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SanDisk SDSSDA-240G-G2(5|6)

SSD Plus 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 62% (716th of 1016)

Based on 80,884 user benchmarks.  Models: SanDisk SDSSDA240G, SanDis SDSSDA240G, SanDisk SDSSDA24
Poor: 37%Average: 62% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB averaged 38.0% 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 Random Write Speed 76.1MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 214MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB is 48.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 194MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 207MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 80,884 samples)
Rank 71662%
Min Avg Max
262 Read 408 496
59.8 Write 274 410
17.2 Mixed 207 363
53.5 SusWrite 194 379
60.2% 271 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.1 4K Read 19.6 28.6
21.4 4K Write 76.1 117
0.2 4K Mixed 14 22.1
87.9% 36.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.7 DQ Read 161 218
35.9 DQ Write 214 317
0.2 DQ Mixed 45.6 104
74% 140 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
223GB free
Firmware: Z33130RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 273 139 144 139 134 MB/s
76.4% Very good
Read 456
Write 430
Mixed 380
SusWrite 209
83% 368 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 96.7
4K Mixed 21.1
117% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 32.5
86% 176 MB/s
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z32070RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 224 71 76 77 64 MB/s
69.5% Good
Read 464
Write 376
Mixed 356
SusWrite 142
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 19.1
107% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 29.4
82% 171 MB/s
55GB free
Firmware: Z33130RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 122 103 109 96 110 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 466
Write 183
Mixed 252
SusWrite 121
56% 256 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 38
4K Mixed 20.5
80% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 30.8
59% 118 MB/s
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z33130RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 11 24 28 17 23 MB/s
17.5% Very poor
Read 290
Write 136
Mixed 188
SusWrite 24.2
35% 159 MB/s
4K Read 10.3
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.1
17% 4.03 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,681,973 SSDs tested.

 Prices

AmazonUS SDSSDA-240G-G26 $3410 mins
EbayUS SDSSDA-240G-G25 $4516 mins
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Typical SSD Plus 240GB Builds (Compare 36,135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 54%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 53%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $100

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $105Bench 69%, 242,718 samples12,401x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $235Bench 69%, 127,766 samples5,108x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $140Bench 73%, 86,934 samples4,646x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples5,822x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 78%, 703,911 samples3,232x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 460,733 samples3,133x
SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk  $34Bench 62%, 80,884 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 294,777 samples3,121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 88%, 173,945 samples1,033x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 88%, 100,526 samples948x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $579

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Excellent

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Too fast for me :')

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Good

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Good

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Runs smoothly, and quickly on my build.

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