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SSDSC2BF240A5H REF 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 74.5% (585th of 1072)

Based on 213 user benchmarks.  Model: INTEL SSDSC2BF240A5H REF
Poor: 58%Average: 74.5% Great: 90%

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Good average bench

The Intel SSDSC2BF240A5H REF 240GB averaged 25.4% 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 154MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.4MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDSC2BF240A5H REF 240GB is 32.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel SSDSC2BF240A5H REF 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 189MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 229MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 213 samples)
Rank 58574.5%
Min Avg Max
317 Read 385 471
171 Write 229 253
231 Mixed 271 305
118 SusWrite 189 237
59.8% 268 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.2 4K Read 26.8 35.4
39.1 4K Write 68.3 104
17.9 4K Mixed 33.4 45.4
120% 42.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
82.7 DQ Read 264 296
130 DQ Write 211 243
62.3 DQ Mixed 154 177
138% 209 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LWDi
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 224 216 218 223 206 MB/s
80.4% Excellent
Read 370
Write 235
Mixed 294
SusWrite 218
62% 279 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 73.5
4K Mixed 37.9
135% 47.6 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 164
143% 213 MB/s
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LWDi
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 207 220 199 217 215 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 396
Write 213
Mixed 249
SusWrite 208
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 62.9
4K Mixed 32.2
116% 40.8 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 160
145% 222 MB/s
26GB free
Firmware: LWDi
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 26 72 58 25 MB/s
74.9% Very good
Read 429
Write 218
Mixed 298
SusWrite 48.7
55% 248 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 91.1
4K Mixed 35.3
146% 53.7 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 102
111% 190 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LWDi
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 222 226 241 251 250 MB/s
74.2% Very good
Read 418
Write 237
Mixed 286
SusWrite 236
66% 294 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 54.8
4K Mixed 32.2
99% 35.3 MB/s
DQ Read 289
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 182
160% 239 MB/s
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LWDi
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 193 193 182 191 204 MB/s
64.2% Good
Read 334
Write 236
Mixed 264
SusWrite 192
57% 256 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 41.3
4K Mixed 28
92% 30.6 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 217
DQ Mixed 166
143% 211 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,696,085 SSDs tested

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Gaming 5%
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Desktop 44%
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Workstation 4%
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System: HP EliteBook 840 G2

CPU
Core i5-5300UIntelBench 42%, 29,898 samples144x
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples57x
Core i7-5600UIntelBench 50%, 20,423 samples53x
GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples256x
Radeon R7 M260XAMDBench 6%, 148 samples2x
Radeon R7 M260AMDBench 6%, 91 samples1x
SSD
SSDSC2BF240A5H REF 240GBIntelBench 75%, 213 samples1x
RAM
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 27%, 39,427 samples32x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples13x
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6N1 1x8GBMicronBench 27%, 6,133 samples10x
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