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SSDSC2BW240A3H 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 72.5% (622nd of 1072)

Based on 393 user benchmarks.  Model: INTEL SSDSC2BW240A3H
Poor: 52%Average: 72.5% Great: 92%

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Good average bench

The Intel SSDSC2BW240A3H 240GB averaged 27.4% 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 151MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.9MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDSC2BW240A3H 240GB is 40.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Intel SSDSC2BW240A3H 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 198MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 239MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 393 samples)
Rank 62272.5%
Min Avg Max
312 Read 414 503
182 Write 239 280
224 Mixed 278 328
139 SusWrite 198 245
62.9% 282 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.9 4K Read 27.9 38.1
27.7 4K Write 68.8 111
10.1 4K Mixed 26.5 45.6
113% 41.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.9 DQ Read 217 299
61 DQ Write 191 256
9.85 DQ Mixed 151 259
128% 187 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
137GB free
Firmware: LB3i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 187 200 211 215 199 MB/s
95.6% Outstanding
Read 399
Write 276
Mixed 296
SusWrite 196
65% 292 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 48.3
181% 66.4 MB/s
DQ Read 299
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 253
194% 265 MB/s
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LB3i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 179 167 172 174 177 MB/s
77.1% Very good
Read 391
Write 236
Mixed 245
SusWrite 176
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 65.8
4K Mixed 38.2
126% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 253
188% 252 MB/s
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LB3i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 219 218 214 220 219 MB/s
66.1% Good
Read 365
Write 263
Mixed 261
SusWrite 219
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 33.6
4K Mixed 26.7
83% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 247
DQ Mixed 253
195% 266 MB/s
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LB3i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 185 204 196 185 196 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 334
Write 226
Mixed 226
SusWrite 191
55% 244 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 83.1
4K Mixed 26.6
100% 41.5 MB/s
DQ Read 226
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 227
164% 214 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,729,484 SSDs tested

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Typical SSDSC2BW240A3H 240GB Builds (Compare 1,942 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Desktop 60%
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Workstation 10%
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System: HP Z800 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples318x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples188x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56701stBench 67%, 4,676 samples179x
GPU
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples161x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples88x
Quadro 5000NvidiaBench 10%, 751 samples67x
SSD
SSDSC2BW240A3H 240GBIntelBench 73%, 393 samples1x
RAM
ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 58GBUnknownBench 50%, 261 samples23x
ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 JE... 82GBUnknownBench 53%, 67 samples19x
ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD H... 130GBUnknownBench 53%, 67 samples15x
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