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

SSD Plus 240GB

▲ 59271 ▼

Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 61.7% (710th of 1011)

Based on 79,073 user benchmarks.  Models: SanDisk SDSSDA240G, SanDis SDSSDA240G, SanDisk SDSSDA24
Poor: 36%Average: 61.7% Great: 87%

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Above average average bench

The SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB averaged 38.2% 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 Random Write Speed 76.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 230MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB is 51.2%. 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 195MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 215MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 79,073 samples)
Rank 71061.7%
Min Avg Max
251 Read 398 493
61.2 Write 284 413
18.7 Mixed 215 365
47.8 SusWrite 195 395
60.9% 273 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.15 4K Read 19.6 29.4
22.4 4K Write 76.5 120
0.2 4K Mixed 13.4 21.5
87.4% 36.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
51.2 DQ Read 165 218
67.1 DQ Write 230 317
0.2 DQ Mixed 46.3 108
77.2% 147 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z22000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 303 355 345 345 348 MB/s
84.4% Excellent
Read 475
Write 340
Mixed 245
SusWrite 318
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 15.7
124% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 179
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 88.1
109% 189 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: Z33130RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 128 83 77 70 77 MB/s
54.6% Above average
Read 383
Write 400
Mixed 224
SusWrite 84.4
61% 273 MB/s
4K Read 13.4
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 9.6
88% 42.7 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 233
DQ Mixed 24.4
69% 144 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,850,671 SSDs tested.

 Prices

AmazonUS SDSSDA-240G-G26 $3311 mins
EbayUS SDSSDA-240G-G25 $4518 mins
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Typical SSD Plus 240GB Builds (Compare 34,196 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 - $85

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $113Bench 69%, 242,099 samples11,876x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $235Bench 68%, 131,121 samples4,865x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $139Bench 74%, 83,316 samples4,420x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $124Bench 57%, 768,624 samples5,589x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $409Bench 78%, 677,712 samples3,061x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 464,235 samples2,992x
SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk  $33Bench 62%, 79,073 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples2,980x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 86%, 147,487 samples984x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $65Bench 87%, 90,333 samples897x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $412

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Excellent

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Too fast for me :')

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Good

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Good

14 months ago.

Runs smoothly, and quickly on my build.

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Intel Core i5-9400F $145Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-9600K $200Nvidia RTX 2060 $324Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24
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