,417
654% 2,877 MB/s
4K Read 75.6
4K Write 216
4K Mixed 98.4
355% 130 MB/s
DQ Read 1,366
DQ Write 943
DQ Mixed 1,189
878% 1,166 MB/s
785GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS224002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3427 3470 3402 3621 707 385 MB/s
371% Outstanding
Read 2,028
Write 3,286
Mixed 1,880
SusWrite 2,502
550% 2,424 MB/s
4K Read 52
4K Write 187
4K Mixed 84.4
286% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 1,276
DQ Write 885
DQ Mixed 1,180
854% 1,114 MB/s
753GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS224002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 1974 2179 1375 502 549 MB/s
243% Outstanding
Read 1,511
Write 1,866
Mixed 1,823
SusWrite 1,259
365% 1,615 MB/s
4K Read 51
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 67.3
224% 77.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,055
DQ Write 587
DQ Mixed 752
578% 798 MB/s
701GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS224B02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1831 1845 1831 1575 205 323 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,483
Write 1,842
Mixed 1,533
SusWrite 1,268
346% 1,531 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 60
4K Mixed 45
148% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 334
240% 312 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,786,471 SSDs tested

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Typical CS2240 1TB SSD Builds (Compare 6,580 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 77%
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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples2,826x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples519x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples961x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples814x
SSD
CS2240 1TB SSDPNYBench 287%, 5 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples388x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples220x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 111% - Outstanding Total price: $576

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