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Mercury Electra 6G SSD 240GB

Mercury Electra 6G SSD 240GB
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Effective Speed -48%Effective Speed -48%Average Score -52%Read -13%, Write -80%, 4K Read -48%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed -37%, 4K Mixed -98%, SusWrite -79%Peak Score -33%Read 1%, Write -68%, 4K Read -37%, 4K Write -0%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -45%, SusWrite -55%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -71%DQ Read -32%, DQ Write -41%, DQ Mixed -49%, ADQ Read -149%, ADQ Write -63%, ADQ Mixed -184%, Age -16%, AS-SSD Total -31%

Average Bench: 66.6% (726^th of 1072)

Based on 154 user benchmarks. Model: OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD

Poor: 47%Average: 66.6% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 240GB averaged 33.4% 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 91.5MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 79.6MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 240GB is 35.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 166MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 131MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 154 samples)

Rank 72666.6%

Min	Avg	Max
290	Read 404	512
147	Write 225	288
198	Mixed 262	340
112	SusWrite 166	250
58.8% 264 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.1	4K Read 23.2	31.4
28.4	4K Write 79.6	122
8.7	4K Mixed 22.7	40.3
106% 41.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.1	DQ Read 131	278
60	DQ Write 177	254
8.02	DQ Mixed 91.5	222
86.6% 133 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 5 months ago.

170GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 540ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 289 280 309 300 264 MB/s

83.8% Excellent

Write 307

Mixed 249

SusWrite 286

70% 311 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 82.6

4K Mixed 33.6

132% 48.6 MB/s

DQ Read 193

DQ Write 261

DQ Mixed 205

161% 220 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 603ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 171 124 151 159 139 MB/s

72.7% Very good

Write 242

Mixed 253

SusWrite 142

53% 238 MB/s

4K Read 25.8

4K Write 98.8

4K Mixed 36.4

138% 53.7 MB/s

DQ Read 161

DQ Write 243

DQ Mixed 122

115% 175 MB/s

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Asus G73Jh

CPU
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	64x
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	24x
Core i7 Q 840Intel $85Bench 56%, 1,339 samples	5x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 5870AMDBench 9%, 3,040 samples	96x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	1x
Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series (CRT Emudriver)AMDBench 9%, 1 sample	1x

SSD
Mercury Electra 6G SSD 240GBOWCBench 67%, 154 samples	6x

RAM
ASU1333D3S9DR8/2G 4x2GBKingstonBench 39%, 402 samples	16x
HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 3x2GBHynixBench 35%, 234 samples	6x
HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 4x2GBHynixBench 41%, 455 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $220

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Mercury Electra 6G SSD 240GB

Average Bench: 66.6% (726^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 66.6% (726th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 66.6% (726^th of 1072)