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

SSD Plus 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 61.4% (773rd of 1058)

Based on 127,094 user benchmarks.  Models: SanDisk SDSSDA240G, SanDis SDSSDA240G, SanDisk SDSSDA24
Poor: 35%Average: 61.4% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB averaged 38.5% 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 74.1MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 224MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB is 50.1%. 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 224MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 127,094 samples)
Rank 77361.4%
Min Avg Max
246 Read 398 493
42.2 Write 284 411
18.8 Mixed 224 365
46.2 SusWrite 194 362
61.3% 275 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.06 4K Read 19.8 28
16.5 4K Write 74.1 110
0.2 4K Mixed 13.5 21.6
86.6% 35.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
127 DQ Read 170 214
50.2 DQ Write 224 316
0.2 DQ Mixed 48.9 105
78.3% 148 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
187GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U21010RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 382 354 347 342 385 MB/s
75.4% Very good
Read 263
Write 315
Mixed 266
SusWrite 342
67% 296 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 89.4
4K Mixed 18
116% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 173
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 106
117% 192 MB/s
86GB free
Firmware: Z33130RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 134 128 134 80 112 MB/s
66.9% Good
Read 396
Write 329
Mixed 348
SusWrite 152
68% 306 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 19.4
110% 47.6 MB/s
DQ Read 166
DQ Write 260
DQ Mixed 33.2
76% 153 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: Z32070RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 32 32 32 32 32 MB/s
56.1% Above average
Read 327
Write 379
Mixed 19.5
SusWrite 48.5
43% 194 MB/s
4K Read 19.3
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 18
107% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 239
DQ Mixed 14.7
63% 138 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z33130RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 81 96 76 77 64 MB/s
41.6% Average
Read 365
Write 13.7
Mixed 293
SusWrite 76.3
41% 187 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 23
4K Mixed 15.9
68% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 61.1
DQ Write 21.1
DQ Mixed 20.4
20% 34.2 MB/s
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U21100RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 186 254 249 250 257 MB/s
37.3% Below average
Read 290
Write 269
Mixed 176
SusWrite 238
55% 243 MB/s
4K Read 9.7
4K Write 11.3
4K Mixed 7.7
30% 9.57 MB/s
DQ Read 55.5
DQ Write 31
DQ Mixed 56.2
38% 47.6 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 57,420,205 SSDs tested.

 Prices

AmazonUS SDSSDA-240G-G26 $3719 mins
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Typical SSD Plus 240GB Builds (Compare 21,275 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 46%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 43%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $237

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $277Bench 70%, 393,148 samples5,485x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $295Bench 71%, 194,033 samples2,433x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $160Bench 74%, 147,841 samples2,205x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,347,327 samples2,690x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $138Bench 80%, 1,277,123 samples1,798x
RX 580AMD  $260Bench 55%, 843,727 samples1,715x
SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk  $37Bench 61%, 127,094 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $64Bench 82%, 566,942 samples1,432x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $58Bench 86%, 616,718 samples670x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $52Bench 82%, 176,174 samples634x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $905

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Too fast for me :')

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Good

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Дешего, сердито

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Excellent

2 years ago.

Got this for my laptop, never had a problem with it. It really made it come back to life!

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Good

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