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CS90 0 240GB SSD

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 67% (717th of 1072)

Based on 400 user benchmarks.  Model: PNY CS90 0 240GB SSD
Poor: 36%Average: 67% Great: 92%

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Above average average bench

The PNY CS90 0 240GB SSD averaged 32.9% 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 133MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.3MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY CS90 0 240GB SSD is 55.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY CS90 0 240GB SSD performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 193MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 249MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 400 samples)
Rank 71767%
Min Avg Max
281 Read 367 474
98.5 Write 249 428
99.9 Mixed 282 378
65.4 SusWrite 193 427
61.1% 273 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15 4K Read 27.3 36.3
14.8 4K Write 57.7 88.4
9.16 4K Mixed 28.5 41.4
108% 37.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
61.1 DQ Read 168 234
37.5 DQ Write 173 282
24.2 DQ Mixed 133 192
110% 158 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
29GB free
Firmware: CS90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 279 201 159 150 111 MB/s
78.1% Very good
Read 397
Write 271
Mixed 283
SusWrite 197
64% 287 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 70.6
4K Mixed 31.7
127% 44.8 MB/s
DQ Read 239
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 203
170% 242 MB/s
36GB free
Firmware: CS90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 229 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.5 MB/s
70.1% Very good
Read 322
Write 350
Mixed 324
SusWrite 101
62% 274 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 91.9
4K Mixed 33.6
137% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 133
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 134
123% 184 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 75 180 58 71 44 MB/s
47% Average
Read 473
Write 186
Mixed 309
SusWrite 96.8
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 13.3
4K Mixed 27.1
42% 13.6 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 164
120% 156 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,820,610 SSDs tested

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Typical CS90 0 240GB SSD Builds (Compare 1,495 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: Asus P8P67 - $120

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples446x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples358x
Core i7-2600Intel  $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples199x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples118x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples103x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples96x
SSD
CS90 0 240GB SSDPNYBench 67%, 400 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples39x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples35x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,223 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $566

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