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Merc ury EXTREME Pro 240GB

Merc ury EXTREME Pro 240GB
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Effective Speed -57%Effective Speed -57%Average Score -52%Read -13%, Write -40%, 4K Read -55%, 4K Write -120%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -92%, SusWrite -27%Peak Score -50%Read -3%, Write -50%, 4K Read -46%, 4K Write -127%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -68%, SusWrite -47%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -96%DQ Read -69%, DQ Write -79%, DQ Mixed -100%, ADQ Read -172%, ADQ Write -127%, ADQ Mixed -137%, Age -16%, AS-SSD Total -68%

Average Bench: 62.7% (772^nd of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks. Model: OWC Merc ury EXTREME Pro

Poor: 51%Average: 62.7% Great: 72%

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Gateway SX2370 (1)

Above average average bench

The OWC Merc ury EXTREME Pro 240GB averaged 37.2% 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 22.1MB/s

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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-64Thread Read Speed 120MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 234MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)

Rank 77262.7%

Min	Avg	Max
308	Read 406	494
227	Write 289	323
270	Mixed 303	381
196	SusWrite 234	264
68.9% 308 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.4	4K Read 22.1	29.4
17.3	4K Write 39.8	54
9.82	4K Mixed 23.4	34.6
84.6% 28.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.3	DQ Read 120	217
50.2	DQ Write 127	200
10	DQ Mixed 110	166
86.4% 119 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 4 years ago.

169GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 507A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 239 240 250 250 244 MB/s

72.1% Very good

Write 323

Mixed 282

SusWrite 242

65% 289 MB/s

4K Read 29

4K Write 54

4K Mixed 34.6

117% 39.2 MB/s

DQ Read 211

DQ Write 180

DQ Mixed 166

132% 186 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 years ago.

171GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 507A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 211 245 254 260 211 MB/s

66% Good

Write 309

Mixed 287

SusWrite 228

64% 286 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 45.9

4K Mixed 27.9

96% 32.4 MB/s

DQ Read 216

DQ Write 214

DQ Mixed 167

139% 199 MB/s

CAN-User, 22 months ago.

142GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 268 267 266 266 264 MB/s

61.9% Good

Write 313

Mixed 277

SusWrite 264

67% 300 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 34.4

4K Mixed 24.6

82% 26.7 MB/s

DQ Read 139

DQ Write 153

DQ Mixed 129

102% 140 MB/s

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Typical Merc ury EXTREME Pro 240GB Builds (Compare 14 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 3%

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System: Gateway SX2370

CPU
A6-3620 APUAMDBench 41%, 2,758 samples	9x
A6-3600 APUAMDBench 42%, 1,250 samples	3x
A8-3870 APUAMD $81Bench 47%, 6,332 samples	2x

GPU
Radeon HD 6530DAMDBench 3%, 4,675 samples	11x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	1x
Radeon HD 6550DAMDBench 4%, 4,197 samples	1x

SSD
Merc ury EXTREME Pro 240GBOWCBench 63%, 5 samples	1x

RAM
ACR512X64D3U13C9G ACR256X64D3U13C9G 6GBKingstonBench 33%, 194 samples	3x
HU524303EP0200 HU524303EP0200 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GBUnifosaBench 29%, 4 samples	2x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1x

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Popular Merc ury EXTREME Pro 240GB systems:

Gateway SX2370 (1)

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Merc ury EXTREME Pro 240GB

Average Bench: 62.7% (772^nd of 1072)

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Merc ury EXTREME Pro 240GB

Average Bench: 62.7% (772nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 62.7% (772^nd of 1072)